505 - Mexican President Santa Anna and His Crazy Antics

505 - Mexican President Santa Anna and His Crazy Antics

Do Go On · 2025-06-25
01:51:01

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-cheat

Prime 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 Thomas


Do 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_Anna

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Lopez-de-Santa-Anna

https://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-1836

https://www.britannica.com/event/Pastry-War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War/Invasion-and-war

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do Go On

A fact based comedy podcast. Each week Melbourne comedians Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke take it in turns to research a topic and report back to the class.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where can you listen?

Apple Podcasts Logo Spotify Logo Podtail Logo Google Podcasts Logo RSS

Episodes