# The Conquistadors: Exploration, Greed, and Destruction — Fexingo History

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Author: Fexingo
Episodes: 182

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From the moment Hernán Cortés burned his ships on the Veracruz shore to the fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Spanish conquistadors remade the Americas through a volatile mix of courage, cruelty, and greed. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the brutal collision of two worlds, examining not only the well-known figures—Cortés, Pizarro, Moctezuma, Atahualpa—but also the indigenous allies, enslaved Africans, and forgotten women who shaped the conquest. Each episode dissects a specific campaign or cultural encounter: the siege of Tenochtitlan, the conquest of the Inca Empire, the protracted Maya resistance, and the lesser-known expeditions into Florida and the Amazon. They explore the legal and moral debates of the Valladolid Controversy, the devastating impact of Old World diseases, and the encomienda system that bound native peoples to Spanish lords. The show also confronts the long legacy: how conquest myths were constructed, how indigenous memory survives, and how modern movements grapple with statues, repatriation, and historical memory. This is not a simple story of heroes or villains—it is a search for understanding amid the rubble of empires. Can we truly grasp the scale o…

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## Episodes
- [Cortés's Private Kingdom: The Marquesado del Valle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-s-private-kingdom-the-marquesado-del-valle) — 2026-07-29T03:13:18+00:00
- [The Conquest of Guatemala: Alvarado's Maya War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-conquest-of-guatemala-alvarado-s-maya-war) — 2026-07-28T16:06:17+00:00
- [The Encomienda System: How Conquest Became Labor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-encomienda-system-how-conquest-became-labor) — 2026-07-28T03:10:03+00:00
- [The Long Conquest of Yucatán: Montejo vs the Maya](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-long-conquest-of-yucat-n-montejo-vs-the-maya) — 2026-07-27T17:18:02+00:00
- [The Tarascan Empire: The Aztecs' Only Rival](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tarascan-empire-the-aztecs-only-rival) — 2026-07-27T02:57:04+00:00
- [The Mixtón War: Caxcan Rebellion Against Spanish Rule](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mixt-n-war-caxcan-rebellion-against-spanish-rule) — 2026-07-26T15:29:39+00:00
- [How Smallpox Toppled the Aztec Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/how-smallpox-toppled-the-aztec-empire) — 2026-07-26T03:04:46+00:00
- [The Great Debate: Las Casas vs Sepúlveda on Indigenous Rights](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-great-debate-las-casas-vs-sep-lveda-on-indigenous-rights) — 2026-07-25T15:30:16+00:00
- [The Huastec Rebellion: Cortés's Forgotten War in the North](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-huastec-rebellion-cort-s-s-forgotten-war-in-the-north) — 2026-07-24T15:34:25+00:00
- [The Noche Triste: Cortés's Night of Sorrows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-noche-triste-cort-s-s-night-of-sorrows-2) — 2026-07-24T03:07:43+00:00
- [Cortés's African Companions: The Unseen Conquistadors](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-s-african-companions-the-unseen-conquistadors) — 2026-07-23T15:36:02+00:00
- [The Man Who Burnt the Maya Books: Diego de Landa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-man-who-burnt-the-maya-books-diego-de-landa) — 2026-07-23T03:06:38+00:00
- [The Dogs of Conquest: How Spanish Mastiffs Terrorized Mesoamerica](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-dogs-of-conquest-how-spanish-mastiffs-terrorized-mesoamerica) — 2026-07-22T15:31:45+00:00
- [The Tlaxcalan Alliance: How Cortés Won Mexico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tlaxcalan-alliance-how-cort-s-won-mexico) — 2026-07-22T03:22:28+00:00
- [La Malinche: Beyond the Myth of the Traitor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/la-malinche-beyond-the-myth-of-the-traitor) — 2026-07-21T16:07:37+00:00
- [The Totonac of Cempoala: Cortés's First Major Indigenous Ally](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-totonac-of-cempoala-cort-s-s-first-major-indigenous-ally) — 2026-07-21T02:52:33+00:00
- [The Cholula Massacre: Cortés's Bloody Prelude to Tenochtitlan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cholula-massacre-cort-s-s-bloody-prelude-to-tenochtitlan) — 2026-07-20T16:01:55+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan: How Cortés Beat 300,000](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-how-cort-s-beat-300-000) — 2026-07-20T03:03:02+00:00
- [The Forgotten Fortress: Quauhquechollan's Alliance Against the Aztecs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-forgotten-fortress-quauhquechollan-s-alliance-against-the-aztecs) — 2026-07-19T14:53:02+00:00
- [The Cempoala Alliance: Cortés's First Indigenous Allies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cempoala-alliance-cort-s-s-first-indigenous-allies) — 2026-07-19T02:57:51+00:00
- [The Oñate Entrada: New Mexico 1598](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-o-ate-entrada-new-mexico-1598) — 2026-07-18T15:05:01+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan: How the Aztec Capital Fell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-how-the-aztec-capital-fell) — 2026-07-18T03:03:31+00:00
- [The Mexica Flower Wars: Ritual Combat or Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mexica-flower-wars-ritual-combat-or-conquest) — 2026-07-17T15:39:21+00:00
- [The Encomienda's Grip: How Spanish Lords Ruled Indigenous Lives](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-encomienda-s-grip-how-spanish-lords-ruled-indigenous-lives) — 2026-07-17T02:56:27+00:00
- [The Panuco Expedition: Cortés's Shipwrecked Men](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-panuco-expedition-cort-s-s-shipwrecked-men) — 2026-07-16T15:40:57+00:00
- [The Lost Fleet of Cortés: Shipwreck and Survival](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-lost-fleet-of-cort-s-shipwreck-and-survival) — 2026-07-16T03:07:37+00:00
- [The Trial of Cuauhtemoc: Cortés's Last Aztec Emperor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-trial-of-cuauhtemoc-cort-s-s-last-aztec-emperor) — 2026-07-15T15:35:36+00:00
- [Malintzin: The Interpreter Who Shaped the Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/malintzin-the-interpreter-who-shaped-the-conquest-2) — 2026-07-15T03:03:35+00:00
- [The Caciques Who Fought Back: Indigenous Resistance in the Caribbean](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-caciques-who-fought-back-indigenous-resistance-in-the-caribbean) — 2026-07-14T15:20:03+00:00
- [The Tarascan Empire: Bronze Age Rivals to the Aztecs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tarascan-empire-bronze-age-rivals-to-the-aztecs) — 2026-07-14T02:58:57+00:00
- [The Nahua Lords Who Ran Mexico for Spain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-nahua-lords-who-ran-mexico-for-spain) — 2026-07-13T16:05:38+00:00
- [The Codex Mendoza: Aztec Tribute, History, and Daily Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-codex-mendoza-aztec-tribute-history-and-daily-life) — 2026-07-13T03:09:50+00:00
- [The Noche Triste: Cortés's Desperate Escape from Tenochtitlan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-noche-triste-cort-s-s-desperate-escape-from-tenochtitlan-2) — 2026-07-12T15:49:14+00:00
- [The Oñate Entrada: Spanish Conquest of New Mexico 1598](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-o-ate-entrada-spanish-conquest-of-new-mexico-1598) — 2026-07-12T02:59:47+00:00
- [The Requerimiento: Reading Conquest into Law](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-requerimiento-reading-conquest-into-law) — 2026-07-11T15:22:42+00:00
- [The Guadalajara Cartographer: Domingo Lázaro and the First Map of New Spain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-guadalajara-cartographer-domingo-l-zaro-and-the-first-map-of-new-spain) — 2026-07-11T03:04:16+00:00
- [The Battle of Otumba: Aztec Fury After La Noche Triste](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-battle-of-otumba-aztec-fury-after-la-noche-triste) — 2026-07-10T15:44:13+00:00
- [The Encomienda System: Legalized Slavery in Spanish America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-encomienda-system-legalized-slavery-in-spanish-america) — 2026-07-10T02:54:27+00:00
- [The Cholula Massacre: Cortés's Calculated Terror](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cholula-massacre-cort-s-s-calculated-terror-2) — 2026-07-09T15:49:34+00:00
- [Cortés's Indian Allies: The Indigenous Conquest of Mexico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-s-indian-allies-the-indigenous-conquest-of-mexico) — 2026-07-09T03:05:02+00:00
- [The Mixtón War: Indigenous Uprising in Nueva Galicia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mixt-n-war-indigenous-uprising-in-nueva-galicia) — 2026-07-08T15:46:34+00:00
- [The Tarascan Empire: Bronze Age Rival to the Aztecs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tarascan-empire-bronze-age-rival-to-the-aztecs) — 2026-07-08T03:05:43+00:00
- [The Mita System: Forced Labor in the Spanish Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mita-system-forced-labor-in-the-spanish-empire) — 2026-07-07T15:42:14+00:00
- [The Maya Caste War: Indigenous Rebellion in Yucatan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-maya-caste-war-indigenous-rebellion-in-yucatan) — 2026-07-07T02:58:04+00:00
- [The Tlaxcalan Exodus: Migration and Settlement in Spanish Texas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tlaxcalan-exodus-migration-and-settlement-in-spanish-texas) — 2026-07-06T15:39:22+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan's Secret Weapon: Smallpox and Epidemics in the Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-s-secret-weapon-smallpox-and-epidemics-in-the-conquest-2) — 2026-07-06T02:59:00+00:00
- [Cortés's Horses: Terror Weapons of the Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-s-horses-terror-weapons-of-the-conquest) — 2026-07-05T15:20:23+00:00
- [Alvarado's Leap: Myth of the Toboso Massacre](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/alvarado-s-leap-myth-of-the-toboso-massacre) — 2026-07-05T03:00:27+00:00
- [The Genocide of the Arawaks: Columbus's First Contact](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-genocide-of-the-arawaks-columbus-s-first-contact) — 2026-07-04T15:54:42+00:00
- [Huexotzinco: The Aztec Subsistence Tribute State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/huexotzinco-the-aztec-subsistence-tribute-state) — 2026-07-04T02:54:26+00:00
- [Cempoala's Cacique Gordo: The Totonac Revolt Against Aztec Rule](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cempoala-s-cacique-gordo-the-totonac-revolt-against-aztec-rule-2) — 2026-07-03T15:49:35+00:00
- [La Malinche Interpreter Traitor or Survivor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/la-malinche-interpreter-traitor-or-survivor) — 2026-07-03T03:38:54+00:00
- [Cortés and the Tlaxcalan Alliance: A Marriage of Convenience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-and-the-tlaxcalan-alliance-a-marriage-of-convenience) — 2026-07-02T15:56:09+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan's Secret Weapon: Smallpox and Epidemics in the Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-s-secret-weapon-smallpox-and-epidemics-in-the-conquest) — 2026-07-01T15:57:20+00:00
- [The Noche Triste: Cortés's Desperate Escape from Tenochtitlan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-noche-triste-cort-s-s-desperate-escape-from-tenochtitlan) — 2026-07-01T03:25:09+00:00
- [The Mixtec Codices: Painted Histories of Conquest and Survival](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mixtec-codices-painted-histories-of-conquest-and-survival) — 2026-06-30T15:34:14+00:00
- [The Zapotecs: Monte Albán and the Cloud People](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-zapotecs-monte-alb-n-and-the-cloud-people) — 2026-06-30T03:02:20+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan: Cortés's 93-Day War of Attrition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-cort-s-s-93-day-war-of-attrition) — 2026-06-29T15:36:29+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan: Cortés's 93-Day War of Attrition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-cort-s-s-93-day-war-of-attrition-2) — 2026-06-29T03:00:44+00:00
- [The Cholula Massacre: Terror as Spanish Tactic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cholula-massacre-terror-as-spanish-tactic) — 2026-06-28T15:29:48+00:00
- [The Mexica Flower Wars: Blood for the Gods and Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mexica-flower-wars-blood-for-the-gods-and-politics) — 2026-06-28T02:58:04+00:00
- [The Mesoamerican Ballgame: Sport, Ritual, and Cosmic Struggle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mesoamerican-ballgame-sport-ritual-and-cosmic-struggle) — 2026-06-27T15:21:22+00:00
- [The Death of Cuauhtémoc: Aztec Emperor Tortured and Hanged](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-death-of-cuauht-moc-aztec-emperor-tortured-and-hanged) — 2026-06-27T02:53:53+00:00
- [The Forgotten Victims: African Slaves in the Conquest of Mexico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-forgotten-victims-african-slaves-in-the-conquest-of-mexico) — 2026-06-26T15:27:09+00:00
- [The Mita System: Inca Forced Labor Under Spanish Rule](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mita-system-inca-forced-labor-under-spanish-rule) — 2026-06-26T03:01:47+00:00
- [The Maguey Plant: Aztec Gift of Pulque, Fiber, and Sustenance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-maguey-plant-aztec-gift-of-pulque-fiber-and-sustenance) — 2026-06-25T15:18:30+00:00
- [The Requerimiento: Spain's Legal Farce of Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-requerimiento-spain-s-legal-farce-of-conquest) — 2026-06-25T02:55:02+00:00
- [The Encomienda System: Legalized Slavery in New Spain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-encomienda-system-legalized-slavery-in-new-spain) — 2026-06-24T15:33:06+00:00
- [The Tlaxcalan After the Siege: Allies, Settlers, and the Cost of Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tlaxcalan-after-the-siege-allies-settlers-and-the-cost-of-conquest) — 2026-06-24T02:50:14+00:00
- [Cempoala's Cacique Gordo: The Totonac Revolt Against Aztec Rule](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cempoala-s-cacique-gordo-the-totonac-revolt-against-aztec-rule) — 2026-06-23T15:26:56+00:00
- [The Cazonci's Last Stand: Purepecha Resistance to Nuño de Guzmán](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cazonci-s-last-stand-purepecha-resistance-to-nu-o-de-guzm-n) — 2026-06-23T02:50:53+00:00
- [The Purepecha Empire That Defeated the Aztecs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-purepecha-empire-that-defeated-the-aztecs) — 2026-06-22T15:10:48+00:00
- [The Purepecha Empire That Defeated the Aztecs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-purepecha-empire-that-defeated-the-aztecs-2) — 2026-06-22T02:50:41+00:00
- [The Malinche: Translator, Intermediary, and Controversial Figure of the Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-malinche-translator-intermediary-and-controversial-figure-of-the-conquest) — 2026-06-21T14:57:04+00:00
- [The Cocoliztli Epidemic: Disease That Destroyed the Aztecs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cocoliztli-epidemic-disease-that-destroyed-the-aztecs) — 2026-06-21T02:44:53+00:00
- [The Mexica Flower Wars: Ritual Combat or Political Strategy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mexica-flower-wars-ritual-combat-or-political-strategy) — 2026-06-20T15:17:39+00:00
- [Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin: The Aztec Emperor's Strategy and Hesitation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/motecuhzoma-xocoyotzin-the-aztec-emperor-s-strategy-and-hesitation) — 2026-06-20T02:36:59+00:00
- [The Noche Triste: Cortés's Catastrophic Retreat from Tenochtitlan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-noche-triste-cort-s-s-catastrophic-retreat-from-tenochtitlan) — 2026-06-19T15:02:29+00:00
- [The Flower Wars: Aztec Ritual Combat or Political Tool?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-flower-wars-aztec-ritual-combat-or-political-tool) — 2026-06-19T02:28:01+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan: Famine and Disease](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-famine-and-disease) — 2026-06-18T14:52:40+00:00
- [Cuitláhuac: The Aztec Emperor Who Defeated Cortés](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cuitl-huac-the-aztec-emperor-who-defeated-cort-s-2) — 2026-06-18T02:16:20+00:00
- [Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent God of Mesoamerica](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/quetzalcoatl-the-feathered-serpent-god-of-mesoamerica) — 2026-06-17T14:55:20+00:00
- [Pochteca: The Aztec Merchants Who Spied for Moctezuma](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/pochteca-the-aztec-merchants-who-spied-for-moctezuma) — 2026-06-17T02:38:49+00:00
- [The Cacique Who Defied Cortés: Cuauhtémoc's Final Stand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cacique-who-defied-cort-s-cuauht-moc-s-final-stand) — 2026-06-16T15:00:36+00:00
- [The Cempoala Alliance: Totonac Strategy Against the Aztec Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cempoala-alliance-totonac-strategy-against-the-aztec-empire) — 2026-06-16T02:38:18+00:00
- [The Lost Fleet of Cortés: Ships That Sank in Lake Texcoco](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-lost-fleet-of-cort-s-ships-that-sank-in-lake-texcoco) — 2026-06-15T14:59:11+00:00
- [The Tlaxcalan Alliance: The Backbone of Cortés's Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tlaxcalan-alliance-the-backbone-of-cort-s-s-conquest) — 2026-06-15T02:25:23+00:00
- [The Chichimeca War: Mexico's Unconquered North](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-chichimeca-war-mexico-s-unconquered-north) — 2026-06-14T14:51:45+00:00
- [The Conquistador Who Burned His Ships](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-conquistador-who-burned-his-ships) — 2026-06-14T02:25:54+00:00
- [The Mixton War: Mexico's Bloodiest Revolt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mixton-war-mexico-s-bloodiest-revolt) — 2026-06-13T15:25:02+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan Begins: Cortés's First Assault](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-begins-cort-s-s-first-assault) — 2026-06-12T19:02:23+00:00
- [The Totonac: Cortés's First Allies on the Gulf Coast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-totonac-cort-s-s-first-allies-on-the-gulf-coast) — 2026-06-12T02:42:33+00:00
- [Cortés and the Tribute System: How Indigenous Wealth Funded Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-and-the-tribute-system-how-indigenous-wealth-funded-conquest) — 2026-06-11T15:08:31+00:00
- [Cacao: The Currency That Built an Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cacao-the-currency-that-built-an-empire) — 2026-06-11T02:42:22+00:00
- [Malintzin: The Interpreter Who Shaped the Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/malintzin-the-interpreter-who-shaped-the-conquest) — 2026-06-10T14:49:17+00:00
- [The Encomienda's Shadow: Repartimiento and Forced Labor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-encomienda-s-shadow-repartimiento-and-forced-labor) — 2026-06-10T02:27:03+00:00
- [The Requerimiento's Lingering Shadow: Laws, Lies, and Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-requerimiento-s-lingering-shadow-laws-lies-and-conquest) — 2026-06-09T16:20:37+00:00
- [Cortés's Brigantines: The Ships That Won Tenochtitlan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-s-brigantines-the-ships-that-won-tenochtitlan) — 2026-06-09T02:20:27+00:00
- [The Noche Triste: Cortés's Night of Sorrows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-noche-triste-cort-s-s-night-of-sorrows) — 2026-06-08T14:40:49+00:00
- [The Cholula Massacre: Cortés's Calculated Terror](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cholula-massacre-cort-s-s-calculated-terror) — 2026-06-08T02:09:39+00:00
- [The Lost Conquistador: Juan de Grijalva and the Yucatán](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-lost-conquistador-juan-de-grijalva-and-the-yucat-n) — 2026-06-07T14:31:41+00:00
- [Vasco Núñez de Balboa: The First European to See the Pacific](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/vasco-n-ez-de-balboa-the-first-european-to-see-the-pacific) — 2026-06-07T02:22:30+00:00
- [The Longest Siege: Tlatelolco's Last Stand, 1521](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-longest-siege-tlatelolco-s-last-stand-1521) — 2026-06-06T14:40:07+00:00
- [The Dogs of War: Cortés's Forgotten Weapon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-dogs-of-war-cort-s-s-forgotten-weapon) — 2026-06-06T02:15:43+00:00
- [Cortés's Dogs of War: The Forgotten Weapon of the Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cort-s-s-dogs-of-war-the-forgotten-weapon-of-the-conquest) — 2026-06-05T14:35:41+00:00
- [The Siege of Tenochtitlan 1521: How Cortés Destroyed an Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-tenochtitlan-1521-how-cort-s-destroyed-an-empire) — 2026-06-05T02:24:52+00:00
- [The Cempoala Alliance: Totonac Rebellion and Cortés's First Indigenous Allies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cempoala-alliance-totonac-rebellion-and-cort-s-s-first-indigenous-allies) — 2026-06-04T14:34:37+00:00
- [The Requerimiento: Reading a Conquest Decree](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-requerimiento-reading-a-conquest-decree) — 2026-06-04T02:19:53+00:00
- [Cazonci Tangáxuan II: The Last Purépecha Emperor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cazonci-tang-xuan-ii-the-last-pur-pecha-emperor) — 2026-06-03T14:33:14+00:00
- [The Tlaxcalan Alliance: Indigenous Allies Who Toppled an Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tlaxcalan-alliance-indigenous-allies-who-toppled-an-empire) — 2026-06-03T02:07:02+00:00
- [The Chichimeca: Mexico's Unconquered Nomads](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-chichimeca-mexico-s-unconquered-nomads) — 2026-06-02T14:38:31+00:00
- [The Forgotten Battle of Tecún Umán and the Spanish Conquest of Guatemala](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-forgotten-battle-of-tec-n-um-n-and-the-spanish-conquest-of-guatemala) — 2026-06-02T02:03:24+00:00
- [The Inca Road: How Qhapaq Ñan Built an Empire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-inca-road-how-qhapaq-an-built-an-empire) — 2026-06-01T14:32:21+00:00
- [The Mixtón War: Indigenous Revolt in Nueva Galicia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-mixt-n-war-indigenous-revolt-in-nueva-galicia) — 2026-06-01T02:13:17+00:00
- [The First Conquistador: Alonso de Ojeda's Forgotten Voyage](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-first-conquistador-alonso-de-ojeda-s-forgotten-voyage) — 2026-05-31T14:08:12+00:00
- [The Encomienda System: Spanish Feudalism in the New World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-encomienda-system-spanish-feudalism-in-the-new-world) — 2026-05-31T02:02:17+00:00
- [The Malinche: Interpreter, Strategist, and the Making of New Spain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-malinche-interpreter-strategist-and-the-making-of-new-spain) — 2026-05-30T14:20:24+00:00
- [Hernán Cortés and the Veracruz Letters: A Propaganda Masterclass](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/hern-n-cort-s-and-the-veracruz-letters-a-propaganda-masterclass) — 2026-05-30T02:01:54+00:00
- [The Tarascan Empire: Purépecha Resistance to the Aztecs and Spanish](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-tarascan-empire-pur-pecha-resistance-to-the-aztecs-and-spanish) — 2026-05-29T14:30:00+00:00
- [Cuitláhuac: The Aztec Emperor Who Defeated Cortés](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cuitl-huac-the-aztec-emperor-who-defeated-cort-s) — 2026-05-29T02:15:02+00:00
- [The Forgotten Conquistador: Pedro de Alvarado's Ruthless Campaign](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-forgotten-conquistador-pedro-de-alvarado-s-ruthless-campaign) — 2026-05-28T15:30:00+00:00
- [The Quetzalcoatl Myth and Cortés: How a Legend Shaped Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-quetzalcoatl-myth-and-cort-s-how-a-legend-shaped-conquest) — 2026-05-28T02:15:47+00:00
- [The Noche Triste: Cortés's Great Escape from Tenochtitlan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-noche-triste-cort-s-s-great-escape-from-tenochtitlan) — 2026-05-27T14:48:44+00:00
- [The Conquistadors: Spanish Steel vs Obsidian Blades](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-conquistadors-spanish-steel-vs-obsidian-blades) — 2026-05-27T02:18:56+00:00
- [The Cholula Massacre: Cortés's Bloody Gambit in 1519](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-cholula-massacre-cort-s-s-bloody-gambit-in-1519) — 2026-05-26T14:31:27+00:00
- [The Aztec Flower Wars: Ritual Combat or Conquest Strategy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-aztec-flower-wars-ritual-combat-or-conquest-strategy) — 2026-05-26T02:18:31+00:00
- [The Siege of Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Cortés's Final Campaign](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-siege-of-mexico-tenochtitlan-cort-s-s-final-campaign) — 2026-05-25T14:43:23+00:00
- [The Women of the Conquest: Malinche, Tecuichpo, and Doña Isabel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-women-of-the-conquest-malinche-tecuichpo-and-do-a-isabel) — 2026-05-25T02:07:56+00:00
- [Cempoala: The Totonac City That Betrayed the Aztecs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/cempoala-the-totonac-city-that-betrayed-the-aztecs) — 2026-05-24T14:24:01+00:00
- [The Requerimiento: A Legal Cover for Conquest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-requerimiento-a-legal-cover-for-conquest) — 2026-05-24T02:14:10+00:00

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