The Source
Texas PR
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 analysis on topics that matter to residents of the Alamo City.Contribute to the conversation:Call or text during the live show at 833-877-8255.Leave a voicemail at 210 615-8982 anytime. Submissions may be played on-air.Email comments to thesource@tpr.org.
Location:
San Antonio, TX
Networks:
Texas PR
Description:
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 analysis on topics that matter to residents of the Alamo City.Contribute to the conversation:Call or text during the live show at 833-877-8255.Leave a voicemail at 210 615-8982 anytime. Submissions may be played on-air.Email comments to thesource@tpr.org.
Language:
English
Episodes
The rise of Adolf Hitler and the parallels with U.S. politics today
11/1/2024
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."
Duration:00:48:37
History's greatest minds take on economic inequality
10/30/2024
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."
Duration:00:48:37
The world's dictators are united against democracy
10/29/2024
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.
Duration:00:48:37
Finding peace when politics splits the family
10/28/2024
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?
Duration:00:24:43
FRONTLINE: How Americans are feeling about the presidential election
10/28/2024
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.
Duration:00:24:10
Oligarchy is on the ballot
10/27/2024
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.
Duration:00:48:43
The epidemic of political lying
10/23/2024
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."
Duration:00:48:44
Rep. Steve Allison on Election 2024
10/23/2024
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.
Duration:00:24:10
The world of magic mushrooms
10/22/2024
Magic mushrooms are banned federally in the United States, but some swear by the life-changing experiences they have on the psychedelic.
Duration:00:24:40
Cut Through The Chaos: Election Disinformation
10/22/2024
Join TPR for a special, in-person event of The Source.
Duration:00:48:37
As childlessness is under attack—a defense
10/21/2024
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 Mother.”
Duration:00:48:37
Should there be an IVF bill of rights?
10/17/2024
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.
Duration:00:19:10
GOP campaign ads attack transgender community
10/17/2024
Republican campaigns are focusing their advertisements on the transgender community and consistently implying that the Democratic party takes transgender rights to extremes.
Duration:00:19:09
Death row inmate Robert Roberson is running out of time
10/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:18:58
How masculinity is on the ballot
10/15/2024
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.
Duration:00:38:05
FRONTLINE documents one year of the war in Gaza
10/14/2024
A year after the October 7 attacks in Israel and the start of the war in Gaza, a new FRONTLINE documentary tells the harrowing first-person stories of Israelis and Palestinians living through this unprecedented year of violence. "A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians" offers accounts of the October 7 attacks and the year of bloodshed that has followed.
Duration:00:19:14
Polling checks Texas voters' priorities
10/14/2024
A recently released poll gauging Texas voters' values, political priorities, and opinions on hot-button issues shows the top issues for voters are border security, affordability, abortion, and education. Luke Warford, director of Texas Public Opinion Research, breaks it down.
Duration:00:19:10
The downward spiral of Elon Musk
10/13/2024
Two years ago, Elon Musk bought the social media platform Twitter, now known as X, in a $44 billion deal. Now it's estimated to be worth $7 billion. Along that same timeline Musk has become more vocal in his far-right-wing politics. The new book "Character Limit" charts Musk and Twitter's downward spiral.
Duration:00:19:21
Missing persons case raises awareness of local domestic violence crisis
10/13/2024
Brad Chandler Simpson is in the Bexar County Jail, charged with assault in connection with his wife's disappearance. Suzanne Simpson has been missing for a week. Domestic violence is very real and all too common in Bexar County. What does the Simpson case tell us about intimate partner abuse?
Duration:00:19:20
Will the Electoral College decide the presidency again?
10/10/2024
Election Day is just weeks away. It won’t be long before we’re able to vote in Texas.But there is something sinister going on with our election, something that journalist Ari Berman says is a five-alarm fire for democracy. He says there is definitely a plot to steal the election.
Duration:00:37:42