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By David Martin DaviesGovernment

The Source episodes

November 06, 2024 Breaking down the 2024 election results
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?
49 min
November 04, 2024 The trials and triumphs of Election night
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.
49 min
October 31, 2024 History's greatest minds take on economic inequality
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."
49 min
October 29, 2024 The world's dictators are united against democracy
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.
49 min
October 29, 2024 Finding peace when politics splits the family
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?
25 min
October 28, 2024 FRONTLINE: How Americans are feeling about the presidential election
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.
25 min
October 28, 2024 Oligarchy is on the ballot
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.
49 min
October 23, 2024 The epidemic of political lying
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."
49 min
October 23, 2024 Republican Rep. Steve Allison endorses Democrat Laurel Jordan Swift
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.
25 min
October 23, 2024 The world of magic mushrooms
Magic mushrooms are banned federally in the United States, but some swear by the life-changing experiences they have on the psychedelic.
25 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…