Best Clay McClure Podcasts (2025)

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Chase The Night - 2025 TCMA Band of the Year Finalist 23:03

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Chase the Night is one of the hardest-working bands around. Nate, JT, and Nathan join Miss Helentyo to catch up on their success and growth this past year. Support the showBy Texas Toast

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Adrian Pole, "Making Antifascist War: The International Brigades' Transnational Encounters with Civil-War Spain, 1936-1939" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 55:06

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Making Antifascist War: The International Brigades' Transnational Encounters with Civil-War Spain, 1936-1939 (Cambridge UP, 2025) is a study of the 35,000 antifascists who joined the International Brigades in order to defend the Second Spanish Republic and of their encounters with civil-war Spain. Dr. Adrian Pole offers the first in-depth history o…

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Devin Michaels - From Refugio, Texas to a Stage near you. Devin is on the Rise, get to know him on this episode. 17:44

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Devin Michaels is rising fast in the Texas Country Music Industry. In this episode, he shares his musical influences, writing style, first time in the studio, and his current job outside of music. Texas Toast Podcast is proud to introduce Devin Michaels from Refugio, Texas Support the show…

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Curtis Grimes - New Album - "What I'm Here For" 18:37

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Happy to welcome back Curtis Grimes to the Podcast. In this episode we dive into his new Album, "What I'm Here For". This album will inspire. Curtis had a lot of inspiration and personal testimonies behind the songs on this 11 song Album. We also discuss his ministry, family, and schedule. Support the …

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Martin Austin Nesvig, "The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico" (Cambridge UP, 2025) 1:04:49

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The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Dr. Martin Austin Nesvig tells the stories of women from Spain, North Africa, Senegambia, and Canaries accused of sorcery in sixteenth-century Mexico for adapting native magic and healing practices. These non-native women – the mulata of Seville…

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Rick Trevino - 30 Years in Music 28:12

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Big Cheers!! Texas Toast Welcome to Rick Trevino. In this episode we discuss How Rick's music has evolved over the years, to touch so many along with his new Radio Single, "The Ride." There is an awesome story behind this one. With his music touching so many for so many years!! Support the show…

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Brian A. Stauffer, "Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico’s Religionero Rebellion" (U New Mexico Press, 2019) 1:02:15

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In Victory on Earth or in Heaven: Mexico’s Religionero Rebellion (University of New Mexico Press, 2019), Brian A. Stauffer reconstructs the history of Mexico's forgotten "Religionero" rebellion of 1873-1877, an armed Catholic challenge to the government of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. An essentially grassroots movement--organized by indigenous, Afro-…

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Jordan Rainer - Debut Show at McGonigel's Mucky Duck - September 4th 15:30

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Jordan has had the notorious McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston on her Bucket list venue to play for a while and she's ready to sell it out. She also lets us in on her new upcoming Album and she shares stories from NBC's The Voice. Support the showBy Texas Toast

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Raymond Jonas, "Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire" (Harvard UP, 2024) 1:05:12

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For a few years in the middle of the nineteenth century, Mexico was ruled by an Austrian and defended by a French army. This often neglected story is more than just historical trivia - it's a way of understanding 19th century imperial politics, and global insurgencies today. In Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Em…

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Tristan Roberson - "One Night in Dallas" Debut Album is out & Loaded Tour Schedule 19:09

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Tristan Roberson earned a Number One on the Texas Regional Radio Report with his first Texas Radio Release, "Somewhere in Texas". is Debut Album, "One Night In Dallas is out now. Tristan has a new Song dropping to Streaming, loaded Tour Schedule, and a list of accomplishments and he's just getting star…

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Keaton Adams - New Album August 28th - "The Other Side": 23:27

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Keaton Adams has an amazing story and you can learn all about it, his music, how his band formed, nd more. He is a name to keep up with in Texas/Red Dirt Music Support the show

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Giles Tremlett, "The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War" (Bloomsbury, 2021) 53:27

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When civil war broke out in Spain in 1936, tens of thousands of young men and women from across the world flocked there to fight against the Nationalist uprising. Though their history has been told before, Giles Tremlett’s The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War (Bloomsbury, 2021) draws upon previously unavailable mat…

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Sasha D. Pack, "The Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar and the Making of the Hispano-African Border" (Stanford UP, 2019) 1:00:54

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In his new book, The Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar and the Making of the Hispano-African Border(Stanford, 2019), Sasha D. Pack considers the Strait of Gibraltar as an untamed in-between space—from “shatter zone” to borderland. Far from the centers of authority of contending empires, the North African and Southern Iberian coast was a place…

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Elle Townley - Radio Tour - New Radio Single "Taking off my Halo" 23:07

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Get to know the name Elle Townley. Elle is on Radio Tour in support of her new single "Taking off My Halo". Texas Toast Podcast was her first stop. At 16, she is paving a way for a bright future in the business. She has been a Texas Country Music Association Young Artist of the year finalist for 2022, …

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LUCAS SOUSA (+ Mike McClure of The Great Divide) 48:52

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! On today's pod we talk with Texas country new-comer Lucas Sousa about everything he's been up to and get to know him a little better. We also chat with Mike McClure of The Great Divide about their newest radio release! Find The Great Divide's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www.tgdmusic.com/…

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Christopher Clarey, "The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay" (Grand Central Publishing, 2025) 1:11:22

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In The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay (Grand Central Publishing, 2025) Christopher Clarey illuminates the skill and determination it took to accomplish Rafael Nadal’s most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles. Nadal has won big on tennis's many surfaces en route to becoming one of the greatest players of all time: securing…

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40 Years of The MusicFest at Steamboat with John Dickson (+ Clay Hollis Interview) 47:57

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! On today's episode, we reflect on 40 YEARS of the premiere Texas Country music festival, The MusicFest at Steamboat. John Dickson started the festival in 1986 and has been at the held ever since. Find more info on The MusicFest and book your tickets at https://www.themusicfest.com/ If you love what we'…

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ROO ARCUS on Texas Toast: Australia Meets Texas Country 17:01

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Roo Arcus, an Australia native, is making big moves in Texas Country music. We got the opportunity to talk with him on the pod to get to know him a bit and his back story, along with what he's currently working on with some of Texas Country's finest! Find Roo's tour dates, merch and more info at https:…

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Basma Al Dajani, "The Arab Andalusian Love Poetry: A Study of the Interaction Between Place and Man Through Time" (AU Cairo Press, 1994) 34:12

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In this episode of Unlocking Academia, host Raja Aderdor speaks with Dr. Basma A. S. Dajani, Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, in a sweeping conversation on Arab-Andalusian love poetry and the cultural, linguistic, and emotional legacies it continues to inspire. Rooted in her 1994 book The Arab Andalusian Love Poetry: A Study of the Inte…

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COLE STEPHENS on Texas Toast 38:57

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! On today's episode we get to check with one Texas's finest up-and-comers, Cole Stephens. Originally from East Texas, you can find Cole on the road every single weekend anywhere in the state! Find Cole's tour dates, merch and more info at https://colestephensmusic.com/ If you love what we're doing here …

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Julia McClure, "Empire of Poverty: The Moral-Political Economy of the Spanish Empire" (Oxford UP, 2025) 41:51

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Empire of Poverty: The Moral-Political Economy of the Spanish Empire (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Dr. Julia McClure examines how changing concepts of poverty in the long-sixteenth century helped shape the deep structures of states and empires and the contours of imperial inequalities. While poverty is often understood to have become a politic…

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Emily Colbert Cairns and Nieves Romero-Diaz, "Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic" (Amsterdam UP, 2024) 46:49

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Emily Colbert Cairns of Salve Regina University and Nieves Romero-Díaz of Mount Holyoke join Jana Byars to talk about Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic (Amsterdam University Press, 2024). It is the first volume to emphasize women's personal experiences and their life trajectories as mothers within the Peninsula and across the Atlanti…

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Rochelle Rojas, "Bad Christians and Hanging Toads: Witch Crafting in Northern Spain, 1525–1675" (Cornell UP, 2025) 43:09

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Bad Christians and Hanging Toads: Witch Crafting in Northern Spain, 1525–1675 (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Rochelle Rojas tells riveting stories of witchcraft in everyday life in early modern Navarra. Belief in witchcraft not only emerged in moments of mass panic but was woven into the fabric of village life. Some villagers believed witc…

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RICH O TOOLE on Texas Toast 25:49

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Rich O' Toole is BACK! In this episode we get into his return to Texas radio, imbalances in the Texas scene, haters and supporting female artists. Find Rich's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www.richotoole.com/ If you love what we're doing here at Texas Toast, please support us by giving a 5…

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Stephanie Schmidt, "Child Martyrs and Militant Evangelization in New Spain: Missionary Narratives, Nahua Perspectives" (U Texas Press, 2025) 49:20

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A cornerstone of the evangelization of early New Spain was the conversion of Nahua boys, especially the children of elites. They were to be emissaries between Nahua society and foreign missionaries, hastening the transmission of the gospel. Under the tutelage of Franciscan friars, the boys also learned to act with militant zeal. They sermonized and…

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Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré, "Spain’s African Colonial Legacies: Morocco and Equatorial Guinea Compared" (Brill, 2022) 58:07

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The African cities of Bata and Al-Hoceima were created during the Spanish colonial rule of Equatorial Guinea and Morocco. Spain’s African Colonial Legacies: Morocco and Equatorial Guinea Compared (Brill, 2022) constructs their local history to analyse how Spanish colonialism worked, what its legacies were and the imprints it left on their national …

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Donald S. Prudlo, "Stimulus Pastorum: A Charge to Pastors" (St. Augustine's Press, 2022) 29:27

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The work of St. Bartholomew of Braga, O.P. (1514-1590) appears here in English for the first time despite its long and enduring influence in ecclesiastical circles. His meditations on the office of pastor have provided critical insight bishops since their initial circulation and have helped form the most famous among them, including Bartholomew's p…

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BOTTOMLAND on Texas Toast 22:35

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! This weeks guest are two Conroe, Texas natives that come together to form the dynamic group, Bottomland. Get to know Cannon Brand and Justin Gates and learn what all the fuss is about with these guys and their incredible music! Find Bottomlands's tour dates, merch and more info at https://bottomlandban…

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Fernando Collantes, "Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change: The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption Since 1950" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 1:00:02

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In barely three generations the Spanish diet has changed beyond recognition. The traditional concerns around nutritional health and scarcity have been mostly left behind, but they have given way to new problems linked to excess. In Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change: The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950 (Bloomsbury, 2024)…

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ZAC WILKERSON on WHEN MOTHER NATURE CALLS 42:11

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We had the great pleasure of chatting with tenured Texas singer-songwriter, Zac Wilkerson! We get into his early days and intro into music, the making of his records and who he's worked with and much more! Find Zac's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www.zacwilkersonmusic.com/home If you love …

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Elisabeth Bolorinos Allard, "Spanish National Identity, Colonial Power, and the Portrayal of Muslims and Jews During the Rif War (1909-27)" (Boydell & Brewer, 2021) 46:42

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How were Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures depicted in Spanish literature, journalism, and photography during the Rif War and what did this portrayal reveal about conflicting visions of Spanish identity? Runner-up for the 2017-18 AHGBI-Spanish Embassy Publication Prize Spanish National Identity, Colonial Power, and the Portrayal of Muslims and Je…

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TEXAS COUNTRY MUSIC CRUISE 22:05

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Today we're joined by Cynthia and Eric from the Texas Country Music Cruise, a 7-Day + 10 Artist excursion out of Galveston, Texas in November 2025. We get into the start of the cruise in 2018 and how it's evolved, how Eric came on as the music director and how they're cruising this year on the biggest …

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TEXICAN VELVET with JAMES COOK 47:56

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! James Cook is a multi-faceted talent from North Texas and it was pleasure getting to catch up with our old friend. He has a new album coming out on April 11th entitled "Texican Velvet" paired with a tour by the same name. Find James's tour dates, merch and more info at https://jamescookmakesmusic.com/ …

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WE'RE BACK! with WILLY BRAUN 36:45

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! We're so excited to be back up and running. Bringing you the best and brightest conversations with the best in Texas Country. And who else to help relaunch the show but Texas Country Forefather, Willy Braun from Reckless Kelly. Reckless are currently in the process of "retiring" while also releasing ne…

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Adelina Stefan, "Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco's Spain" (Cornell UP, 2024) 1:02:54

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Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco's Spain (Cornell UP, 2024) examines the political effects of international tourism in socialist Romania and Francoist Spain in the postwar era. Despite sharp economic and political differences between the two dictatorial regimes at the start of the Cold War, signifi…

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Josef Stern, "Maimonides' "Guide of the Perplexed" in Translation: A History from the Thirteenth Century to the Twentieth" (U Chicago Press, 2019) 39:39

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There is a common misconception that the Jewish religion does not believe in an afterlife. While it’s true that Judaism is focused on actions, intentions and thoughts in this life, it also believes in an afterlife, and has a variety of points of view about what happens after death. Today’s guest, Professor Joseph Stern, will discuss Maimonides’ uni…

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Adam Franklin-Lyons, "Shortage and Famine in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon" (Penn State Press, 2022) 58:44

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Adam Franklin-Lyons joins Jana Byars to talk about Shortage and Famine in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon (Penn State Press, 2022). In the late fourteenth century, the medieval Crown of Aragon experienced a series of food crises that created conflict and led to widespread starvation. Adam Franklin-Lyons applies contemporary understandings of comp…

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Jorge Flores, "Empire of Contingency: How Portugal Entered the Indo-Persian World" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 54:04

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Portuguese India was tiny—a handful of trading posts and enclaves, centered on the colony of Goa. The Estado da Índia faced the Mughal Empire and the Deccan Sultanates, large Muslim and Persian-based societies that ruled the subcontinent. How did Portuguese India survive? Well, by spying. Jorge Flores in his book Empire of Contingency: How Portugal…

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Elizabeth King and W. David Todd, "Miracles and Machines: A Sixteenth-Century Automaton and Its Legend" (Getty, 2023) 48:56

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Miracles and Machines: A Sixteenth-Century Automaton and Its Legend (Getty Publications, 2023) tells the singular story of an uncanny, rare object at the cusp of art and science: a 450-year-old automaton known as “the monk.” The walking, gesticulating figure of a friar, in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American …

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Byron Ellsworth Hamann, "The Invention of the Colonial Americas: Data, Architecture, and the Archive of the Indies, 1781–1844" (Getty, 2022) 50:27

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The Invention of the Colonial Americas: Data, Architecture, and the Archive of the Indies, 1781–1844 (Getty, 2022) is an architectural history and media-archaeological study of changing theories and practices of government archives in Enlightenment Spain. It centers on an archive created in Seville for storing Spain's pre-1760 documents about the N…

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Andrew Laird, "Aztec Latin: Renaissance Learning and Nahuatl Traditions in Early Colonial Mexico" (Oxford UP, 2024) 41:45

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Andrew Laird, of Brown University, discusses Aztec Latin: Renaissance Learning and Nahuatl Traditions in Early Colonial Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2024). In 1536, only fifteen years after the fall of the Aztec empire, Franciscan missionaries began teaching Latin, classical rhetoric, and Aristotelian philosophy to native youths in central Mexi…

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Alec Goldstein, "Maimonides on the Book of Exodus" (Kodesh Press, 2019) 35:06

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Today I talked to Alec Goldstein about Maimonides on the Book of Exodus (Kodesh Press, 2019). Rabbi Moses son of Maimon, known in Hebrew as Rambam and in English as Maimonides, is one of Judaism’s most influential and enduring figures. His works have shaped Jewish thought for centuries, combining legal precision, philosophical brilliance, and profo…

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Robert Wright, "Indigenous Autonomy at La Junta de Los Rios: Traders, Allies, and Migrants on New Spain's Northern Frontier" (Texas Tech UP, 2023) 49:05

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Today I talked to Robert Wright about Indigenous Autonomy at La Junta de Los Rios: Traders, Allies, and Migrants on New Spain's Northern Frontier (Texas Tech UP, 2023). The Indigenous nations of the valley of the Rio Grande that is now centered upon Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas―the La Junta valley in colonial times―had a long and unique …

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Edward Jones Corredera, "Odious Debt: Bankruptcy, International Law, and the Making of Latin America" (Oxford UP, 2024) 46:25

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What are fallen tyrants owed? What makes debt illegitimate? And when is bankruptcy moral? Drawing on new archival sources, this book shows how Latin American nations have wrestled with the morality of indebtedness and insolvency since their foundation, and outlines how their history can shed new light on contemporary global dilemmas. With a focus o…

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Nicholas R. Jones, "Cervantine Blackness" (Penn State UP, 2024) 54:53

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There is no shortage of Black characters in Miguel de Cervantes’s works, yet there has been a profound silence about the Spanish author’s compelling literary construction and cultural codification of Black Africans and sub-Saharan Africa. In Cervantine Blackness (Penn State UP, 2024), Nicholas R. Jones reconsiders in what sense Black subjects posse…

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Juan José Rivas Moreno, "The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) 52:31

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Many authors have written about the Manila Galleons, the massive ships that took goods back and forth between Acapulco and Manila, ferrying silver one way, and Chinese-made goods the other. But how did the Galleons actually work? Who paid for them? How did buyers and sellers negotiate with each other? Who set the rules? Why on earth did the shipper…

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Hartley Lachter, "Kabbalah and Catastrophe: Historical Memory in Premodern Jewish Mysticism" (Stanford UP, 2024) 43:29

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While premodern kabbalistic texts were not chronicles of historical events, they provided elaborate models for understanding the secret divine plan guiding human affairs. Hartley Lachter analyzes innovative kabbalistic doctrines, such as the idea of reincarnation and the notion of multiple successive universes, through which Jewish mystics sought t…

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Jan Machielsen, "The Basque Witch-Hunt: A Secret History" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 48:04

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In June 1609, two judges left Bordeaux for a territory at the very edge of their jurisdiction, a Basque-speaking province on the Atlantic coast called the Pays de Labourd. In four months, they executed up to 80 women and men for the crime of witchcraft, causing a wave of suspects to flee into Spain and sparking terror there. Witnesses, many of them…

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SLADE COULTER on UIL to the Tour Bus 20:08

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Slade Coulter is a making a name for himself in Texas music as a dynamic and diverse songwriter. His new album "Something To Say" just dropped last on December 13th with nine fresh tracks for your enjoyment. Find Slade's tour dates, merch and more info at https://sladecoulter.com/ If you love what we'r…

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THE TEXAS TRIO with KYLE PARK 19:00

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Send us a text and let us know what you think! Our old friend Mr Kyle Park joins us today on the podcast to discuss his latest project, The Texas Trio. With over 60 combined years of music experience in this group, you'd be doing yourself a favor by checking these guys out! Find The Texas Trio's tour dates, merch and more info at https://www.thetex…