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Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
"Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast" is the official podcast of the Alamo. Located in the heart of San Antonio, the Alamo stands as the Shrine of Texas Liberty. More than 1.6 million visitors travel to the site each year, making it the #1 most visited destination in the State of Texas. The 300-year history of the Alamo is world-renowned and represents the core of Texas’ identity today. It's a U.S. National Historic Landmark and part of the Lone Star State's only UNESCO World Heritage…
Episodes
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The Alamo's Year Of Cannonball Discoveries
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 155: The Alamo's Year Of Cannonball Discoveries As October’s Texas Archaeology Month comes to an end, the…
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The U.S. And Mexico At War - Part 2
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 154: The U.S. And Mexico At War - Part 2 The year is 1847, Just a little more than a decade after Texas…
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The U.S. And Mexico At War - Part 1
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 153: The U.S. And Mexico At War - Part 1 Shortly after Texas joined the United States, the U.S. and Mexico…
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The Republic Of Texas At Odds With Mexico
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 152: The Republic Of Texas At Odds With Mexico Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836, but the…
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Displaying Archaeological Artifacts
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 151: Displaying Archaeological Artifacts As we turn the calendar to October, we are marking Texas…
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The Six Flags Over Texas
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 150: The Six Flags Over Texas The phrase Six Flags Over Texas is so well known in our society, it’s…
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Making The Most Of Your Alamo Visit
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 149: Making The Most Of Your Alamo Visit The Alamo historic site is growing every single day, with new…
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San Antonio As The Queen Of The West
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 148: San Antonio As The Queen Of The West How did a place with one remote Spanish mission become one of…
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"Sons Of '76: The Alamo In The Age Of Revolutions" Exhibit
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 147: "Sons Of '76: The Alamo In The Age Of Revolutions" Exhibit "Sons of ’76: The Alamo in the Age of…
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Architecture Of The Alamo Church
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 146: Architecture Of The Alamo Church It’s a worldwide symbol of courage, sacrifice, and the fight for…
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Tracing Travis - An Author’s Journey
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 145: Tracing Travis - An Author’s Journey William Barret Travis is best known for three words: “Victory or…
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The Summer Of 1835
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 144: The Summer Of 1835 The story goes, the Texas Revolution began with a single shot in October of 1835…
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The Alamo's Texas Tree Of Life Mural
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 143: The Alamo's Texas Tree Of Life Mural A monumental work of art is now on display at the most…
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The Alamo City Through John Quiñones’ Eyes
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 142: The Alamo City Through John Quiñones’ Eyes He’s an ambassador for the Alamo City with a front-row…
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Southwest Corner - 18 Pounder Cannon Exhibit
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 141: Southwest Corner - 18 Pounder Cannon Exhibit It fired the shot that started the Siege of the Alamo…
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The Paseo Del Alamo
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 140: The Paseo Del Alamo It’s another exciting milestone in the Alamo Plan: the reopening of the Paseo del…
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The Esparza Family Reunion
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 139: The Esparza Family Reunion Two brothers, Gregorio and Francisco Esparza, fought on opposite sides of…
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How Texas Became A State
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 138: How Texas Became A State As we prepare to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, we’re taking a look at…
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The Art Of Dueling
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 137: The Art Of Dueling In the early years of the United States and the Republic of Texas, duels were how…
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Lights, Camera, Alamo!
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 136: Lights, Camera, Alamo! Lights, camera, Alamo! Our Shrine of Texas Liberty has lit up the big screen…
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Texas Trades
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 135: Texas Trades Leather working, blacksmithing, and fabric weaving: these skills are considered a bit…
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The Alamo Funeral Pyre Mystery
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 134: The Alamo Funeral Pyre Mystery History makes clear: the bodies of the men who died defending the…
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The Alamo De Parras Company
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 133: The Alamo De Parras Company If 1836 is the year we learned to Remember the Alamo, then 1803 is the…
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The Treaties Of Velasco
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 132: The Treaties Of Velasco May 14, 1836. On this day 190 years ago, the Texas Revolution ended – not…
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Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 131: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was…
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The Texas Cavaliers Education Center
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 130: The Texas Cavaliers Education Center Today, the Alamo cuts the ribbon on the brand-new Texas…
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Battle Cries Through History
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…
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Wise About Texas
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 128: Wise About Texas Texas is home to a state judge who, in his spare time, puts down the gavel and picks…
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The Brew King Of San Antonio
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 127: The Brew King Of San Antonio We are tapping into a lighter side of Alamo history, when a German…
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The Power Of The Printing Press
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 126: The Power Of The Printing Press With the course of history running at an especially fast pace, during…
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The Texas General Land Office
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 125: The Texas General Land Office The Texas General Land Office was founded 190 years ago to oversee the…
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Ask The Alamo's Archaeologist
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 124: Ask The Alamo's Archaeologist Archaeology is something you might see in the movies or on TV, and it’s…
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Washington On The Brazos
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 123: Washington On The Brazos In March 1836, a group of delegates met along the Brazos River to turn the…
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The Alamo Defenders' Fate
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 122: The Alamo Defenders' Fate A battle for the ages, breaking out at dawn. A fort, surrounded. The men…
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How The Battle Of The Alamo Almost Never Happened
Stories Bigger Than Texas The Alamo Podcast Episode 121: How The Battle Of The Alamo Almost Never Happened One hundred ninety years ago this week, the Alamo is…
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The Alamo Under Siege
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 120: The Alamo Under Siege The Siege of the Alamo meant 12 days of psychological warfare: with each…
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Tejanos Of The Texas Revolution
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 119: Tejanos Of The Texas Revolution In early February 1836, the Alamo is just days away from being under…
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Women Of The Texas Revolution
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 118: Women Of The Texas Revolution While men served on the front lines of Revolution, the women of Texas…
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San Antonio During The Texas Revolution
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 117: San Antonio During The Texas Revolution In a frontier town like San Antonio de Bexar, a framework of…
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The Texas Revolution - There's More To The Story
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 116: The Texas Revolution - There's More To The Story History is not static, and it’s so much more than…
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The Alamo's Battle Cannons
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 115: The Alamo's Battle Cannons Cannons played an outsized role in the Battle of the Alamo. Many of them…
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America 250, Alamo 190, & E Pluribus Texas
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 114: America 250, Alamo 190, & E Pluribus Texas As the calendar turns to 2026, we are marking two…
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David Crockett, Buffalo Bill, & The Wild West
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 113: David Crockett, Buffalo Bill, & The Wild West The Wild West evokes images of rugged terrain, cowboys…
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The Matamoros Expedition
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 112: The Matamoros Expedition In December 1835, trust is breaking down between Texas revolutionaries and…
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Austin's Texian Army
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 111: Austin's Texian Army Considered the Father of Texas, Stephen F. Austin led the Texas Army from…
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A New Chapter Of Alamo History
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 110: A New Chapter Of Alamo History As we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States, we here at the…
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The Tampico Expedition
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 109: The Tampico Expedition In November 1835, the Texas Revolution is still in its early days. There’s…
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The Alamo Cenotaph Restoration
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 108: The Alamo Cenotaph Restoration The Spirit of Sacrifice, commonly known as the Alamo Cenotaph, has…
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The Alamo’s Quartermaster Depot Era
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 107: The Alamo’s Quartermaster Depot Era As we approach Veterans Day here in the United States, we’re…
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A Filmmaker's Blockbuster Alamo Donation
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 106: A Filmmaker's Blockbuster Alamo Donation The filmmaker behind classic comedies like “Airplane!” and…
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The Battle Of Concepción
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 105: The Battle Of Concepción In October 1835, the Texas Revolution is in its early days and the front…
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The Alamo Love Triangle
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 104: The Alamo Love Triangle Most Alamo enthusiasts know the Alamo Church did not have a roof during the…
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Archaeological Finds Near The Alamo Church
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 103: Archaeological Finds Near The Alamo Church For the past six months, the Alamo’s archaeology team has…
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The Battle Of Gonzales
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 102: The Battle Of Gonzales “Come and take it!” Those four words and a gunshot marked the beginning of the…
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Safeguarding The Alamo's Artifacts Against Every Scenario
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 101: Safeguarding The Alamo's Artifacts Against Every Scenario From power outages and pipe breaks, to…
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The Texas Centennial
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 100: The Texas Centennial It’s a big day for us at the Alamo Podcast. Not only are we celebrating our…
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The Republic Of Texas Navy
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 99: The Republic Of Texas Navy The Texas Navy safeguarded the Texas coastline for nearly 10 years - a…
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The Travis Letter's Journey Home
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 98: The Travis Letter's Journey Home With the Alamo under siege, Lt. Col. William Barret Travis penned a…
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What Is A Mission?
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 97: What Is A Mission? Before it was a world-famous battle site, and before it was called the Alamo, the…
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The Texans & The Comanches
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 96: The Texans & The Comanches The Comanches rode through history on horseback, earning a reputation as…