Underground Strategy
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Helion Talks - Turning the Tide
Helion Talks - Turning the Tide
About this podcast
Welcome to Underground Strategy
Where military tactics, leadership, and real-world strategies meet a whole lot of banter. Hosted by Max Lauker (ex-Swedish Special Operations, Intelligence, and Private Security) and Tony Garcia (ex-SANDF with extensive field experience and academic insight), we break down the latest in military strategy while keeping things real, candid, and fun.
Whether you're into the latest military insights or just here for smart conversations (and a few laughs), we've got you covered.
Tune in for weekly episodes packed with expert breakdowns, candid chats, and a fresh take on what's happening in the world of strategy.
It's all about staying sharp, having fun, and thinking a few moves ahead.
No fluff, just real talk.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 82 episodes
- Helion Talks - Turning the Tide · 25 min · Season 3 Episode 7In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia is joined by award-winning historian and regimental historian for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Dr. Spencer Jones. They…
- Helion Talks - Bad War Stories · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 6In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with retired U.S. Army infantry officer and Director for Strategic Innovation at US Space Command, Dr. Ben Zweibelson…
- Helion Talks - Général Louis Dio · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 5In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with educator, archaeologist, and former World War I Centennial Commissioner Monique Brouillet Seefried, co-author of…
- Helion Talks - Point of Failure · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 4In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with historian and former civil servant Phil McCarty about his new book Point of Failure: British Brigadiers in France…
- Helion Talks – Infantry in Battle 1733–1783 · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with historian and author Alexander S. Burns about his book Infantry in Battle, 1733–1783. Burns challenges the…
- Helion Talks – The Last Men Standing · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 2In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with writer and historian Gabriel Neville, author of The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia Regiment in the American…
- Helion Talks – Air-to-Air Missiles · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 1In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with aerospace engineer, pilot, and author Bill Norton about his groundbreaking new series Air-to-Air Missiles…
- Helion Talks – Soldiers and Civilians: Logistics in the British Civil Wars · 19 min · Season 2 Episode 48In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with historian Glenn Price, author of Soldiers and Civilians, Transport and Provisions: Early Modern Military Logistics…
- Helion Talks – Bold in Battle: South African Stories from World War II · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 47In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with historian Karen Horn, author of Bold in Battle: South African Stories from the Second World War. Karen shares how…
- Helion Talks – Whiskey on the Rocks · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 46In this episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia speaks with historian and author Michael Fredholm von Essen about his new two-volume series Whiskey on the Rocks — an in-depth…
- Helion Talks – The Road to Helion · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 45In this inaugural episode of Helion Talks, host Tony Garcia sits down with Helion & Company founder and CEO Duncan Rogers to explore the origins of one of the world’s leading…
- Botswana & The BDF with Bafumiki Mocheregwa · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 44A small state, big pressures—Botswana built its army late and cautiously. In this season finale, we sit down with Bafumiki Mocheregwa, a historian and academic at the University…
- Inside Ukraine: Accidental Ukrainians · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 43In this episode, we’re joined by John Gordon Sennett, a U.S. Marine veteran, writer, and co-author of Accidental Ukrainians, a personal chronicle of war, survival, and adaptation…
- Operation Boleas: The SANDF’s Trial by Fire · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 42In this episode, we’re joined again by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Jean-Pierre Scherman of the South African National Defence Force—a returning guest with deep operational experience…
- Operation Eland with Andy Balaam – Part 2 · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 41This week on the Underground Strategy Podcast, Max Lauker continues the conversation with Andy Balaam, former Selous Scout and veteran of some of the Bush War’s most daring…
- Operation Eland with Andy Balaam – Part 1 · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 40This week on the Underground Strategy Podcast, Max Lauker is joined once again by Andy Balaam, former Selous Scout and veteran of some of the Bush War’s most daring missions…
- This Is Not a Drill: Listener Q&A with Amos Fox · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 39In this episode, we’re joined once again by military scholar and practitioner Amos Fox for a fast-paced listener Q&A tackling some of the most pressing questions in contemporary…
- Why Soldiers Fight: History, Power, and the Ritual of War · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 38In this episode, we’re joined by Professor Tarak Barkawi—an international relations scholar, military historian, and sharp critic of the way we often misunderstand war. We talk…
- Tobruk & Beyond: South Africa’s Desert War · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 37In this episode, we turn our focus to one of the most iconic campaigns of the Second World War—the battle for North Africa. From the strategic significance of the Suez Canal and…
- Inside Ukraine: War & Improv with Serhii – Part 2 · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 36In Part 2 of our conversation with Serhii Velychanskyi, we shift from combat to recovery—exploring how war leaves marks that can’t be seen from the outside, and how humor can…
