# Thomas Paine: Liberty's Hated Torchbearer w/ George Ford Smith Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-propaganda-report-743174/thomas-paine-liberty-s-hated-torchbearer-w-george-ford-smith Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-propaganda-report-743174/thomas-paine-liberty-s-hated-torchbearer-w-george-ford-smith.md Podcast: [The Propaganda Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-propaganda-report-743174) Published: 2026-07-18T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/BRYM7820536443.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/BRYM7820536443.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-propaganda-report-743174/episodes/thomas-paine-liberty-s-hated-torchbearer-w-george-ford-smith Duration seconds: 5190 ## Resource We’ve all heard of Thomas Paine and think of him as instrumental in the founding of this country, but did you know he may well have been the most critical man alive at the time in fostering and shaping American independence? And what did he get for his efforts and fortitude? Listen and learn as George Ford Smith adds something of real value on the one and only semiquincentennial of our once great country. Find George Ford Smith’s work: ⁠⁠Mises.org profile⁠ Article Discussed: ⁠https://mises.org/mises-daily/thomas-paine-libertys-hated-torchbearer⁠ Exclusive Content and Ways to Support: Support me on Substack for ad-free content, bonus material, personal chatting and more!  ⁠⁠https://substack.com/@monicaperezshow⁠⁠ Become a PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER on Apple Podcasts for AD FREE episodes and exclusive content! True Hemp Science:  ⁠⁠https://truehempscience.com/⁠⁠ PROMO CODE: MONICA Find, Follow, Subscribe & Rate on your favorite podcasting platform AND for video and social & more... Website: ⁠⁠https://monicaperezshow.com/⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://substack.com/@monicaperezshow⁠⁠ Rumble: ⁠⁠https://rumble.com/user/monicaperezshow⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/MonicaPerez⁠⁠ Twitter/X: @monicaperezshow Instagram: @monicaperezshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-propaganda-report-743174/episodes/thomas-paine-liberty-s-hated-torchbearer-w-george-ford-smith/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-propaganda-report-743174/thomas-paine-liberty-s-hated-torchbearer-w-george-ford-smith.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.