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Host Cathy Lara and Producer Rob Roark have a frank and open discussion about the pressures on the local minority communities, and the guests that will be on for the month of September 2023.

Host Cathy Lara discuss finding your roots through genealogy with Clementina Peterson.

Host Cathy Lara finds out about the Heritage Exhibition Walk and Celebration with Lucy Gonzalez and Frank Arredondo. Talking about roots, hosting this event for the second year, and celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

Cathy Lara talks with Mario Espinoza about his father Tom Carrillo Espinoza's Texaco gas station at I-35 and Loop 82 (Aquarena Springs).

Host Catalina Lara interviews former School Board member James Bryant on a side of San Marcos history you will hear no where else.

Mr. Ezequiel Enriquez comes back to the studio to talk with Host Cathy Lara about City Managers, Going to elementary school in post war San Marcos, and other great stories!

Host Cathy Lara talks with Valerie Deleon about her grandmother Janie Lucio, who was one the first, and most successful, Avon representatives in the area.

Cathy Lara has back on the show Mrs. Sylvia Garza. They are discussing the roots of the American G.I. Forum, and activism in the community, here in San Marcos, TX.

Cathy Lara interviews Mr. Ezequiel Enriquez from Victory Gardens. he is a long time San Marcos activist, and letter to the editor writer.

Host Cathy Lara talks to Mark Salinas, Post Commander of AMVETS Post 104 in San Marcos,

Cathy Lara interviews Commander Major Anthony Williamson and members of the Air Force Junior ROTC, and Stephanie Brown, Commander of the San Marcos VFW Post 3413. The students are commemorating the Bataan Death March locally to raise awareness.

Host Cathy Lara interviews Ronnie Mendez of Landis Shoe Clinic in San Marcos, TX. Being the oldest business in town, there are many stories about people, boots, and good times.

Cathy Lara interviews David Montelongo about his long years as a traveling musician and music promoter of Tejano music in San Marcos and Central Texas.

Cathy Lara interviews Marcella Garza Torres, along with her son Jaime Torres. Marcella and her sisters performed in the Los Hermanos Garza Tejano Band in the 60's and 70's. She and her sisters were inducted into the Texas Tejano Conjunto hall of fame in 2022.

Cathy Lara has as her guest San Marcos's dedicated Quinceanera coordinator Melba Santellana Garcia. She takes us back from the history and traditions of the old days to the modern variations on these traditions.

Host Cathy Lara and her guest Molly Ann Rosas Garcia talk about the Mystic Krewe of Okeanos, the San Marcos Mardi Gras Parade, and the multicultural roots of this tradition.

Host Cathy Lara interviews Grace Delgadillo with the San Marcos High School and Dr. Rosina Valle with Texas State University about programs for continuing education for Juniors and Seniors at local high schools.

Cathy Lara interviews Reverend Sam Montoya, pastor of the Sinai Pentecostal Church on Laredo Street in El Barrio del Pescado neighborhood of San Marcos.

Cathy Lara interviews Dr. Priscilla Delgado Hermiller, longtime librarian at Bowie Elementary, Elvis Presley aficionado "Priscilla Rose" on the syndicated radio show The Mop Tops and The King, and long time San Marcos resident.

Cathy Lara has John Roacha and Jesse Ponce Jr., her fellow classmates from SMHS Class of 1982, in the KZSM Studio to tell the story and meaning of Las Posadas. The tradition was first celebrated in New Spain, Mexico, and brought toe the United States, to continue to the present. A Christmas tradition en el barrio. We hear the musical voices of Nach Facundo, Lupe Platain, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pon...

Guadalupe Chapel - Guests: Christina Casas-Moreno, Mercedes Formolo, Dr. Anna Juarez Cathy Lara has a riveting discussion with her guests about the history of Guadalupe Chapel in the Victory Gardens neighborhood.

Cathy Lara interviews David Montilongo on his life in San marcos. They touch on his childhood homes along Purgatory in the Dunbar neighborhood, segregation in the schools, his printing business, and his years as a regional music event promoter for bands and artists.

Cathy Lara interviews Maricela Suarez and her uncle Armando Martinez about the history of the family in San Marcos with Victory Cleaners, and the local VFW.

Cathy Lara hosts Augustin, Laura, and Irma from La Distancia. Hear about their upcoming awards, crazy stories from the road over the years, and some music from the KZSM.org studios.