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We'll be back to live shows starting on Monday, January 3rd, 2022.

Until then, we're playing listener favorite interviews from 2021.

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So thanks for programming the next couple weeks of shows for us.

First up, we're replaying a July conversation with writer Chris Tomlinson on his book,

Forget the Alamo, The Rise and fall of an American myth.

Thanks to Wally R, Joel G and Mark A for suggesting this one.

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This is hell.

We've all heard the phrase, remember the alamo.

It has come to mean that Americans are willing to sacrifice their very lives to the last person in a fight for independence.

But like many historical tales, that history of defending the Alamo has changed, has been altered.

What amounts to a 185-year telephone? the Alamo has changed, has been altered.

What amounts to a 185-year telephone game telling and retelling the story so many times

that it no longer reflects what actually happened at the Alamo and why it happened?

Here to help us remember the Alamo in a more accurate way,

Chris Tomlinson is co-author of Forget the Alamo, The Rise and Fall of an American

myth, which he wrote with Brianborough and Jason Stanford.

Welcome to This Is Hell, Chris.

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