The entire history of the Mexican Revolution, 1910 to 1920, told slowly and in full over rain sounds, so you can fall asleep somewhere between the fall of Porfirio Diaz and the writing of a constitution that is still in force today. Tonight we spend a long while in Mexico, in the decade a government of thirty-five years came apart, and the people who pulled it apart spent six more years arguing about what should replace it. It is a story of railway timetables and land surveys, of mining concessions and tax receipts, of men on horseback who became generals, then governors, then names on monuments. It is also a story about paperwork. Nearly every turning point in the revolution was announced in a written document named after the town where it was signed. The Plan of San Luis Potosi. The Plan of Ayala. The Plan of Guadalupe. The Plan of Agua Prieta. Men gathered in farmhouses and dusty municipal offices, wrote out their grievances, printed them, and went to war over them. We read through many of these tonight, slowly, and consider what they actually said. Along the way: Porfirio Diaz and the long peace that made a revolution thinkable. Francisco Madero, the vegetarian spiritualist who won an election and lasted fifteen months. Emiliano Zapata and the villages of Morelos. Pancho Villa and the Division of the North. The Ten Tragic Days. Venustiano Carranza. Alvaro Obregon at Celaya. The occupation of Veracruz, the raid on Columbus, the Punitive Expedition, the Zimmermann Telegram, and the constitution written in a theater in Queretaro in the winter of 1916. No jump scares, no dramatic music, no sudden volume changes. Just a steady voice, steady rain, and one of the most consequential decades in North American history. CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:02 Chapter One: The Long Peace 00:30:08 Chapter Two: The Plan, the President, and the Ten Tragic Days 00:50:05 Chapter Three: The Constitutionalists 01:08:16 Chapter Four: The War of the Winners 01:26:37 Chapter Five: The Constitution and the Long Ending 01:44:20 Closing Reflections Sleepless History is independent, with no network behind it. If these stories have become part of your nightly routine, you can support the show on Patreon: early access, ad-free listening, and your favorite episodes with no background noise. And if that is not for you right now, following the show or leaving a review helps just as much. Join us here!: https://www.patreon.com/cw/SleeplessHistory New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday. Long-form history for sleep, insomnia, relaxation, study, and background listening. Bedtime history, calm narration, rain sounds, no music. Topics: mexican revolution, history for sleep, sleep history, rain sounds, sleep podcast, bedtime history, pancho villa, emiliano zapata, porfirio diaz, francisco madero, venustiano carranza, alvaro obregon, mexican history, constitution of 1917, plan of ayala, decena tragica, battle of celaya, punitive expedition, zimmermann telegram, division of the north, sleep story, calm narration, insomnia, boring history, long form history, fall asleep to history, latin american history, history documentary, sleepless history Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sleepless-history/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
