Jack Kelly
Historian and author of Tom Paine's War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time, speaking about Thomas Paine's role in the American and French revolutions.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 44min
The Man Who Sold the War: Tom Paine's Journey from Common Sense to Global Firebrand
Jack Kelly, historian and author of Tom Paine's War, sketches Paine from working-class tradesman to globe-trotting revolutionary. He explores Paine's role beyond Common Sense, his service with Washington, the Crisis essays that lifted morale, his fiery Rights of Man in France, and the controversy of The Age of Reason. Short, lively takes on how Paine reshaped political and religious debate.
