Latest Sanantonionews Podcast Episodes
Episode 162: Nowhere to Hide, domestic violence in S.A.
EN Depth - November 03, 2021 13:42 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Express-News conducted more than 75 interviews with police, prosecutors, judges and experts in the field. Reporters sought out survivors of abuse and listened to their stories. They scoured police reports, court files and other records to create a comprehensive database of family violence fat...
Episode 161: Turmoil at CPS Energy
EN Depth - October 29, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsExpress-News business writer Diego Mendoza-Moyers lays out the ongoing turmoil at CPS Energy including the resignation of CEO Paula Gold-Williams, the search for her replacement and the ongoing rate increase discussions. Read: CPS Energy trims proposed rate increase after CEO announces early-202...
Episode 160: Why does the San Antonio Symphony keep having financial crises?
EN Depth - October 27, 2021 10:55 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsArts writer Deborah Martin breaks down the ongoing financial crises and labor disputes that continue to plague the San Antonio Symphony. Read: Why does the San Antonio Symphony keep having financial crises? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 159: San Antonio’s biggest employers take aim at racial inequality with new initiative
EN Depth - October 08, 2021 17:14 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStaff writer Madison Iszler joins the show to talk about a new initiative that takes aim at racial inequality in San Antonio, as well well as the Spurs' new northwest side campus . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 158: The cost of Hill Country quarries
EN Depth - October 05, 2021 16:14 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs quarries expand in the Hill Country, Texas landscapes and homeowners pay the price. Investigative reporter Brian Chasnoff reports on the growing demand for stricter regulations on the $10 billion industry. Read: The cost of Hill Country quarries: Dirt, dust, muddy creeks, altered rivers Learn...
Episode 157: Behind the scenes at Bexar County's crime lab
EN Depth - October 03, 2021 20:53 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCriminal justice reporter Emilie Eaton joins the show to talk about her time visiting Bexar County's crime lab! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 156: San Marcos camping and panhandling crackdown draws criticism
EN Depth - September 30, 2021 23:15 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStaff writer Annie Blanks joins the show to discuss her story on the San Marcos camping and panhandling crackdown that drew blowback from residents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 155: Meet the S.A. middle schooler ranked among best in the nation in table tennis
EN Depth - September 28, 2021 17:06 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEleven-year-old Lia Morales, a student at Harlandale Middle School, is a rising star in the world of table tennis, ranked No. 13 in the nation among 12-and-under players. Read: Harlandale Middle School student ranked among best in the nation in table tennis Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Episode 154: From Teacher to the Editorial Board meet Nancy Preyor-Johnson
EN Depth - September 24, 2021 19:44 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAssociate Editorial Page Editor & columnist Nancy Preyor-Johnson joins the show to discuss her latest editorials on Education issues related to the STAAR test, supporting teachers and the continued controversies on South San ISD board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
Episode 153: Anatomy of a restaurant review
EN Depth - September 20, 2021 20:03 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsExpress-News restaurant critic Mike Sutter lays out his process for reviewing a restaurant, the transition from a 4-star system to a 5-star one and his philosophy on restaurant reviews. "If Dad takes his family out and they have a bad dining experience, it's not the restaurant's fault, it's Dad's...
Episode 152: S.A.’s a UNESCO City of Gastronomy? What’s that?
EN Depth - September 13, 2021 17:11 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVery few people even know San Antonio is a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy - and it's been four years. Express-News staff writer Paul Stephen breaks down the city's little known historic designation. Read: S.A.’s a UNESCO City of Gastronomy? What’s that? Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Episode 151: From the Air Force to the Editorial Board, meet Brandon Lingle
EN Depth - September 07, 2021 15:37 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAir Force veteran Brandon Lingle is the newest member of the Editorial Board, and he shares his memories and reflections from his time deployed in Afghanistan. "For a guy who spent nearly two decades in the military, I wasn't putting my positions out there," Lingle reflects on his transition fro...
Episode 150: The 100 year absence of mussels, Invasive plant species, and the conservation of Honey Creek Ranch
EN Depth - September 04, 2021 18:53 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEnvironments and water issues reporter Elene Breuss joins the show to discuss her articles on the return of mussels to the San Antonio river, invasive plants, and the conservation of Honey Creek Ranch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 149: Night shift in the Children's Hospital
EN Depth - August 25, 2021 19:32 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsInvestigative reporter Marina Starleaf Riker joins the show and talks about her time at the Children's Hospital of San Antonio, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 148: School districts struggle to enact mask mandates
EN Depth - August 20, 2021 18:24 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEducation reporter Danya Perez breaks down the evolving mask mandate issue and COVID-19 protocols across San Antonio as city deals with another surge of cases. Read: North East ISD board votes 5-1 to mandate masks following arguments against it from overflow crowd San Antonio ISD vows to requir...
Episode 147: Fred's Fish Fry vs. Sea Island Shrimp House: seafood institution showdown
EN Depth - August 18, 2021 14:55 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStaff writer Mike Sutter joins the show to talk about his head to head comparison of Fred's Fish Fry and Sea Island as well as the ongoing 52 Weeks of Food Trucks series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 146: Meet Samuel Igbo, Boerne teen violin virtuoso
EN Depth - August 09, 2021 18:49 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSamuel Igbo is a 15-year-old Boerne High School student who taught himself to play violin by watching Itzhak Perlman videos on YouTube. He's the focus of staff writer Vincent T. Davis latest San Antonio Stories column. Read: 'The Lord wants me to play' - Boerne teen violinist selected for Carneg...
Episode 145: Texas isn't sending nurses to deal with the latest COVID-19 surge
EN Depth - August 07, 2021 18:42 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsInvestigative reporter Marina Starleaf Riker joins the show to discuss why the state of Texas denied the city's request for more nurses during the latest COVID-19 surge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 144: Governor Greg Abbott's border fence
EN Depth - August 04, 2021 18:18 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStaff writer Sig Christenson discusses his recent trip to the border near Del Rio, Texas to report on Governor Greg Abbott's border fence. Read: Abbott's border wall is a chain-link fence, built by soldiers in a community tired of political games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
Episode 143: Record collector needs a new home for his 113,000 vinyl albums
EN Depth - August 01, 2021 18:55 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStaff writer Rene Guzman joins the show to discuss his latest article on a San Antonio area record shop owner whose illness has forced him to find a new home for his collection of over 100,000 vinyl records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 142: Longhorns impending split from the Big 12
EN Depth - July 26, 2021 19:31 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTexas Longhorns insider Nick Moyle breaks down the Longhorns' move to leave the Big 12 conference to join the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 141: Separating Fiesta from a painful history
EN Depth - July 21, 2021 21:45 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsColumnist Elaine Ayala joins the show to discuss her column on the painful history of Fiesta san Antonio and what can be done to cut those ties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 140: The Trial of Otis McKane
EN Depth - July 20, 2021 17:11 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCourts reporter Elizabeth Zavala joins the show to talk about the ongoing capital murder trial of Otis McKane, charged with capital murder in the shooting of Police Det. Benjamin Marconi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 139: Why are suicides in the military on the rise?
EN Depth - July 15, 2021 21:05 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSuicides in the armed services hit a record 571 in 2020. The cause is a mystery to Pentagon officials. Senior reporter Sig Christenson talks about military suicides in the COVID era. Related reading: Military suicides in COVID era hit a new high Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Episode 138: An uninsured nurse's battle with COVID-19
EN Depth - July 02, 2021 15:33 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJustin Vine delayed going to the hospital for as long as he could because he had no insurance. He endured weeks on a ventilator, a two-month coma, vivid hallucinations and the fear of what it all might cost him. Reporter Lauren Caruba and photographer Lisa Krantz talk about the year they spent co...
Episode 137: Death in the desert
EN Depth - July 01, 2021 19:37 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe harsh West Texas desert is claiming more migrant bodies as smugglers send more through the remote terrain. Correspondent Dudley Althaus talks about his latest report for the Express-News: Death in the desert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 136: Corrupt former Mexican governor learns his fate
EN Depth - June 24, 2021 01:47 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSpecial correspondent Jason Bush breaks down the federal trial of Jorge Juan Torres López, who served as interim governor of Mexico’s Coahuila state for much of 2011. López is the first public official to be sentenced in a massive corruption investigation that began nearly a decade ago in San An...
Episode 135: How a civilian at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph rigged $2 billion in contracts
EN Depth - June 17, 2021 20:01 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsExpress-News writer Guillermo Contreras lays out a kickback scheme that landed a Randolph civilian worker in federal court in San Antonio for wire fraud conspiracy. Even after Keith Alan Seguin retired from the government in 2017, the scheme is the largest military graft case to come out of San A...
Episode 134: Bexar County, Black Rifle Coffee Co. and a controversial boat
EN Depth - June 16, 2021 21:20 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsReporter Scott Huddleston lays out the ongoing confrontation between Bexar County commissioner, the sheriff and Black Rifle Coffee Co. over a $32,000 donation for a boat. Read more: Sheriff Salazar urges everyone to ‘chill’ in wake of social media firestorm over Black Rifle Coffee Co. donation L...
Episode 133: Finally Fiesta: San Antonio's citywide celebration is back
EN Depth - June 11, 2021 20:21 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsStaff writers Rene Guzman and Deborah Martin join the show to discuss the return to Fiesta. Read more: Finally Fiesta: San Antonio's citywide celebration is back for a summer fling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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