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Historical stories. Based takes. More context and tangents than anyone ever wanted. Deep questions of history. Singing the unsung deeds of men. theunsungpodcast.substack.com
Jason McGinty hosts The Unsung Podcast, a history show with 18 episodes published.
Betrayed by their former Persian allies, with most of their leadership dead, including Cyrus, the Ten Thousand begin the long march home led by the young Xenophon. Show email: unsung.substack@gmail.com Become a paid subs
Get the short story anthology The Boys’ Book of Western Stories: Short Stories of the Old West now in audiobook form, narrated and produced by me, on your platform of choice: * Audible * Amazon * iTunes All of the editor
On May 9, the feast day of my patron St Christopher, you get a reading of his hagiography from the Golden Legend, a 13th century compilation. I might start doing something like this annually. Show email: unsung.substack@
When an army of Greek mercenaries unwittingly join Cyrus the Younger’s attempt to usurp his brother Artaxerxes as the Great King of Persia, they find themselves in a situation they never bargained for. Show email: unsung
Get Frank Kidd’s pulp western adventure novel Medicine Woman now in audiobook form, narrated and produced by me, on your platform of choice: * Audible * Amazon * iTunes Frank Kidd and his publications Pulp West and The F
This is a recording of a Substack Live session from January 24, 2026 at 7:30pm central time, which was a live audience Q&A for the American Guerrillas series. Wolliver was gracious enough to come on and co-host. We exper
Men raised in the fires of the guerrilla war try to make their way in its chaotic aftermath. New heroes of the Missouri secessionists arise out of Reconstruction politics. Legends born out of the war transcend their orig
Bloody Bill Anderson & Co. carve a path of destruction across central Missouri. General Sterling Price rejoins the story and makes one last desperate bid to bring his home state to the Confederacy. And four years of brut
Quantrill’s raid shocks the entire nation as the seeds planted by the Emigrant Aid Society all the way back in 1854 bear their fruit. Ewing enacts brutal measures against the bushwhackers’ civilian support networks in we
Regular Confederate generals make plays to win back control of Missouri, while Quantrill’s guerrillas wage a more personal and private war of their own. Atrocities mount on both sides as Missouri society descends into ch
In an extended tangent, we trace the history of a little-known part of the Transmississippi war from its roots in the deep history of the southeastern Indian tribes. Skip to 11:10 to skip the long intro. Border War timel
After his victory at Wilson’s Creek, Sterling Price campaigns to win Missouri for the Confederacy. Jim Lane returns to Kansas and raises a brigade of Jayhawkers. John C. Frémont scrambles to recover after the death of Na
John Brown’s trial and execution, and the election of Abraham Lincoln as president, solidify the sectional split and spark civil war. Unionists and secessionists in Missouri scramble for dominance. The first two great ba
The free state party, led by Jim Lane and the Danites, goes over tfo the offensive and exacts retribution against the proslavery side for the violence in the summer of 1856. Two mystic figures from very different times a
The backlash from the Pottawatomie Massacre hits Kansas Territory. Jim Lane returns to liberate the territory from the iron fist of the Missourians. While caught in the middle, settlers with sympathies to both sides, or
During the standoff on the Wakarusa, a man of destiny shows up in Lawrence. Kansans and Missourians alike learn just how ugly guerrilla war can get. It’s just a small taste of things to come. Tragic Prelude (referenced a
Guerrilla warfare is ugly. It’s uglier when it’s between fellow countrymen. In this prologue of sorts, reckless pride and unintended consequences throw a nation into an unrecoverable tailspin. Map (referenced at 28:26) C
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