Tales From Aztlantis
Kurly Tlapoyawa & Ruben Arellano Tlakatekatl
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We explore Chicano, Mexicano, and Mesoamerican history, archaeology, and culture, and combat the spread of disinformation about these very topics. Your hosts Kurly Tlapoyawa and Ruben Arellano Tlakatekatl invite you to join them on a fascinating journey through Mesoamerica's past, present, and future!
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S5 A Dispatch From The Desert
Today we join Kurly as he descends into madness doing Archaeological fieldwork in southern New Mexico!listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! Support the showOrder "NEVER WILL IT BE LOST" and…
S5 Dispatch From Aztlantis: The Aztec-Turkish Connection?
In this episode, Tlakatekatl investigates the idea that the Nawatl language is somehow related to Turkish.listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! Support the showOrder "NEVER WILL IT BE LOST"…
S5 Dispatch From Aztlantis: Whiskey, Crosses, and Fascists
Archaeological fieldwork can be a lonely undertaking. For this special dispatch, we join Kurly as he does fieldwork in Taos, NM. Let's' just say that things get...interesting.listener comments?…
S5E92 Episode 92: The Year Already Sucks!
For our Season 5 finale, we reflect on some news items, discuss whether a Chicano can be a trump supporter, and reflect on some of our favorite moments from 2025!listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us…
S5 Special Throwback: Last of the Aztecs!
The Last of The Aztecs! Online racial conspiracists often share historical photos of a man and woman dubbed "The Last of the Aztecs." But who are the individuals in the photo? What is their actual…
S5E91 Episode 91: The Invention of America
Today, we’re peeling back the layers of a name we use every single day, often without a second thought: America. But we aren’t just looking at a map; we’relooking at a philosophical crisis. It’s a…
S5 Throwback: Reason for the Season!
Well, dear listeners, it’s that time of year again: when the mainstream media and their corporate overlords conspire to wage war on the winter holiday meant to celebrate the birth of our savior and…
S5E90 Episode 90: Decoding Teotihuacan w/ Magnus Pharao Hansen
The culture that thrived at Teotihuacan in the Classic period has a unique place in Mesoamerican history. Today, it is held as an emblem of the Mexican national past and is one of the most visited…
S5 Throwback: Four Things about the Mexika Calendar
With the passing of the Spring Equinox, we once again bring another year to a close. “In Xiwitl itlamiliz” The year has ended. This means it is once again time for the annual online arguments over…
S5E89 Episode 89: Rise Up. Walk Out.
It was March 1968, and East Los Angeles was ready to explode.The city didn’t know it yet—hell, the country didn’t know it—but a brown revolution was about to burst forth out of its high schools. Over…
S5 Throwback: The Assassination of Kwawhtemok!
The Assassination of Kwawtemok! On February 28, of the year 1525, Kwawtemok – the last sovereign tlatoani (ruler or speaker) of the Mexikah nation and the Anawak Confederacy, was assassinated by…
S5 Throwback: Nahuatl Nations!
We are joined By Dr. Magnus Pharao Hansen to discuss his new book "Nahuatl Nations: Language Revitalization and Semiotic Sovereignty in Indigenous Mexico."Nahuatl Nations is a linguistic ethnography…
S5E88 Episode 88: Inventing New Mexico's Crypto Jews!
In the blistering heat of New Mexico’s sun-baked earth, under the protective gaze of Okuu Pin–the Turtle Mountain that majestically stands guard over Albuquerque–a strange and persistent legend has…
S5 Throwback: Subversive Spirituality!
Day of the Dead is Subversive Spirituality! Long before the arrival of Europeans, some of the Indigenous Mesoamerican traditions of honoring the dead were celebrated with two specific feasts:…
S5E87 Episode 87: Trump & The Cult of Columbus
It was October 9th, and the orange-tinted manchild sat hunched in the Oval Office, surrounded by his usual circus of bootlickers, propagandists, and professional ass-kissers. Cameras clicked, flags…
S5E86 Episode 86: The Juan Diego Code!
During a 1990 visit to Mexico, Pope John Paul II confirmed the long-standing liturgical cult in honor of Juan Diego, officially beatifying him. This act set in motion the process of canonizing Juan…
S5 Throwback: The Second Declaration of Anahuac!
On November 26, 1988, a person by the name of Ramón Tirado delivered the “Consigna del sexto sol: Segunda consigna de Anáhuac” –or the “Mandate of the Sixth Sun: Second Mandate of Anahuac”– at the…
S5 Throwback: New Mexican Spanish w/ Rob Martinez!
The Myth of New Mexican Spanish This week we are joined by the official New Mexico State historian Rob Martinez! Rob joins us as we dissect the many myths surrounding the way Spanish is spoken in New…
S5 Throwback: Computer of the Gods!
Proponents of the nepohualtzintzin hail it as a marvel of ancient Mesoamerica. Elevated as a symbol of mathematical sophistication, the device has captured the imagination of scholars and enthusiasts…
S5E85 Episode 85: Kurly's Latinx Adventure!
What happens when you invite Kurly Tlapoyawa to give the keynote address at a Latinx conference? Let's find out!listener comments? Feedback? Shoot us a text! Order "NEVER WILL IT BE LOST" and get $5…
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