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May 13 Redrawn TX-35 sets up high-stakes Democratic runoff between Garcia and Galindo
After the GOP 's mid-decade redistricting, the Texas 35th Congressional District is very different. It's now covering Eastern Bexar County along with Guadalupe, Wilson and Karnes counties. Two candidates are in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for the congressional seat: Bexar County sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia and housing reform activist Maureen Galindo.
50 min
May 12 Democratic runoff for Texas attorney general pits Joe Jaworski against Nathan Johnson
Texas Democrats will decide May 26 whether former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski or Dallas state Sen. Nathan Johnson will carry the party’s banner for Texas attorney general into November, a race for one of the most powerful legal offices in the country.
50 min
May 11 Bexar DA runoff forum to spotlight sharp divide over experience, reform and law enforcement
Former Fourth Court of Appeals Justice Luz Elena Chapa and longtime prosecutor Jane Davis are runoff canddiates for the Democratic nomination for Bexar County district attorney.
50 min
May 11 Democratic runoff candidates for Texas House District 125 to appear on 'The Source'
We start a week of forums with candidates in the May 26 primary election runoff by hearing from the two Democrats running to represent Texas House District 125.Adrian Reyna is a middle school teacher. Michelle Barrientes Vela is a former Bexar County constable. Join us. We'll take your questions.
50 min
May 07 Country music's Possum and First Lady: Why George Jones and Tammy Wynette still captivate us
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."
49 min
May 06 When Mars mania grabbed America
The race is on to get humans to Mars. But what will they find? Not little green men, despite that’s what many believed about the red planet. In the early 1900s it was thought that Mars was inhabited and was home to a utopian society in the grip of a planet-wide drought. How did Mars mania grip the nation, influence pop culture and give us cause to stare into the night sky and wonder?
50 min
May 05 How corporations get rich off America’s poor
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.
49 min
May 04 How loneliness kills
Headlines have made clear that we are in a crisis of loneliness, but the conversation has yet to explore how social isolation impacts the body and mind on a cellular level. We are animals that need community and unity. We hear a neuroscientist’s guide to boosting your brain health by living a more connected life.
51 min
April 29 New cholesterol guidelines call for earlier action to prevent heart disease
Updated for the first time in six years, clinical guidelines for screening and managing cholesterol now recommend earlier screenings for those with a family history of heart disease. Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death, but experts say much of it is preventable.
50 min
April 28 A wing and a prayer: Saving birds in a time of decline
There has been a catastrophic decline in the population of North American birds. The continent has lost approximately one-third of all birds since 1970. But certain groups like raptors and waterfowl have recovered significantly due to targeted habitat restoration and dedicated conservation funding.
51 min

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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…