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
77 episodes
The Goliad Massacre
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 76: The Goliad Massacre Three weeks after the stunning defeat at the Alamo, the Texas revolutionaries suffered another gut-wrenching loss. On this day 189 years ago – March 27...
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Episode 76
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The Battle Of Coleto Creek
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 75: The Battle Of Coleto Creek With Texans reeling from the fall of the Alamo, the front lines of battle shift about 90 miles southeast of San Antonio to the town of Goliad. A...
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The Runaway Scrape
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 74: The Runaway ScrapeThe Alamo has fallen. Panic grips the frontier. People of all ages, all walks of life – from landowners to shopkeepers, family men to politicians – flee their ...
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Episode 74
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The Battle Of The Alamo's Survivors
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 73: The Battle Of The Alamo's Survivors Today is March 6, 2025 - the 189th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo. That’s one year for every known Defender who sacrificed ever...
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Episode 73
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Behind The Alamo's Walls
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 72: Behind The Alamo's WallsImagine being inside the Alamo compound 189 years ago this week. The Alamo is under siege with regular cannon fire from Mexican soldiers, a form of both...
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Digitizing The Alamo's History
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 71: Digitizing The Alamo's HistoryThe Alamo has roughly 4,500 artifacts in its collection, including hundreds of rarely-seen documents that are a treasure trove of rich historical ...
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The Texian Military Establishment
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 70: The Texian Military EstablishmentIn February 1836 - 189 years ago this week - Santa Anna’s Mexican Army is marching closer and closer to San Antonio, where bands of militia men...
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Bonus: Join The Alamo Podcast For "The Revolution Continues" Fireside Chat
Calling all "Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast" fans!The Alamo's fireside chat "The Revolution Continues" on February 27 will feature two of our most distinguished podcast guests: Senior Curator Ernesto Rodriguez and former C...
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The Real Santa Anna
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 69: The Real Santa AnnaAntonio Lopez de Santa Anna reportedly called himself “The Napoleon of the West.” His opponents called him a dictator. By all accounts, he was a complicated ...
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The Alamo Livestock Roundup
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 68: The Alamo Livestock RoundupCalling all Texans: it is once again time to come to the aid of the Alamo. We are launching the public phase of our fundraising campaign for the Alam...
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Horses Of The Texas Revolution
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 67: Horses Of The Texas Revolution Perhaps no animal is more central to the Alamo story than the horse. Couriers on horseback brought word Santa Anna’s Army was approaching San...
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STEAM Education At The Alamo
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 66: STEAM Education At The AlamoMore than 155,000 school-aged children visit the Alamo each year. While we hope all of them leave with a newfound love for history, we know not all ...
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The Battle Of New Orleans
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 65: The Battle Of New OrleansHere at the Alamo, we believe all history is connected. That’s why we’re taking you to Louisiana where 210 years ago this week, some two decades before...
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The Real James Bowie
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 64: The Real James BowieAs we turn the calendar to a new year, we remember an Alamo Defender who also used the new year to forge a fresh start. On January 1, 1830, James Bowie offi...
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Plaza De Valero
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 63: Plaza De ValeroAs we close out a year of unprecedented growth at the Alamo, we are celebrating a major milestone in the Alamo Plan: this week, the pedestrian-friendly Plaza De V...
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Hurricane Recovery - David Crockett Birthplace State Park
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 62: Hurricane Recovery - David Crockett Birthplace State ParkIn late September 2024, Hurricane Helene bore up the United States eastern seaboard. As the deadly storm moved inland, ...
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The Storming Of Bexar
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast!Episode 61: The Storming Of BexarThe Storming Of Bexar is a shorthand description of the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution, with street-to-street and even house-to-house fighti...
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The Grass Fight
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 60: The Grass FightIn late November 1835, a Texas Revolution skirmish took place that history remembers as “most unusual.”We reveal how The Grass Fight happened, the impact i...
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Mexican Politics & The Texas Revolution
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 59: Mexican Politics & The Texas RevolutionIn November 1835, 189 years ago this month, the Texas Revolution is in full swing. It’s not an isolated event – rather, one link in a...
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Episode 59
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Canary Island Descendants
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 58: Canary Island DescendantsMore than 290 years ago, 16 families from the Spanish Canary Islands, off the coast of Northwest Africa, embarked on a yearlong journey through sea and...
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Episode 58
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Spanish Texas
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 57: Spanish TexasMission San Antonio de Valero - the Mission we know today as the Alamo - moved to its current location in 1724, making this year its 300th anniversary.We re...
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Connecting The San Antonio Missions
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 56: Connecting The San Antonio MissionsSan Antonio’s Spanish missions were more than churches. They were communities that planted roots so deep, they grew our city into a place kno...
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Episode 56
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Mexican Constitution Of 1824
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast!Episode 55: Mexican Constitution Of 1824In October 1824 - 200 years ago this month - the people of Mexico drafted their first Constitution. It’s known today as the Mexican Constitution of ...
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Episode 55
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Celebrating Texas Archaeology Month
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 54: Celebrating Texas Archaeology MonthThis October, the Alamo is celebrating Texas Archaeology Month. Visitors to the Alamo are often astonished to learn our archaeology team is st...
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The Alamo Visitor Center & Museum Construction Kickoff
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 53: The Alamo Visitor Center & Museum Construction KickoffThis week the Alamo marks an extraordinary new chapter in the site’s 300-year history, with the official construction k...
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Episode 53
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