The Unsung Podcast

Get Frank Kidd’s neo-western tacticool shoot-em-up merc novel Once Upon a Time in Argentina now in audiobook form, narrated and produced by me, on your platform of choice: * Audible * Amazon * iTunes My review of The Wild Bunch : Of Ants and Scorpions: A Review of The Wild Bunch My review of Once Upon a Time in Argentina : When Scorpions Work for Ant-World: A Review of Frank Kidd's Once Upon a Tim...

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 subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and get access to paid-only content. One-time donations at PayPal or Venmo . Audiobooks: * Medicine Woman * The Boys’ Books o...

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 editors and contributing authors are listed below, with their Substack publications if applicable. Editors: * Frank Theodat : Pulp on the Edge , Pulp, Pipe, and Poetry , Campfire Canon ,...

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@gmail.com Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and get access to paid-only content. One-time donations at PayPal or Venmo . Get the Medicine Wo...

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.substack@gmail.com Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and get access to paid-only content. One-time donations at PayPal or Venmo . Get the Me...

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 Frank and Brady Show . Also check him out at frankkiddauthor.com . Show email: unsung.substack@gmail.com Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and...

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 experienced some technical issues with the original plan and had to switch to StreamYard on the fly, which is why the original link from the show notes of Part 11 wouldn’t have worked i...

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 origins. Frank Kidd and his publication Pulp West The Frank and Brady Show and my appearance on it, Episode 10 (w/ guest Jason McGinty): Forrest Carter's Heavy Metal Westerns, Gone to...

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 brutal civil war finally come to an end—mostly. My Visit to the Site of the Centralia Massacre (referenced at 2:26:23) Photo of Bill Anderson in death, taken by Dr. Robert B. Kice (ref...

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 western Missouri. Hordes of former Missouri farm boys complete their degeneration into savages. Black Ibis Social Club My appearance on BISC Veterans recreating the rebel yell (16:21...

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 chaos. Civilians try their best to survive. Pea Ridge maps (referenced at 1:20:25): * Day 1 (March 7) * Day 2 (March 8) Border War timeline Show email: unsung.substack@gmail.com Beco...

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 timeline Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and get access to paid-only content, including the recently released bonus episode of the podcast. One-...

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 Nathaniel Lyon. Border War timeline Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and get access to paid-only content, including the recently released bonu...

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 battles of the war give the nation an ugly wake-up call. Why the Soviets Invaded Afghanistan and Why it Still Matters Today by Burn These Books (referenced at 2:04:35) Become a paid...

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 and backgrounds forge similar paths toward destruction in Virginia. All driving the nation closer to the brink of civil war. To skip the gory stuff, jump to 2:10:15 when indicated....

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 neither, try to get on with their already-tough lives under constant threat of burning, pillaging, and cold-blooded murder. Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/m...

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 at 7:30) Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and get access to paid-only content. One-time donations at PayPal or Venmo . Follow @the_unsung_pod...

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) Christian history resource (referenced at 2:17:12) Become a paid subscriber at The Unsung Substack for $5/month or $50/year and get access to paid-only content. One-time donations a...