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The Source

David Martin Davies

The Source is a daily, one-hour call-in talk program that gives listeners in San Antonio the opportunity to call and connect with our in-studio guests and city-wide audience.The Source seeks to give life, context and breadth to the events and issues affecting San Antonio by bringing newsmakers and experts to the public, and highlighting the people being affected by the news of the day.The show is hosted by veteran journalist David Martin Davies.Tune in to The Source for insightful discussion and

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53:47

Debate: San Antonio City Council District 6 Runoff

The Source ·

2025/05/22

District 6 runoff candidates are Kelly Ann Gonzalez and Ric Galvan. They are the two remaining candidates from a diverse field of eight, and only 28 votes separated them after the final count on election night.

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Debate: San Antonio City Council District 1 Runoff

The Source ·

2025/05/20

District 1 Councilmember Sukh Kaur, who faced nine challengers in the May 3 election, is headed to the June 7th runoff against Patty Gibbons, a retired business owner and conservative.

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49:28

Holy Guacamole! How avocados became an $18 billion...

The Source ·

2025/05/19

How did the Avocado become the toast of the nation? The humble tropical fruit is now common in supermarkets, but even in the 1980s many Americans had never seen an avocado, much less tasted one. How did this once obscure alligator pear come to occupy a central spot in American culture?

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Lawns and landscapes for the heat and drought

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2025/05/18

Bexar County is in a prolonged exceptional drought, and we’re already dealing with 100-degree days.And due to climate change it’s only going to get hotter and dryer in the coming years. How do we garden and landscape using drought and heat tolerant plants? How can you make your lawn Texas tough and beautiful?

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48:35

Immigration detention through a child's eyes

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2025/05/14

What’s it like to be a child in Central America, forced to flee to the United States and then spend months in immigration detention? “Detained” is the first-ever memoir of a child’s experience in detention on the U.S.-Mexico border under President Trump’s infamous family separation policy. The book tells a story of pain, cruelty, friendship, and resilience.

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49:30

Medicaid cuts will hit Texas especially hard

The Source ·

2025/05/13

President Trump and the Republican controlled congress are planning deep cuts to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 billion in tax breaks. This could knock off over 8 million people from Medicaid and reduce services for millions more. Texas rural hospitals will be especially hit hard along with Texas new mothers and children.

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49:27

Love on the rocks: Alcoholism and marriage

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2025/05/12

Alcohol use disorder doesn’t mix well with marriage. It frequently leads to personal chaos. That’s the story that Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje has written in her tell-all memoir about her journey to sobriety. Her book “Drunk Love: A Marriage Under the Influence” explores the depths of addiction and the redemptive power of love.

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49:43

The Rio Grande is at risk

The Source ·

2025/05/12

America’s rivers are a vital resource for drinking water. They support wildlife habitats and are critical for transportation and industry. However, across the U.S., many of the largest and most important of these waterways are at risk from pollution, poor flood management and more. These endangered rivers include the Mississippi and the Lower Rio Grande.

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49:27

Is Beto O'Rourke ready to run again?

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2025/05/08

Beto O’Rourke is again finding big crowds across Texas with townhall meetings. The former congressman and Democratic presidential candidate says he wants to give Texans an opportunity to ask questions about state and federal issues and have conversations about America’s future. O’Rourke joins us to talk about protecting rural Texans and the future of the Democratic Party.

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The Old South's war on literacy

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2025/05/06

Few have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. Few governments tried harder to suppress literacy than did those in the South. When knowledge is power, the powerful make knowledge unobtainable or illegal.

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25:14

FRONTLINE documentary on confronting Putin's regime

The Source ·

2025/05/06

Antidote, the latest documentary from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker James Jones, is an exposé on the perilous journey of whistleblowers confronting Vladimir Putin's regime. Premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, the film delves into the lives of individuals who risk everything to unveil the Kremlin's covert operations.

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23:25

Due process and Trump's mass deportation

The Source ·

2025/05/06

President Donald Trump vowed to deport one million people in the first year back in office. And he has turned to possibly unlawful executive orders to do so. At least a dozen U.S. citizens have been ensnared in Trump’s immigration crackdown, and many more legal residents. They are being accused of being gang members and are being deported without due process.

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49:50

Municipal election analysis

The Source ·

2025/05/05

An analysis of the municipal election results and what you need to know about the upcoming runoff races.

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48:21

The life of a border smuggler

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2025/04/30

Robbery, kidnapping, extortion, rape and murder— that’s what migrants face on their journey north. Jason De León spent years interviewing human smugglers in Mexico and Central America. De León argues it’s far more complicated than what American politicians and the media portrays. His book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling won the National Book Award.

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49:35

The hustle of the muscle and you

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2025/04/29

Many of us tend to take our muscles for granted. They are the unsung heroes of our bodies. They are the stuff that moves us and keeps us healthy. But as we age, how much can we rely on our muscles? What are the secrets of our muscles? Journalist and author Bonnie Tsui takes a deep dive into the science, history, and personal narratives that shape our understanding of muscle in her book, On Muscle: The Stuff that Moves Us and Why it Matters.

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49:40

Shelf life: Saving public libraries

The Source ·

2025/04/29

Public libraries are perhaps the most American of institutions. But today, libraries are under assault. There is book banning, and the Trump administration is gutting the federal agency that provides funding to public libraries. A new PBS documentary, “Free for All: The Public Library,” defends the importance and continued relevance of the local library.

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Abortion access after the fall of Roe

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2025/04/25

Texas has one of the toughest abortion bans in the nation. And while the number of abortions performed within Texas has plummeted, the overall number of abortions obtained by Texans has actually increased. We look at the state of abortion access after Dobbs and discuss the new book “After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion,” written by law professor David S. Cohen and sociologist Carole Joffe.

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49:24

Not all sociopaths are created equal

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2025/04/23

A sociopath is a person with a mental health condition. The term refers to a pattern of antisocial behaviors and attitudes. A sociopath might consistently show no regard for right and wrong and ignore the rights and feelings of others. It’s estimated sociopaths make up 5 percent of the population. Patric Gagne writes about her life as a sociopath and her struggle to understand her disorder.

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49:29

The death penalty and the untold story of lethal...

The Source ·

2025/04/22

In Texas and many other states, lethal injection is used for executions. The new book Secrets of the Killing State by Corinna Barrett Lain pulls back the curtain of secrecy surrounding lethal injection. The author claims there is gross incompetence by woefully inept executioners and a state indifference to the fate of the condemned.

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49:27

Understanding what happens behind the medications we...

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2025/04/21

The public’s faith in the safety and efficacy of prescription drugs and vaccines has been shaken as never before. There’s skepticism about the role the big pharma plays in rolling out new medications, yet there are amazing breakthroughs in treating once fatal diseases. And then there’s the price for critical treatments that can be beyond the reach for many. How did we get here and how can we fix it? We are joined by Dr Jerry Avorn, professor of medicine at Harvard University Medical School and

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