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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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Country music's Possum and First Lady: Why George...

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2024/09/12

The relationship between George Jones and Tammy Wynette, two of country music’s biggest stars, is one of the most tumultuous and legendary in the genre’s history. But it's also been largely misunderstood. Podcaster and author Tyler Mahan Coe sets the record straight in "Cocaine & Rhinestones."

How billionaires are pushing school vouchers in Texas

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2024/09/10

The stated goal for school vouchers has been to provide educational equity. However, after years of implementation in other states, it's clear that vouchers are failing students and exacerbating income inequality. We now know that voucher programs hurt low-income students. But billionaires continue to push vouchers, especially in Texas.

24:53

Texas plan for Bible instruction in public school...

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2024/09/10

The state of Texas is proposing to adopt a curriculum for Texas public schools that includes Christian-based religious references in K-5 education. A report finds the plan factually flawed and distorts the Bible.

24:23

Laurel Jordan Swift seeks to flip HD121 blue

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2024/09/10

State Representative Steve Allison lost in the Republican Primary to Marc LaHood, making the Alamo Heights area House District up for grabs. Laurel Jordan Swift is the Democrat in the race for District 121 that watchers say could be flipped blue on November 5th.

48:50

Barbara Jordan's voice still commands

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2024/09/09

Barbara Jordan was a trailblazing American politician, civil rights leader, and the first Southern Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Mary Ellen Curtin chronicles Jordan's life in her book, She Changed the Nation.

Texas Secessionist Nathan Bucanan running for Bexar...

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2024/09/05

Nathan Buchanan is the Republican candidate for Bexar County sheriff and is challenging Democrat incumbent Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor speaks out

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2024/09/05

Lisa Phillips is speaking out about the sex abuse she experienced from Jeffrey Epstein. She is an advocate for women healing from abuse and trauma.

John Adams and the minting of the presidency

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2024/09/03

Intense political divide, debates about citizenship, fears of political violence, and a public unsure about whether the presidency can even work— these were some of the challenges that John Adams had to solve— and in the process he helped to create what we recognize as the power of the presidency and the creation of political norms.

48:53

The lessons of America’s deadliest presidential...

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2024/09/01

CNN’s chief political correspondent Dana Bash joins us to discuss America’s deadliest presidential election—the election of 1872. Bash has co-authored a new book about the first run for the white house after the civil war that led to hundreds of dead and warfare in the streets. And the eerie parallels to today’s divided nation.

48:52

Film director David Zucker talks 'Airplane!' movie...

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2024/09/01

Along with his brother and friend, David Zucker directed and produced the 1980 movie ‘Airplane!’ which has become a classic in cinema. Zucker has also directed The Naked Gun series starring Leslie Nielson, and the later Scary Movies in the early 2000s.

48:42

KLRN's ¡SALUD! returns with salutes to Latinas...

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2024/08/29

KLRN, San Antonio’s PBS affiliate, has announced a new season of ¡SALUD!, a groundbreaking series that tells the stories of local Latinas who are leading in business, government, and the arts.

Donald Trump, tyranny and the FBI

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2024/08/28

Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will the Justice Department and FBI officials, from Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr to career public servants.In the new book “Where Tyranny Begins,” Pulitzer Prize–recognized journalist David Rohde investigates how Trump systematically turned the country’s two most powerful law-enforcement agencies into his personal political weapons.

48:50

How corporations get rich off America’s poor

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2024/08/26

Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs like Medicaid, affordable housing and subsidies. There is a vast web of entrenched companies that profit from regulating the lives of the poor with business models that depend on exploiting low-income Americans. The new book Poverty for Profit explains.

South Texas candidate raided by Texas AG

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2024/08/26

Last week South Texas candidate Cecilia Castellano, her legislative aide Manuel Medina, and other campaign workers were raided by the AG’s office. Officials say it was part of an investigation into a vote harvesting operation.

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UTSA offers influencer degree

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2024/08/25

What do kids today say they want to be when they grow up? One top dream job is “influencer.” Due to the rise of social media, becoming a star of the small screen is now a top career. And UTSA is launching a new degree program to teach how to be an effective digital influencer.What’s behind this innovative program?

48:51

Ray Suarez on how immigrants find their American home

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2024/08/21

We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. The beacon of the American Dream continues to attract the tired and poor yearning to be free—despite the barbed wire lining the Rio Grande and the political hatred. Most immigrants come to this country to work hard and find their place in the land of opportunity. Veteran journalist Ray Suarez documented the stories of this new wave of arrivals.

How the DPS dodged accountability after Uvalde

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2024/08/21

By all accounts the Uvalde school massacre was a failure of law enforcement to protect the lives of children. But you wouldn’t know that by looking at the lack of accountability at the Texas Department of Public Safety. Director Steve McCraw didn’t have to resign. In fact, he got a big raise after the shooting. How is it that the DPS has dodged responsibility for its failures in Uvalde?

Keeping food fresh from farm to fridge

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2024/08/21

The refrigerator has become so common that we may not give it a great deal of thought, but this one appliance has had a tremendous influence on the way we live at home. And yet, less than 100 years ago, people didn’t have refrigerators at all. Nicola Twilley is the author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves

48:47

The politics of polls

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2024/08/19

Polls are a valuable tool in gauging the state of a presidential race, but they should not be seen as definitive predictors of the outcome. Voters should approach polling data with a critical eye, recognizing its limitations and the complexities of the electorate that it attempts to measure.

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Nicholas Kristof's lessons from 30 Years of covering...

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2024/08/19

Nicholas Kristof is known as the "reporter's reporter," with a remarkable career that spans four continents and over 150 countries. Along the way, he faced malaria, wars, warlords, and even survived a plane crash in Africa. Kristof's fearless reporting earned him two Pulitzer Prizes notably for his coverage of Tiananmen Square and his advocacy against genocide in Darfur.

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