Greg Jenner

I'm just hearing the voice of Winnie the Pooh whenever Cortez speaks. Of course, Winnie the Pooh craves pots of honey. Cortez is after pots of money. So he's off. He's off seeking gold and glory in 1519. And he is going to meet... Melintzin, finally we get our meet cute, except it's not a meet cute, it's a meet yuck, because she is enslaved and he is arriving as a conqueror.

Yeah.

Yeah.

OK.

OK.

Cortez has shown up, obviously not able to speak any of the languages spoken by the indigenous people he's meeting. He's like, you know, hola. And they're like, what? So that's not going to work. So how does the translation work then? You know, if Cortez wants to say something to the Maya...

Cortez has shown up, obviously not able to speak any of the languages spoken by the indigenous people he's meeting. He's like, you know, hola. And they're like, what? So that's not going to work. So how does the translation work then? You know, if Cortez wants to say something to the Maya...

Does she become Marina then and there?

Does she become Marina then and there?

And Cortés is presumably using charm and violence, those two lovely combinations.

And Cortés is presumably using charm and violence, those two lovely combinations.

We're talking an army of 600 Spanish soldiers. It's not a huge army.

We're talking an army of 600 Spanish soldiers. It's not a huge army.

So we have to conquer Tenochtitlan. Well, we're not going to do it. Cortes is going to do it. A vast, vast citadel, an incredibly sophisticated, huge city. Yeah. And 600 Spaniards show up and some allies.

So we have to conquer Tenochtitlan. Well, we're not going to do it. Cortes is going to do it. A vast, vast citadel, an incredibly sophisticated, huge city. Yeah. And 600 Spaniards show up and some allies.

And they just, what, ring the doorbell and say, hello, we've come to conquer you?

And they just, what, ring the doorbell and say, hello, we've come to conquer you?

So he's the Atec emperor?

So he's the Atec emperor?

I should take that title. That's my job.