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The Source
Monday-Thursday from noon-1 p.m. on KSTX

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.
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Latest Episodes
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  • Parts of San Antonio are seeing more and more unhoused encampments. The city is actively trying to remove them saying they are a problem of health and safety. But then these encampments quickly return. What is happening with unhoused encampments? What’s a humane and progressive solution?
  • Talks are beginning again with hopes to develop a San Antonio-to-Austin commuter rail. The previous Lone Star Rail District effort failed, but could new leadership make the difference?
  • Asking the right questions can help us think more clearly, be better leaders, have richer conversations, and bridge divides. It’s questions that generate new ideas and solve problems. Asking the right questions helps make better decisions and judgments. So how do you get into the question mindset and challenge conventional thinking?
  • Donald Trump’s campaign promises follow a pattern of other strongmen who have overthrown their nations’ democracies. “The Origins of Elected Strongmen,” explores how parties that promote a leader’s personal agenda threaten democracy.
  • A proposed rule by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton would allow him to remove some district attorneys who do not provide additional reporting on certain cases. Paxton’s rule would require some district and county attorneys report on prosecuting violent crimes. Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales joins us to give his reaction.
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  • On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in the case Murthy v. Missouri which centers on protecting the public from election disinformation circulated on social media. What’s at stake for voters and our democracy in a case that has already caused an unprecedented breakdown in communication between federal national security and intelligence agencies and social media companies?