The Source Podcast
1) The Red Scare still scares today
It was a time when Americans were afraid to speak out. A swirling political and cultural hysteria was part of life. Anyone who questioned American policy was targeted and ruined. Books were taken from...Show More
2) Investigating Houston's Candy Man serial killer
In Houston, from 1970 to 1973, Dean Arnold Corll raped, tortured and murdered a minimum of twenty-eight teenage boys. He was known as the Candy Man. The full story has never been told until now. Inves...Show More
3) 'To bind up the nation’s wounds': How peace came to the Civil War
We think of the surrender of Robert E. Lee as the end of the Civil War, but the end really wasn’t clear at the time. The Galveston News reported Lee’s surrender as a positive development for the Confe...Show More
4) The book on saving the Amazon that murder couldn't silence
The Amazon rainforest is known as the “lungs of planet Earth,” but what happens when deforestation in Brazil continues? One journalist tried to alert the world to this coming crisis. Dom Phillips was ...Show More
5) Who loses in the gerrymandering war?
After President Trump ordered Texas to immediately redistrict its congressional map to deliver five additional Republican congressional seats, California Democrats responded with their own redistricti...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) How public policy is driving up electric bills
Electricity costs have risen 5.5% in the past year, nearly double the national inflation rate. And they are projected to continue to climb. According to a new study, one driver of higher power bills i...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) 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 a...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) DUI's deadly toll: Texas law enforcement steps up for Labor Day
Last summer, 273 people were killed, and 596 were seriously injured in DUI-alcohol related crashes in Texas. And there were 327 DUI-alcohol related traffic crashes over Labor Day weekend in Texas in 2...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Mayor Jones on city vote for Spurs arena
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joins "The Source" to discuss whether the city should have its own referendum to commit public funds to Project Marvel, a proposed downtown development that would in...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Texas bans students' phones
As a new academic year begins for Texas schools, one major change is coming: House Bill 1481, which takes effect this fall. It aims to create phone-free classrooms across the state. The legislation is...Show More
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