Mexica: A History Podcast

Mexica Podcast

Mexica: A History Podcast is a 9-episode, deeply sourced (from both Indigenous sources and first hand European accounts) audio narrative about the “Conquest of Mexico,” with the goal of bringing the rich sights, scents and sounds of  the Mexica world to the listener.

Listen on your favorite podcast network: iHeartRadio, Amazon, Pocket Cast. Apple Podcasts, Spotify.

Episode One – Moctezuma and the Valley of Mexico

Part 1 – Tlatoani Moctezuma

Part 2 – Tenochtitlan

Part 3 – Politics of the Valley

Part 4 – Blood Debt to the Gods

Part 5 – Prayer and a Messenger from the Coast

Episode Two – Cortes, Extremadura and Life in the New World

Part 1 – Extremadura, Home of Conquistadors

Part 2 – Life in the Indies

Part 3 – Tabasco

Part 4 – Taking of Potonchan

Part 5 – Battle of Cintla

Episode Three – Along the Coast

Part 1 – Closing out Business in Potonchan

Part 2 – Aztec Territory

Part 3 – Marina Reveals Herself

Part 4 – Report to Moctezuma

Part 5 – The Great Treasure

Part 6 – Discontent and Political Maneuvering

Episode Four – Exploiting Divides

Part 1 – The Totonacs

Part 2 – Cempoala

Part 3 – Quiahuitzlan

Part 4 – Worry in the Capital

Part 5 – Building of Villa Rica

Part 6 – Loyalty to the Totonacs

Part 7 – Sinking Ships and Shipping Traffic

Part 8 – Garay

Episode Five – March to Tenochtitlan

Part 1 – Departing Cempoala

Part 2 – Deserts and Valleys

Part 3 – Battles to Tlaxcala

Part 4 – New Allies in Tlaxcala

Part 5 – Staying in Tlaxcala

Episode Six – Entering Mexico

Part 1 – Cholula

Part 2 – Word of the Destruction of Cholula

Part 3 – Up the Volcano

Part 4 – Drunk Men Speak Truth

Part 5 – Departing Cholula

Part 6 – Chalco

Episode Seven – Foreigners in Tenochtitlan

Part 1 – Entering Tenochtitlan

Part 2 – Meeting Moctezuma

Part 3 – Guests in the Capital

Part 4 – The Hostage Moctezuma

Part 5 – Death of Cualpopoca

Part 6 – Narvaez Arrives on the Coast

Part 7 – Festival of Toxcatl

Episode Eight – Fall of Tenochtitlan

Part 1 – Cortes Returns to Tenochtitlan

Part 2 – Death of Moctezuma

Part 3 – Noche Triste

Part 4 – Battle of Otumba

Part 5 – Struggle in Tenochtitlan

Part 6 – Cortes Returns

Episode Nine – The End of the Mexica

Part 1 – The March to Texcoco

Part 2 – The Players Are Set

Part 3 – Siege of Tenochtitlan

Part 4 – Mexica Abandon Tenochtitlan

Part 5 – Cortes Gets Routed

Part 6 – Amaxac

Part 7 – The End of the Mexica

Part 8 – The Valley After the Mexica

Part 9 – Mexico Today

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