An Unlikely Revolutionary
Episode description
The Mexican Revolution was the first major social revolution of the 20th century. An unlikely figure in that revolution was Francisco Madero who came from one of the wealthiest families in Mexico. Yet he would be instrumental in bringing together the forces that would successfully overthrow the authoritarian regime of Porfirio Diaz.
We begin our journey with Madero at the end, the day of his assassination just months after becoming president. Then we go back to learn about the forces that shaped the Mexican Revolution. Madero's own life and upbringing. And finally we talk about the performance of masculinity during Madero's time and today.
A special thanks to the Center for Humanities and the Arts at the University of Colorado and to the following historians, whose scholarship was influential for this podcast:
- Manuel Guerra Luna
- Enrique Krause
- C.M. Mayo
- Roberto Narváez
- Alejandro Rojas
- Ignacio Solares
- Yolia Tortolero Cervantes
Production Credits
- Produced by Steven Renderos
- Hosted by Robert Buffington & Sam Buffington
Music featured on this episode
- "Coconut Cowboy" by Roy Williams
- "Jimmying a Bull" by Sixteen Wheelers