SC Public Radio News
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Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey share stories and recipes of the foods that make the South Carolina Jewish table in a new cookbook, "Kugels and Collards: Stories of Food, Family, and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina."
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The Chester County Opioid Summit is an attempt to bring the realities of opioid addictions to light, and offer some hope for the future.
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A South Carolina woman who killed her abuser with a kitchen knife six years ago will continue serving her 15-year prison term after the state parole board denied her early release Wednesday.
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Shannon Gregory wants to change how you see victims of fentanyl overdose, and to make you understand that dabbling in black market street drugs anymore is about as safe as Russian roulette.
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A 14-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a weekend shooting over a yearslong squabble that left three teenagers dead and another injured in the capital city of South Carolina, officials said Tuesday.
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Hordes of books are being released and a new Netflix documentary just dropped featuring the clerk of court in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial. But six months later, the case may not be over as that clerk, Becky Hill, is now accused of jury tampering. It’s the latest twist in a dizzying saga.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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Veteran journalist Adam Parker has covered just about everything for Charleston's Post and Courier newspaper, though he has spent most of his time writing about race, religion, and the arts. Us: A Journalist's Look at the Culture, Conflict and Creativity of the South (2022, Evening Post Books) is a collection of in-depth articles published over the course of nearly 20 years, and it reveals the breadth and scope of Parker's uncanny ability to pull back the scrim and take a hard look at ourselves and our community.Adam joins us to talk about his life and work, and to share some of the stories that he has written.
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NY Public Library Digital Collections - The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture CollectionThe Creek War is one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil.Peter Cozzens, author of A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South, tells us the story of the war that shaped the American South, and which would likely not have been won by the fledgling republic without Andrew Jackson’s unbridled ambition, cruelty, and fraught sense of honor and duty.
Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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September 26, 2023 — We hear from former President Donald Trump and his supporters at a campaign stop in Summerville this week; what the end of American Recovery Plan Act childcare funds could mean for South Carolinians; and more.
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September 23, 2023 — A look at the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden; updates from state health officials on the flu, COVID-19, and respiratory virus season; and more.
Latest Episodes of the SC Business Review
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Most people have heard of angel investors, and angel funds that invest in early stage start-up companies that haven’t quite made it to the level of venture capital funding yet. Angels are usually for-profit investors, but we recently discovered a non-profit angel fund in our state and thought you might want to learn more, too. Mike Switzer interviews Mike Gatchell, CEO and co-founder of Abundance Capital in Greenville, S.C.
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As you may have heard on a previous episode of the program, Forbes magazine recently announced their “50 Over 50” Women list, and in the Lifestyle category, the owner of a distillery and women’s magazine in the Lowcountry of our state made that list. Mike Switzer interviews “Pixie” Paula Dezzutti, founder of Striped Pig Distillery and Skirt! magazine in Charleston, SC.
Latest Episodes of NatureNotes
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The brown anole, Anolis sagrei, is a species of lizard in the family native to Cuba and the Bahamas.
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Rudy Mancke helps a listener identify a bumpy, jelly-like fungus found after a recent hurricane.
More Local and National News
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The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute explains why.
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Republicans will hold their first impeachment inquiry hearing on Biden. Six takeaways from the second GOP debate. How to add more fiber to your diet.
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The FTC's Lina Khan speaks to NPR about the goals of the agency's monopoly lawsuit against Amazon and why she thinks the company unfairly treats sellers on its marketplace.
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Some of the rumors and conspiracy theories were driven by the island's history, but others were pushed by social media influencers and foreign governments.
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Scientists in Japan are leaders in the development of new technology that could make sperm and eggs from practically any cell in the body. The results could transform human reproduction.
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President Biden's latest speech on democracy comes the day after the Republican debate, as a government shutdown looms and as House Republicans hold an impeachment inquiry hearing.
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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said the hearing will examine the value of an impeachment inquiry and evidence against President Biden.
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Now that Winnie-the-Pooh is in the pubic domain, it's a free-for-all. In Winnie-the-Pooh: The Deforested Edition, the trees have are all gone. The book is by toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap.
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The second Republican debate wrapped up with seven candidates attempting to break away from the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, who was in Michigan instead of attending.
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Mable Childress, 85, suffered burns after McDonald's coffee spilled on her in June. Her experience is similar to the famous case of Stella Liebeck, who also sued the fast-food giant.
South Carolina Public Radio News Updates
Where does debt come from? How does it get so out of hand? And why is it such a difficult topic to discuss? On South Carolina Public Radio's podcast InDebted, host Scott Morgan dives into the factors that make the Palmetto State one of the worst places for personal debt in the country and tells the stories of real South Carolinians living in this ecosystem of debt.
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