One-man show hopes to reframe how we think about Thomas Paine

We speak with Ian Ruskin, actor and writer of the one-man show, "To Begin the World Again: The Life of Thomas Paine," and Thomas Patterson, Bradlee professor of government and the press at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ruskin hopes to change the way we think about Paine and his place in history.

The play will be performed at the Boston Public Library on Nov. 2 at 6 p.m., and available virtually from Nov. 3 through Nov. 9.