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The Source episodes

October 22, 2024 Cut Through The Chaos: Election Disinformation
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49 min
October 21, 2024 As childlessness is under attack—a defense
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.”
49 min
October 20, 2024 Cut Through The Chaos: See The Source Live
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1 min
October 17, 2024 Should there be an IVF bill of rights?
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.
20 min
October 17, 2024 GOP campaign ads attack transgender community
Republican campaigns are focusing their advertisements on the transgender community and consistently implying that the Democratic party takes transgender rights to extremes.
20 min
October 17, 2024 Death row inmate Robert Roberson is running out of time
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.
19 min
October 15, 2024 How masculinity is on the ballot
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.
39 min
October 15, 2024 FRONTLINE documents one year of the war in Gaza
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.
20 min
October 15, 2024 Polling checks Texas voters' priorities
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.
20 min
October 13, 2024 The downward spiral of Elon Musk
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.
20 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…