The American Southwest
Thomas Wayne Riley
4.6from 57 ratings
- 81
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 57
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The American Southwest
This is a podcast of the people, places, and things of the American West. Think cowboys and Indians, bison and cactus, national parks and ghost towns, Mormons and prospectors, nukes and aliens, Tombstone, the Anasazi, Route 66, and everything in between. I’ll dive deep into historical people and events and the cultures and policies that helped shape this area of the American frontier world that’s left so many of the rest of the planet in envy of the mythic American Southwest.
- Publisher
- Thomas Wayne Riley
- Category
- education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Aug 2021
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 81 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Mexican War: The Conquest of California, Part 6
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Mexican War: The Battle of Monterrey, Part 5
27 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Mexican War: An Adventure in Imperialism, Part 4
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The Mexican War: The Conquest of California, Part 6
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But instead, Paredes used the funds to overthrow the Mexican government and set himself up as president. Governor Pio Pico sensing the coming war with America, would write to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations in May of 1846, and he would basically say, the U.S. is coming, and we need help. He wrote, quote, The uncertainty in which we find ourselves in this department concerning the true state existing in the political affairs between our government and the Republic of the United States of the North The excessive introduction of armed adventurers from the nation leaves us no doubt of the war we shall have with the North Americans. […]
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- James Bandy
- Rambo Van Halen
- George R Matthews
- Andrew Edwards
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- 57 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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