Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Thomas Paine is best known as the author of "Common Sense," a document that galvanized popular opinion around the idea of American independence. But few realize he was one of the revolution’s most defiantly radical voices — advocating loudly for an end to slavery, for women’s rights, and for the separation of church & state. Hear his story, and why his ideology scared many of our better known Founding Fathers.
Guests
- Harvey Kaye Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay; Author, "Thomas Paine and the Promise of America"
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