America: Secret Wars

Trevor Culley and HoPful Media
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The United States has more than its fair share of famous wars in history, but that doesn't even scratch the surface. Have you ever wondered why we don't talk about the Korean War or the War of 1812 very often? Do you even know the names of the wars fought against Native American nations? What about the battle with Japan during the Civil War? In this podcast, Trevor Culley will sit down with friends and guests to discuss all of the American military history that's been forgotten, overlooked, or even covered up to explore lost stories from American history.

  1. 08/05/2025

    022: How Al-Qaeda Invaded Georgia

    The years immediately after 9/11 were a weird time. Every adult in the world went a little insane. The US and Putin's Russia were intelligence allies. Al-Qaeda really was inside Georgia - just not that one by Roberto of altogether too many projects to discuss the Pankisi Gorge Crisis, and how US training and advisors helped combat both fundamentalist insurgents and anti-corruption protestors. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power. Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch! The History of Saqartvelo Georgia https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysaqartvelogeorgia Tsar Power https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/ Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/ Leupp - Georgia and the War on Terrorism Manning - Folklore and Terror in Georgia’s ‘Notorious’ Pankisi Gorge The AP - Green Berets Land in Georgia For 2-Year Training Program Bush - Presidential Letter, September 19, 2003 Bush - Presidential Letter, March 20, 2004 Cecire - How extreme are the Extremists? Pankisi Gorge as a Case Study Civil.ge - Timeline-2005 Filkins - U.S. Entangled in Mystery of Georgia’s Islamic Fighters GlobalSecurity.org - Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP) Grennan - Georgia's Pankisi Gorge and the Global War Against Terrorism McGregor - Ricin Fever: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Pankisi Gorge Menabde - Pankisi Gorge: A Resurgent Flashpoint in Georgia? Myers - World Briefing\Europe: Georgia: Region Under Control Quinn-Judge - The Surprise In the Gorge Traynor - Georgia: US opens new front in war on terror USDoS - Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Georgia Welt - Shaking up the System: Georgia and the War on Terror

    1h 11m

  2. 06/08/2025

    021: The Pig War (Canadian Almost War 5)

    America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 5, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Pig War and the boundary disputes that gave us Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch! Totalus Jeffianus – https://pod.link/1689272611 Unfortunately, production on this series has been a nightmare and the full bibliography was lost in a technical error (not realizing my laptop had disconnected from wifi and stopped auto-saving). Here is an abbreviated version: Coleman - The Pig War: The Most Perfect War in History Shewmaker - Daniel Webster and the Oregon Question Available to Purchase Polk - Inaugural Address Polk - First Annual Message to Congress Vancouver - A chart shewing part of the coast of N.W. America Wilkes - Map of the Oregon Territory Oregon Treaty, 1846 Treaty of Washington, 1871

    1h 37m

  3. 04/28/2025

    20: The Creole Case (Canadian Almost War 4)

    America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 4, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Creole Case, the struggle for emancipation in antebellum America, and how the slaver states wanted to use a war against British Canada to their own advantage. Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch! Totalus Jeffianus – https://pod.link/1689272611 Douglass - The Heroic Slave Home - Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation Jervey and Huber - The Creole Affair Jones - The Influence of SLavery on the Webster-Ashburton Negotiations Momodu - The Creole Case National Archives - The Amistad Case Rediker - The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom Sorrell and Berry - This 1841 Rebellion at Sea Freed More Than 100 Enslaved People US DOS - The Amistad Case, 1839 Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    1h 19m

  4. 03/30/2025

    019: The Patriot War (Canadian Almost War 3)

    America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 3, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Patriot War, a failed Canadian Revolution where the US somehow managed to fight and lose on both sides. Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch! Totalus Jeffianus – https://pod.link/1689272611 Guillet - The lives and times of the patriots; an account of the Rebellion in Upper Canada The Webster-Ashburton Treaty Bonthius - The Patriot War of 1837-1838: Locofocoism with a Gun? Dictionary of Canadian Biography Ducharme - Closing the Last Chapter of the Atlantic Revolution Forcese - Destroying the Caroline: The Frontier Raid that Reshaped the Right to War Kilbourn - The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada Kinchen - The Rise and Fall of the Patriot Hunters Read - The Rising in Western Upper Canada 1837-8: The Duncombe Revolt and After Sewell: Mackenzie: A Political Biography Waxman - The Caroline Affair in the Evolving International Law of Self-Defense

    1h 46m

  5. 03/16/2025

    018: The Aroostook War (Canadian Almost War 2)

    America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 2, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Aroostook War, a conflict between the United States, British New Brunswick, and the forces of nature. Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch! Totalus Jeffianus – https://pod.link/1689272611 Aroostook War Songs: Greenwood & Burns - Aroostook War Fighting Song Wallace House - The Soldier Song (Aroostook War)  ________________________________________________________ Campbell and Campbell - The Aroostook War of 1839 Carroll - The Passionate Canadians: The Historical Debate about the Eastern Canadian-American Boundary Maine Council - Aroostook War: HIstorical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men Meander Maine - The Pork and Beans War Paradis - John Baker and the Republic of Madawaska Perry - “Maine and Her Soil or Blood!” Political Rhetoric and Spatial Identity During the Aroostook War in Maine

    1h 51m

  6. 02/06/2025 · BONUS

    Live Show at Intelligent Speech!!!

    Intelligent Speech 2025 is coming! The event will feature a gathering of excellent history podcasters THIS SATURDAY. That’s FEBRUARY 8, 2025 at 10:00am US Eastern Time for an all day event featuring presentations, panels, and live Q&A with a ton of history podcasts. If that doesn’t convince you, this episode is last year’s History of Persia Presentation. Get those tickets ASAP!!! Get tickets to Intelligent Speech February 8, 2025! https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHp9g9cg5to&ab_channel=IntelligentSpeechOnline Visit https://HoPfulMedia.com.co to support this show! Support | BlueSky | Facebook | Instagram

    41 min

  7. 02/03/2025

    017: The Republic of Indian Stream (Canadian Almost War 1)

    America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 1, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the fascinating little Republic of Indian Stream. Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch! Totalus Jeffianus - https://pod.link/1689272611 Brown - The Struggle for the Indian Stream Territory Keedy - The Constitutions of The State of Franklin, The Indian Stream Republic and The State of Deseret Showerman - The Indian Stream Republic and Luther Parker Tsai - America’s Forgotten Constitutions: Defiant Visions of Power and Community

    1h 49m

  8. 10/29/2024

    016: Occupation and Genocide in Croatia

    Trevor is joined by Aurora and Roberto from Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) to form an unholy alliance of altogether too many podcasts and discuss how the United States occupied a slice of the Croatian coast after World War 1 and helped the newly formed Yugoslavia fend off Italian nationalists. Also, the Italians invent fascism along the way. Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch! The History of Saqartvelo Georgia https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysaqartvelogeorgia Tsar Power https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/ Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/ Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism https://swordsandsocialismpod.buzzsprout.com/ Davidonis 1943 - American Naval Mission in the Adriatic, 1918-1921 Davidonis 1945 - American Naval Mission In The Adriatic, 1918-1921 Field - Split, 1919 Hughes-Hallett - Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War Imperial Valley Press 27 - Knox Queries About Marines Jakir - Reactions in Dalmatia to the Treaty of Rapallo 1920 James - Says Serb Troops Recaptured Trogir Morning Press 48.23 - U.S. Navy Ousts Italians From Dalmation City NHHC - NH 111504 Nye - Dalmatia, Centre of War’s Shifting Spotlight NYT - U.S. Marines Saved Italians At Trogir NYT - Trogir Recovered Without A Fight By Olympia’s Men San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram 178 - Senate Wants Facts As To Landing Simonelli - The lions' retaliation: D'Annunzio and the italian nationalist mythology in Dalmatia

    1h 38m
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The United States has more than its fair share of famous wars in history, but that doesn't even scratch the surface. Have you ever wondered why we don't talk about the Korean War or the War of 1812 very often? Do you even know the names of the wars fought against Native American nations? What about the battle with Japan during the Civil War? In this podcast, Trevor Culley will sit down with friends and guests to discuss all of the American military history that's been forgotten, overlooked, or even covered up to explore lost stories from American history.

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    Trevor Culley and HoPful Media
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    26
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