505 - Mexican President Santa Anna and His Crazy Antics

This week we look at the wild and colourful life of Antonio López de Santa Anna, president of Mexico no less than 11 times!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:52 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Annahttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Lopez-de-Santa-Annahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna#https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-invented-gum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Mexico https://www.thealamo.org/remember/military-occupation/independence-and-annexation#:~:text=On%20December%2027%2C%201845%2C%20U.S.,28th%20state%20of%20the%20Union. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Alamo-San-Antonio-Texas-United-States-1836https://www.britannica.com/event/Pastry-Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_Warhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War/Invasion-and-war Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.