In this episode, we explore new mexico rewrites the american story. When you picture the historical formation of the United States, you're usually handed a very specific kind of one directional map. Right. The classic East Coast to West Coast narrative. Exactly. Manifest Destiny just. rolling across the continent like a tidal wave. But when you look at the historical sources for a place like New Mexico, that whole east to west map just completely shatters. It really does. It just doesn't apply there. So welcome to the deep dive. Our mission today is to unpack this region using a really comprehensive historical overview to show how New Mexico fundamentally rewrites the standard American story for you. Yeah, because we're looking at a centuries old crossroads. I mean, it's a place where ancient indigenous civilizations, Spanish conquerors, Mexican rev ...