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Back to SearchTexas Documents, Part 5: The Cleburne Demands II
Season 4 Episode 6
In this episode Scott and Gene wrap up their conversation on the Farmer's Demands. Farmers wanted company workers to get paid in real money instead …
3 hours ago
Texas Documents, Part 4: The Cleburne Demands
Season 4 Episode 5
In this episode, we look at an 1886 newspaper article that captures a moment when Texas farmers stop grumbling and start drafting demands. From the s…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Texas Documents, Part 3: John H. Reagan and The Future Texas Refused
Season 4 Episode 4
As we continue our look at important documents in Texas' past, John H. Reagan's letter of 1865: the Civil War was lost, secession was finished, slave…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Texas Documents, Part 2: The Travis Letter
Season 4 Episode 3
Continuing with our series on important documents in Texas history, we take listeners inside the Travis letter and explore how a brief plea from a be…
2 months ago
Texas Documents, Part I: Cabeza De Vaca
Season 4 Episode 2
A shipwreck on a hostile shore. A handful of survivors. And a narrative that forced an empire to look again. We kick off a new series through the eye…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Weird Texas
Season 4 Episode 1
Season four opens with a road trip through the strange side of Texas—equal parts folklore, architecture, and outsized personality. We start where rum…
6 months, 1 week ago
Sun Breaks, Mary Speaks: The Forgotten Texas Miracle
Season 3 Episode 13
During the Feast of the Assumption on August 15, 1988, thousands gathered for an outdoor Mass in Lubbock where many reported seeing miraculous signs …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Battle of San Jacinto and Manifest Destiny
Season 3 Episode 12
The Battle of San Jacinto might be the most consequential 18 minutes in Texas history that hardly anyone talks about. While the Alamo casts a long sh…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Texas New Deal Symposium
Season 3 Episode 11
In this episode, we talk with George Cooper, who founded the Texas New Deal Symposium. George explains how a small historical gathering has evolved i…
10 months, 1 week ago
In Conclave, Part 2: Texas Ties, Hollywood Takes, and Vatican Stakes
Season 3 Episode 10
Ever wondered what really happens when Catholic cardinals gather to elect a new pope? In this episode, we continue our conversation with canon lawye…
10 months, 3 weeks ago