ON THE RECORD host Randy Beamer talks about millions of dollars in federal funding for San Antonio secured by Congressman Joaquin Castro.

The Congressman joins us to detail where some of those funds are going, and what they will be used for.

Also, parvovirus is on the rise in San Antonio. We’re joined by Shannon Sims, Director of the city’s Animal Care Services, on how it spreads, and what you can do to prevent your dogs from becoming infected.

And On Reporter’s Roundtable, San Antonio Business journal reporter James McCandless explains why revenues for the Fiesta Commission are down, and why they are expected to return to pre-pandemic higher levels.

Catch this story and others, on-air and online at klrn.org/live or via the @pbs app.

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

Even when other fighters ruled the heavyweight division in the early 1970s, Muhammad Ali was, by his own estimation and that of his fans, the People's Champion.

By the same token, even before Eddie Vega recently received the honor of being named San Antonio's poet laureate, he was unquestionably the People's Poet.

His witty and incisive examinations of food, family and the cultural complexities that come with growing up Mexican American have appeared on city buses and downtown San Antonio buildings, been performed at poetry slams and open-mic nights, and been printed in two collections by a small, South Texas publishing house.

On this episode, Vega talks about his upbringing, his fascination with theology and what inspires him to write.

Watch on-air and online at klrn.org/live.

Catch a new episode of "Texas Talk with Gilbert Garcia" at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. To watch all previous episodes, visit: klrn.org/texastalk.

Texas Talk is produced in partnership with the San Antonio Express-News.

This week On The Record, host Randy Beamer talks about the concept of a passenger rail between San Antonio and Austin with Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai.

Alamo Museum Planning Committee member Deborah Jarmon talks with Randy about why she is opposed to the current statue depiction of Joe the Slave, and what she would like to see instead.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, Express News Senior Reporter Guillermo Contreras discusses his recent story on a Judge’s decision about removing trees near Lambert Beach at Brackenridge Park, and how the decision will impact the religious group that meets there as well as the city’s plans for the park.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or stream online at klrn.org/live or on our Facebook page. Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.