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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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Ashley Alvarado to begin as TPR's new president and CEO

The Source ·

2024/11/11

Ashley Alvarado formerly served as the Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives at LAist. She will lead TPR's day to day operations and programming across platforms.

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48:37

How success today doesn't always require a college...

The Source ·

2024/11/11

It used to be true that a college degree was the sure path to success. But that's not necessarily always true today. In "Rethinking College," award-winning journalist Karin Klein suggests another path for our country's students and their families.

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48:59

Mike Cox dives into the sordid side of San Antonio in...

The Source ·

2024/11/06

With over 300 years under its belt, San Antonio can tell many scandalous tales. Residents of San Antonio have seen the city go through the rise and fall of gambling joints, around-the-clock saloons and other places of ill repute. Mike Cox, the author of “Wicked San Antonio”, dives into the past of the many misdeeds of the Alamo City.

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48:37

Breaking down the 2024 election results

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2024/11/06

The day after Election Day—there will be winners and losers. Did the pollsters get it right? How about your predictions? Were you surprised by the outcome?

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48:33

The trials and triumphs of Election night

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2024/11/04

Election night has become an American tradition. How newspapers in the 1800s, radio stations in the 1920s, and television in the 1950s created the spectacle of counting and adding that it is today.

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The rise of Adolf Hitler and the parallels with U.S....

The Source ·

2024/11/01

In the six months before Adolf Hitler seized power, the Nazi leader teetered between triumph and ruin. His party was losing supporters and facing financial collapse. Hitler was considered a failure and a political joke. Yet somehow, in a few brief weeks, he became chancellor of Germany. Weeks later, Germany was no longer a democracy. Timothy Ryback, author of Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power joins us on "The Source."

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48:37

History's greatest minds take on economic inequality

The Source ·

2024/10/31

Vast economic inequality is actually a very old problem, and many of the world’s greatest thinkers have had something to say about it—including Jesus and Plato, Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, John Stuart Mill and others. They had ideas on how to take on the oligarchies of their time that we can learn from today. David Lay Williams discusses his new book "The Greatest of All Plagues."

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The world's dictators are united against democracy

The Source ·

2024/10/29

The world’s worst dictators are working together. Russia, China, North Korea, Turkey, Hungary and Venezuela have formed an alliance that is working on issues of expanding military power, promoting kleptocracy and defeating democracy. Anne Applebaum discusses her new book Autocracy Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.

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24:43

Finding peace when politics splits the family

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2024/10/29

With a week remaining before Election Day the political tension is so tight that many families are having a difficult time maintaining the household peace. How is the election impacting your family when Democrats and Republicans live under the safe roof?

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FRONTLINE: How Americans are feeling about the...

The Source ·

2024/10/28

A new FRONTLINE documentary analyzes the fears and concerns of American voters in 2020 and how they're feeling about this year's presidential election.

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48:43

Oligarchy is on the ballot

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2024/10/28

In this election the ultra-wealthy are using their money, power and influence in ways that we’ve never seen. Elon Musk is the prime example but he’s not alone in corrupting the democratic process for his own benefit. How oligarchy is on the ballot and what it means for the common citizen.

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The epidemic of political lying

The Source ·

2024/10/23

A new book examines how and why politicians lie, and why Republicans are leading the war against the truth. We hear from Bill Adair, the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning website PolitiFact and author of the new book "Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, why Republicans do it more, and how it could burn down our democracy."

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Republican Rep. Steve Allison endorses Democrat...

The Source ·

2024/10/23

Steve Allison is a the current Representative for Bexar County's House District 121. He won't be on the ballot this election after losing in the Republican primary. We hear how Allison sees this election and what the next legislative session might look like.

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The world of magic mushrooms

The Source ·

2024/10/23

Magic mushrooms are banned federally in the United States, but some swear by the life-changing experiences they have on the psychedelic.

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48:37

Cut Through The Chaos: Election Disinformation

The Source ·

2024/10/22

Join TPR for a special, in-person event of The Source.

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48:37

As childlessness is under attack—a defense

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2024/10/21

There is a complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood. History is full of women without children—some who chose childless lives, others who wanted children but never had them, and still others who are somewhere in between. Modern women considering how and if children fit into their lives are products of their political, ecological, and cultural moment. But they are not alone.We hear from Peggy O'Donnell Heffington about her book “Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a

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Should there be an IVF bill of rights?

The Source ·

2024/10/17

There are questions about the future of in vitro fertilization (IVF) if Donald Trump is elected back to the White House. Trump has called himself "the father of IVF" and says he's in favor of the procedure, but his vice-presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance, wrote the foreword of an anti-IVF report. Dr. Francisco (Paco) Arredondo, who is a pioneer in IVF, says there needs to be an IVF Bill of Rights.

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GOP campaign ads attack transgender community

The Source ·

2024/10/17

Republican campaigns are focusing their advertisements on the transgender community and consistently implying that the Democratic party takes transgender rights to extremes.

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18:58

Death row inmate Robert Roberson is running out of time

The Source ·

2024/10/17

Robert Roberson is scheduled to die Oct 17. He is set to be executed by the state of Texas for a crime that experts say didn’t happen. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that indicates that Roberson’s two-year-old daughter, Nikki, did not die from physical abuse but that instead she died from a chronic health condition and pneumonia.

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38:05

How masculinity is on the ballot

The Source ·

2024/10/15

Could the issue that decides the 2024 presidential election be masculinity? Donald Trump is connecting with young male voters who see him as an alpha male. But Democratic candidate for vice president, Tim Walz, is presenting a brand of masculinity that is also inclusive and more healthy. Dr. Ronald Levant, author of “The Problem with Men," explains the connection between toxic masculinity and authoritarianism.

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