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Aug. 5, 2026

Upcoming Episodes!

New Series: "The American System" -- Episode 401 "Internal Improvements" (coming August 19!): In the 1820s, Henry Clay proposed an activist role for the United States government in envisioning, funding, and overseeing improvements in America's infra…
July 24, 2026

Image Gallery (Part Two) for "A Christian Nation?" (Episodes 305–306)

This gallery of photos, maps, and other images add to our "A Christian Nation?" audio series about whether the United States was founded as a Christian nation. We expand the gallery as the series continues – and sometimes after it has concluded – an…
July 17, 2026

Animated Map of the Chinese Civil War, 1945–1961

Listeners interested in a visual representation of the progress of the fighting in the Chinese Civil War during its final phase after World War II — which we discuss in the first portion of Episode 208 ("Cash My Check") of the "Tea, Drugs, and Jesus…
July 16, 2026

Christian Nation -- a Different Perspective

Interesting article in The Washington Post.  If you can access The Post (behind the paywall), this is a different perspective on the theme we have been discussing in our "A Christian Nation?" series: America Needs Civil Religion, Not Secularism or …
July 4, 2026

The 1944–1945 Burma Campaign During World War II

Listeners interested in learning more about the 1944–1945 Allied offensive in Burma advocated by General Joseph Stillwell — a point of contention between Stilwell and General Claire Chennault which we discuss in our "Tea, Drugs, and Jesus" series in…
June 27, 2026

Professor Timothy Snyder: The United States Was NOT Founded as a Christian Nation

In this YouTube Short, American historian Timothy Snyder — who holds the Temerty Chair in Modern European History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto in Canada — explains that the United States was not…
June 23, 2026

Did George Washington Kneel in Prayer at Valley Forge?

Did George Washington kneel in prayer at Valley Forge? American Christians love a painting that depicts that and claim it demonstrates that the United States was founded as a Christian nation — but Washington may never have done it. This NPR article…
May 29, 2026

Animated Map of the China-Burma-India Theater, 1937–1945

Listeners interested in a visual representation of the progress of the fighting in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II — the subject of much of our discussion in three episodes of the "Tea, Drugs, and Jesus" series, which considers the…
May 27, 2026

Image Gallery (Part One) for "A Christian Nation?" (Episodes 301–304)

This gallery of photos, maps, and other images add to our "A Christian Nation?" audio series about whether the United States was founded as a Christian nation. We expand the gallery as the series continues – and sometimes after it has concluded – an…
April 28, 2026

Center for the Study of Intelligence article on the Sino-Soviet split

Marshall recommends an article produced by the Center for the Study of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency about America's detection and analysis of the Sino-Soviet split, which we discuss in Episode 210. The article is "Calling the Sino…
March 13, 2026

YouTube Shorts!

The United States of Amnesia posts its long-format podcast episodes on all major platforms, including our YouTube channel. On YouTube, we also have begun to post YouTube shorts, each sharing a minute or two from one of our episodes, with supporting …
Jan. 21, 2026

Map of China

Many people may wonder about the location of various cities referred to in our series "Tea, Drugs, and Jesus" on the United Sates and China.  Where is Canton or Shanghai or Nanking?  Please check out the link to this map to get a better sense of the…