https://media.blubrry.com/3714357/content.blubrry.com/3714357/Alchichica.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSNestled in the high desert plains of the Mexican state of Puebla, on the border with Veracruz, lies Laguna de Alchichica, a shimmering, turquoise jewel set within an ancient volcanic crater. This saline lake, known as an axalapasco in the local Nahuatl language, is more […]
https://media.blubrry.com/3714357/content.blubrry.com/3714357/ChannelIslands.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe California Channel Islands, an eight-island chain off the coast of Southern California, are a treasure of natural beauty and ecological significance. Known in Mexico as the Archipiélago del Norte, or the Archipelago of the North, these islands—San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa […]
https://media.blubrry.com/3714357/content.blubrry.com/3714357/RoyalFamily.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSOn a warm July day in 1822, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City echoed with the sounds of celebration. Agustín de Iturbide, a man of Basque descent born in Valladolid (now Morelia), Mexico, in 1783, stood before a cheering crowd as the heavy imperial crown […]
https://media.blubrry.com/3714357/content.blubrry.com/3714357/EkBalam.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSLocated in the Yucatán Peninsula. Ek Balam, meaning ‘Black Jaguar’ or ‘Jaguar Star’ in Yucatec Maya, was a significant northern Maya kingdom, known historically as Talol, during its peak from 770 to 840 AD. The ruined city is situated about 12 miles north of Valladolid […]
https://media.blubrry.com/3714357/content.blubrry.com/3714357/YaquiLegends2025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe Yaqui or Yoeme people have lived in the river valleys of south-central Sonora in northwestern Mexico since time immemorial. The name “Yaqui” comes from the Yoeme word “Hiyakim” which was the name these people gave to their homeland. The Yaqui resisted outside influence for […]
