New Books in American Politics
Oct 11, 2026 · 48 min · 19 segments
When the founding fathers of the United States inaugurated a system of government that was unprecedented in the modern world, they knew that a functioning democracy required an educated electorate…
Edward BlumHost
So the series has this great name, uh, title, From Pamphlets to Podcasts, look at us, an Institute for Thomas Paine Studies series.
And yours, I think, if I'm right, is the second book that's come out in the series.
It's, uh, the, uh, the Paine Studies Center, um, the, um, up at Iona, is a fabulous institution, um, uh, run by, uh, Nora Slomanski, um, who I met only a couple times.
But, and then, um, my, my good friend, uh, Mark Boonshoft, is also, um, a, um, co-editor, um, of the series.
And, um, they, they are doing this really interesting, um, work with Nadine Zimmerli at the UVA Press to try to encourage, um, more of a conversation about the idea of information as being key to promoting democratic government and an active, engaged citizenry.
And, um, they, they wanna start publishing these types of works 'cause it connects directly into Thomas Paine and his ideas and the way that he was constantly kinda promoting a kind of radical vision of democratic, um, expansion of the population and believing in the nature of information as being critical to a, a democracy.
Um, and, um, he's, he looks at archival communities, and it's just a fabulous work as well.
And I'm looking forward to read the other, the ones that are coming down the pike here.
Um, yeah, it sounds like a great, great group of editors, great series, obviously a great press.
So the series has this great name, uh, title, From Pamphlets to Podcasts, look at us, an Institute for Thomas Paine Studies series.
And yours, I think, if I'm right, is the second book that's come out in the series.
It's, uh, the, uh, the Paine Studies Center, um, the, um, up at Iona, is a fabulous institution, um, uh, run by, uh, Nora Slomanski, um, who I met only a couple times.
But, and then, um, my, my good friend, uh, Mark Boonshoft, is also, um, a, um, co-editor, um, of the series.
And, um, they, they are doing this really interesting, um, work with Nadine Zimmerli at the UVA Press to try to encourage, um, more of a conversation about the idea of information as being key to promoting democratic government and an active, engaged citizenry.
And, um, they, they wanna start publishing these types of works 'cause it connects directly into Thomas Paine and his ideas and the way that he was constantly kinda promoting a kind of radical vision of democratic, um, expansion of the population and believing in the nature of information as being critical to a, a democracy.
Um, and, um, he's, he looks at archival communities, and it's just a fabulous work as well.
And I'm looking forward to read the other, the ones that are coming down the pike here.
Um, yeah, it sounds like a great, great group of editors, great series, obviously a great press.
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