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Texas in the early 1900s was full of bustling cities, dusty rural towns, and one very big problem: half the population couldn’t vote. That half was women.

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Did you know there's a town in Texas built on top of a mountain of salt? Welcome to Grand Saline, a small town with a big secret underneath the ground—a giant salt dome that’s deeper than Mount Everest is tall!

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References

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/grand-saline-tx

https://www.visitcantontx.com/attractions/the-salt-palace

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In the mid-1800s, the United States was growing fast. After winning the Mexican-American War in 1848, the U.S. gained a huge amount of land—territories that would later become California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. But this victory brought a big problem: Would slavery be allowed in the new territories?

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This episode explores House Bill 1481, the 2025 Texas law banning cell phone use in public schools including how laws are made, why this one matters, and what it means for their daily lives. 

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It all started in 1929 when the stock market crashed and stock prices dropped so fast and so far that millions of people lost all their savings overnight. Banks closed. Jobs vanished. And the United States entered the worst economic crisis it had ever seen.

Now… add in the Dust Bowl—and things in Texas went from bad to worse. Today you'll learn : 

✅ What life was really like in Texas during the Great Depression
 ✅ The creative—and quirky—ways Texans survived
 ✅ How this tough time changed Texas forever

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 When you think of the Alamo, you might imagine brave soldiers, cannons, and the famous cry:

"Remember the Alamo!"

But did you know one of the most important people at the Alamo wasn’t a soldier at all — but a young woman with a baby in her arms? Her name was Susanna Dickinson, and she lived to tell the story of what happened inside those walls.

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There’s oil along the Texas coast because some of it comes naturally from deep underground, and some of it comes from human error like spills from deep water oil rigs we’ve built to collect it. It’s super old, super powerful, and super important—but also super complicated.

References

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/spindletop-oilfield

https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/resources/fingerprinting-oil.html

https://youtu.be/K-li3tABQzk?si=IVlrITRSvuG__T3j

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Today we're slithering our way to Sweetwater, Texas at the Rattlesnake Roundup, where we will explore how this unusual event started, why rattlesnakes matter to Texas wildlife, and how venom is used to save lives. 

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http://www.rattlesnakeroundup.net/calendar-of-events1.html

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This week, we’re investigating a very curious creature—one that wears armor, digs like a champ, and somehow waddled its way into Texas history books. Yep, we’re talking about the nine-banded armadillo—the official state mammal of Texas!

Zoe's got questions (like… why not a horse or cow?!), and we’ve got answers. Discover how this tough little underdog became a Texas icon, learn about armadillo races (yes, really!), and find out what makes this armored oddball so special.

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We’re talking about the history of Texas immigration, the power of protest, and a lesson from history that still echoes today.

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References

Curtis Bishop, “Law of April 6, 1830,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/law-of-april-6-1830.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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