Jan. 8, 2026
The Opium Wars: Animated Documentaries
In our Tea, Drugs, and Jesus series on the persistent American misunderstanding of China, we discuss the First Opium War of 1839–1842 and briefly mention the Second Opium War of 1856–1860 (Episode 202: Conflict Follows Trade). The History Matters channel on YouTube has brief and entertaining animated 2019 documentaries about each of these conflicts. You can watch the First Opium War documentary here and the Second Opium War documentary here.
Upcoming Episodes!
Episode 209 - "White Paper to Red Scare" (coming April 15!): Marshall, Blake, and Mike engage in a wide-ranging discussion of American policy disputes over what to do about China after World War II. President Truman, Secretaries of State George C. M…
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 suppor…
