Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 129: Battle Cries Through History

It’s the battle cry heard across the bloody battlefield at San Jacinto: Remember the Alamo! Battle cries have been used throughout history to inspire, to turn emotion into action.
 
We reveal the world’s famous battle cries, what they teach us about taking a stand, and why so many endure through the ages. Featuring the Alamo's former curator Dr. Bruce Winders.

History.com article about battle cries: https://www.history.com/articles/8-legendary-battle-cries

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Episode 128: Wise About Texas

Texas is home to a state judge who, in his spare time, puts down the gavel and picks up a microphone. Judge Ken Wise is the host of “Wise About Texas,” long considered the gold standard of Texas history podcasts.
 
We reveal why the judge felt called to start a podcast, how it’s led to a hands-on role in preserving Texas history, and what it takes to be Wise About Texas. Featuring judge and podcaster Ken Wise.

Check out Wise About Texas: https://wiseabouttexas.com

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Episode 127: The Brew King Of San Antonio
 
We are tapping into a lighter side of Alamo history, when a German immigrant named William Menger earned the nickname the Brew King of San Antonio.
 
We reveal what prompted a wave of German migration to the Alamo City, how a lifeline built when the Alamo was still a Spanish mission buoyed a beer business, and how this young barrel maker helped transform Alamo Plaza. Featuring the Alamo's Senior Curator, Historian, & Lecturer Ernesto Rodriguez.

Texas State Historical Association article about brewing history: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/brewing-industry
VIP tours of the Alamo: https://www.thealamo.org/visit/private-tours

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Episode 126: The Power Of The Printing Press

With the course of history running at an especially fast pace, during the Texas Revolution, news traveled slowly - sometimes excruciatingly so. Handwritten letters were given to couriers who rode on horseback for hours and hours, sometimes days, to share messages.
 
We reveal the power of the printing press to make these messages public, the newspapermen who worked day and night to keep Texans informed, and how their work served as a megaphone for the Revolution. Featuring Bryan McAuley from the Texas Historical Commission.

Visit San Felipe de Austin State Historical Site: https://thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/san-felipe-de-austin
Printing press display at San Felipe: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlamo/posts/pfbid02eUfzn8LkubgjaRjU5LzsVBB2evgdqWch2Z5oX5WAupTgyGM6Kw2sqWpCzew7JjoPl
Houston Public Library archive search: https://hplarchives.lyrasistechnology.org
UNT's The Portal To Texas History archive search: https://texashistory.unt.edu

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Episode 125: The Texas General Land Office

The Texas General Land Office was founded 190 years ago to oversee the land the Texan Revolutionaries fought so hard to self-govern. For the past 15 years, it’s overseen the Alamo - one of the very places where blood was shed in the name of that freedom.
 
We reveal how the Land Office preserves Texas history, the monumental effort to steer the Alamo into the future, and how maps are bridging the centuries of this once-in-a-lifetime effort. Featuring Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham.

Learn more about the General Land Office: https://www.glo.texas.gov
Explore the GLO's map and land databases: https://www.glo.texas.gov/archives-and-heritage/search-our-collections
See Commissioner Buckingham's Alamo Defenders map: https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/97433-alamo-defenders-heritage-map-of-texas-general-map-collection  

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Episode 124: Ask The Alamo's Archaeologist

Archaeology is something you might see in the movies or on TV, and it’s usually happening in far-away places. But visitors to the Alamo get to see active archaeological work every single day, making the enigmatic profession accessible to everyone.
 
We are giving you the opportunity to ask the Alamo’s lead archaeologist questions about the work happening right now around the Alamo Church – plus, we reveal the artifacts her team has just unearthed from the Battle of the Alamo period. Featuring the Alamo's Director of Archaeology Dr. Tiffany Lindley and the Alamo's Senior Researcher & Historian Kolby Lanham.

View photos of the solid shot cannonball and exploding shot fragments: https://www.thealamo.org/podcast/episode-124

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Episode 123: Washington On The Brazos

In March 1836, a group of delegates met along the Brazos River to turn the Texas Revolution into a true independence movement. They worked for 17 days straight to not only declare independence, but to write a constitution and the framework for a government.
 
We reveal the harrowing stakes of the convention at Washington on the Brazos, how the delegates felt the drumbeat of the clock with the Alamo under siege, and the historic renovations now complete to preserve this beacon of independence. Featuring Washington on the Brazos executive director Jonathan Failor, Washington on the Brazos assistant site manager for interpretation and public programs Tynan Shadle, and project manager Michael Moore.

Learn more about Washington on the Brazos: https://wheretexasbecametexas.org

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Episode 122: The Alamo Defenders' Fate

A battle for the ages, breaking out at dawn. A fort, surrounded. The men inside, outnumbered by about ten to one.
 
We reveal what happened after the final shot of the Battle of the Alamo was fired, the collective fate of the Alamo Defenders’ bodies, and how generations of Texans who came after made sure we always remembered their sacrifices – and of course, remembered the Alamo. Featuring the Alamo's former curator Dr. Bruce Winders and the Alamo's Researcher Thomas Ledesma.

Read Ron Current's research on Alamo funeral pyres: https://stillcurrent.blog/author/roncurrent/
Dawn at the Alamo 2026 recap: https://youtu.be/dJ3UnVLP2o4?si=KaC-tYKpm3-Y26zX
The Alamo receives meaningful donation from David Crockett Birthplace State Park: https://youtu.be/h-lj_tqHRCo?si=HOCvR5nocqUmAPt1

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Episode 121: How The Battle Of The Alamo Almost Never Happened

One hundred ninety years ago this week, the Alamo is under siege. The Defenders believe help is on the way. They don’t yet know that battle will soon break out, most of the relief they’re promised won’t arrive in time, or that they are living the final days of their lives.
 
We reveal the road not taken: how military strategy, orders from leaders, and even the weather could have changed the course of history, and the Battle of the Alamo, as we know it. Featuring the Alamo's Senior Curator, Historian, and Lecturer Ernesto Rodriguez.

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Episode 120: The Alamo Under Siege
 
The Siege of the Alamo meant 12 days of psychological warfare: with each sunrise and sunset, not knowing whether battle was imminent, or if war games would continue to impact your manpower, your supplies, and your mental state.
 
We reveal how a sense of hubris may have impacted the Texans and the Mexicans, the intelligence network keeping both sides informed, and how battle plans and reinforcements took shape ahead of what would be a battle to the death. Featuring the Texas Center's Dr. Don Frazier.

Bonus Rewind Episode ⏮️ "The Siege Of The Alamo" - https://youtu.be/EqTzpbwM4Jk?si=fPM31ukY5MP76JNZ
Bonus Rewind Episode ⏮️ "Behind The Alamo's Walls" - https://youtu.be/8zd8wIUIFRo?si=1kxXNILE7AoAdTEI
The Alamo's Commemoration calendar: https://www.thealamo.org/remember/commemoration

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