# realignment (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover realignment. Page: Feed: --- ## [Episode 97: La Junta de los Ríos, Before There Was a Border](https://arctx.org/episode-97-la-junta-de-los-rios-before-there-was-a-border/) _2026-08-25 · The Hidden History of Texas_ La Junta de los Ríos, Before There Was a Border (Partial Transcript....) If you stand near Presidio, Texas, and look across the Rio Grande toward Ojinaga, Mexico, you're looking at a border. At least that's what the maps tell us. There is Texas on one side, Chihuahua on the other. The United States here. Mexico there. But if you could stand in that same place five hundred years ago, none of those… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/episode_97.mp3) ## [A Nation Rebuilt](https://arctx.org/a-nation-rebuilt/) _2026-08-15 · The Hidden History of Texas_ A Nation Rebuilt The war ended, but the constitutional questions had just begun. Hello, and welcome to Political Realignment. I'm Hank Wilson. I'd like to begin with a simple question. How do you rebuild a nation after it has been divided against itself? It's a question every generation hopes it will never have to answer. Yet in the spring of 1865, Americans found themselves facing exactly that… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/episode_1_a_nation_rebuilt.mp3) ## [From Frontier Forts to Frontier Towns: Fort Davis and Fort Stockton](https://arctx.org/from-frontier-forts-to-frontier-towns-fort-davis-and-fort-stockton/) _2026-08-03 · The Hidden History of Texas_ Hello friends, and welcome back to Hidden History of Texas. Last time, we visited Alpine, a mountain community that showed us how people learned not simply to travel through West Texas, but to build permanent lives there. Today, we're visiting two communities whose very names remind us of their beginnings. Fort Davis. Fort Stockton. When we hear those names, it's natural to think about soldiers,… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/episode_96.mp3) ## [Episode 95 – Alpine: Where the Mountains Became Home](https://arctx.org/episode-95-alpine-where-the-mountains-became-home/) _2026-07-22 · The Hidden History of Texas_ Episode 95 – Alpine: Where the Mountains Became Home Alpine is often described as the gateway to Big Bend, but its story is far richer than that. In this episode of Hidden History of Texas, we explore a different question: Why did Alpine succeed where so many frontier settlements disappeared? Rather than focusing on dates and famous names, we trace the forces that shaped this remarkable mountain… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/episode_95.mp3) ## [The Frontier Forts: Guarding West Texas](https://arctx.org/the-frontier-forts-guarding-west-texas/) _2026-07-16 · The Hidden History of Texas_ Officers' row (ruins), looking west, before the National Park Service acquired Fort Davis National Historic Site. The Frontier Forts: Guarding West Texas Hello friends, and welcome back to Hidden History of Texas. Last time, we crossed the Pecos River and entered one of the most remarkable landscapes in our state, the Trans-Pecos. We discovered a Texas of mountains instead of rolling hills...… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/episode_94.mp3) ## [Brown v. Board: The Cornerstone of Change](https://arctx.org/brown-v-board-the-cornerstone-of-change/) _2026-07-15 · The Hidden History of Texas_ Brown v. Board: The Cornerstone of Change When we began this series, we started with the election of 1964. From there, we journeyed through 1968... 1972... 1976... and finally 1980. Each episode explored another chapter in America's political realignment. At first, those elections appeared to be separate stories. Different candidates. Different issues. Different moments in history. But as we… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1954.mp3) ## [1980: Restoring Confidence](https://arctx.org/1980-restoring-confidence/) _2026-07-07 · The Hidden History of Texas_ Welcome to another episode of The Political Realignment a Hidden History of Texas series How does a nation recover its confidence? That question hung over America in 1980. The Vietnam War was over. Watergate had moved from breaking news into history. The Bicentennial optimism of 1976 had faded. Inflation remained painfully high. Interest rates climbed. Gas lines and energy worries had shaken the… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1980.mp3) ## [The Trans-Pecos: Texas Beyond the Mountains](https://arctx.org/the-trans-pecos-texas-beyond-the-mountains/) _2026-07-05 · The Hidden History of Texas_ Hello friends, and welcome back to Hidden History of Texas. This is episode 93 The Trans-Pecos: Texas Beyond the Mountains (NOTE: This is not a verbatim transcript) Last time, we visited El Paso, a city whose story began centuries before there was a Republic of Texas. It reminded us that Texas has never been just one history or one culture. Today, I'd like to take you somewhere that many Texans… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/episode_93.mp3) ## [1976 After Watergate](https://arctx.org/1976-after-watergate/) _2026-06-25 · The Hidden History of Texas_ 1976: After Watergate America celebrated its 200th birthday in 1976. The Bicentennial brought parades, fireworks, tall ships, patriotic ceremonies, and a renewed appreciation for the nation's remarkable history. Yet beneath the celebration lingered a different mood. Only two years earlier, Richard Nixon had become the first American president to resign from office. The Vietnam War had finally… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1976-After-Watergate.mp3) ## [Episode 92 – El Paso: The Pass of the North…The Rio Grande Frontier, Part One](https://arctx.org/episode-92-el-paso-the-pass-of-the-north-the-rio-grande-frontier-part-one/) _2026-06-17 · The Hidden History of Texas_ Hello friends, and welcome back to Hidden History of Texas. This is episode 92 – this is the first in a series I’m calling The Rio Grande Frontier – Welcome to El Paso: The Pass of the North When most people think about Texas history, their minds usually start in the east. They think of Nacogdoches, San Antonio, Austin's Colony, the Alamo, cattle drives, oil fields, and railroads. But today, I… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_92.mp3) ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cyydqasZzMZl) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [1972: The Landslide That Changed America](https://arctx.org/1972-the-landslide-that-changed-america/) _2026-06-16 · The Hidden History of Texas_ History often remembers elections by who won and who lost. But some elections matter because they reveal deeper changes taking place beneath the surface. The election of 1972 was one of those moments. Many of us consider it to be the landslide that changed America. Those of us who witnessed that time period remember that only four years earlier, America had experienced one of the most turbulent… [Listen](https://arctx.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1972.mp3)