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 Site. Visit TheAlamo.org.
Episodes
149 episodes
San Antonio As The Queen Of The West
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 148: San Antonio As The Queen Of The West How did a place with one remote Spanish mission become one of the largest cities in the United States? From battle-scarred to bustlin...
"Sons Of '76: The Alamo In The Age Of Revolutions" Exhibit
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 147: "Sons Of '76: The Alamo In The Age Of Revolutions" Exhibit"Sons of ’76: The Alamo in the Age of Revolutions" is a new exhibit opening September 4 at the Alamo to celebrate the...
Architecture Of The Alamo Church
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 146: Architecture Of The Alamo ChurchIt’s a worldwide symbol of courage, sacrifice, and the fight for freedom. But the people who built the Alamo Church as a humble house of worshi...
Tracing Travis - An Author’s Journey
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 145: Tracing Travis - An Author’s Journey William Barret Travis is best known for three words: “Victory or Death.” But who is the man behind those words? We revea...
The Summer Of 1835
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 144: The Summer Of 1835The story goes, the Texas Revolution began with a single shot in October of 1835. And while that’s true, the seeds of revolution were being planted for many ...
The Alamo's Texas Tree Of Life Mural
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 143: The Alamo's Texas Tree Of Life MuralA monumental work of art is now on display at the most world-renowned monument in Texas. The “Texas Tree Of Life” mural is opening a new po...
The Alamo City Through John Quiñones’ Eyes
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 142: The Alamo City Through John Quiñones’ EyesHe’s an ambassador for the Alamo City with a front-row seat to history. John Quiñones travels the world as a correspondent and host f...
Southwest Corner - 18 Pounder Cannon Exhibit
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 141: Southwest Corner - 18 Pounder Cannon ExhibitIt fired the shot that started the Siege of the Alamo. The 18-pounder cannon’s place in Alamo history is now taking physical shape ...
The Paseo Del Alamo
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 140: The Paseo Del AlamoIt’s another exciting milestone in the Alamo Plan: the reopening of the Paseo del Alamo. The Paseo connects the Alamo – the number-one most-visited tourist ...
The Esparza Family Reunion
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 139: The Esparza Family Reunion Two brothers, Gregorio and Francisco Esparza, fought on opposite sides of the Texas Revolution. During the Battle of the Alamo, Gregorio manned...
How Texas Became A State
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 138: How Texas Became A State As we prepare to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, we’re taking a look at how Texas became a part of these United States. We revea...
The Art Of Dueling
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 137: The Art Of Dueling In the early years of the United States and the Republic of Texas, duels were how gentlemen settled scores. There were rules, witnesses, and honor at s...
Lights, Camera, Alamo!
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 136: Lights, Camera, Alamo! Lights, camera, Alamo! Our Shrine of Texas Liberty has lit up the big screen for as long as filmmaking has been around. We reveal insi...
Texas Trades
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 135: Texas TradesLeather working, blacksmithing, and fabric weaving: these skills are considered a bit antiquated today, but they were essential for surviving frontier life in 1830...
The Alamo Funeral Pyre Mystery
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 134: The Alamo Funeral Pyre Mystery History makes clear: the bodies of the men who died defending the Alamo on March 6, 1836, were burned in a funeral pyre. But an enduring my...
The Alamo De Parras Company
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 133: The Alamo De Parras CompanyIf 1836 is the year we learned to Remember the Alamo, then 1803 is the year the Alamo became the Alamo. That’s when a group of soldiers from Alamo d...
The Treaties Of Velasco
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 132: The Treaties Of VelascoMay 14, 1836. On this day 190 years ago, the Texas Revolution ended – not with the firing of a weapon, but with the stroke of a pen. We rev...
Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 131: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was fought, a new generation of frontiersman stepped up to fight for freedom...
The Texas Cavaliers Education Center
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 130: The Texas Cavaliers Education Center Today, the Alamo cuts the ribbon on the brand-new Texas Cavaliers Education Center. It’s a place built for our smallest Texans, but w...
Battle Cries Through History
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 129: Battle Cries Through HistoryIt’s the battle cry heard across the bloody battlefield at San Jacinto: Remember the Alamo! Battle cries have been used throughout history to inspi...
Wise About Texas
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 128: Wise About TexasTexas 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 co...
The Brew King Of San Antonio
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 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 An...
The Power Of The Printing Press
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 126: The Power Of The Printing PressWith the course of history running at an especially fast pace, during the Texas Revolution, news traveled slowly - sometimes excruciatingly so. ...