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South Carolina Lede
Weekly Podcast
Hosted by Gavin Jackson

South Carolina Lede is a podcast about the people, issues, and events shaping the Palmetto State. Join host Gavin Jackson and reporters from across the state each week for in-depth discussions of the biggest news affecting you, your family, and your fellow South Carolinians – from state politics and legislative happenings inside the state house to the ongoing effects of the pandemic and more. It’s the factual and timely information you need, with a dash of irreverent fun to keep it all interesting.

And we want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at 803-563-7169 with your questions and stories, and you might just make it onto an episode during our Wind Down segment.

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  • Crossover Day is this week in the South Carolina Statehouse, a de facto make or break moment for bills to pass one chamber to the other in order to have any chance of making it to the governor’s desk by sine die, the last day of session on May 12.
    SC Lede: Early voting vitriol
    April 23, 2022 — We discuss the final few weeks of this year's state legislative session, including which bills are heading to Governor McMaster's desk next week, the latest on the critical race theory bill passed by the state House, and the controversy surrounding what the state Senate did to the early voting bill.
  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 1.2 percent increase in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8 percent in February. That’s comes out to 8.5% annually. Increases in the indexes for gasoline, shelter, and food were the largest contributors to the seasonally adjusted all items increase.
    SC Lede: 8.5% inflation? In THIS economy?
    April 19, 2022 — A look at what's happening at the statehouse this week as the legislative session begins to wind down; an update on first quarter fundraising numbers for some of the state's top races; new inflation data; and more.
  • Former South Carolina governor and current United Nations World Food Programme Director David Beasley holds a press conference outside of the Statehouse on March 29, 2022, to raise awareness about the growing, global food insecurity crisis that has been exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
    SC Lede: Spring Break Special — A Conversation with United Nations World Food Programme Director David Beasley
    April 12, 2022 — Host Gavin Jackson talks with David Beasley, former South Carolina governor, current United Nations World Food Programme Director and Nobel Prize recipient, about his humanitarian work in Ukraine.
  • Rep. John King, D-Rock Hill, speaks with Rep. Wendy Brawley, D-Hopkins, during the debate over the trans student athlete ban bill that the House passed largely along party lines this week.
    SC Lede: Trans Ban Crosses Over
    April 9, 2022 — An in-depth look over the trans student athlete ban bill that passed the House this week, in business we hear from one of the state’s top economists on how the year is going and in medical Scott Morgan brings us a report as part of the disconnected series looking at South Carolinians and more.
  • Crossover Day is this week in the South Carolina Statehouse, a de facto make or break moment for bills to pass one chamber to the other in order to have any chance of making it to the governor’s desk by sine die, the last day of session on May 12.
    SC Lede: Crossover Making the Cut
    April 5, 2022 — SC Senate Minority Leader Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, on his party's priorities for the remaining days of the legislative session; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, on his decision not to support US Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation; and much more.
  • The House Education Committee this week sent two controversial bills dealing with critical race theory and trans student athletes to the House floor ahead of crossover day next Thursday.
    SC Lede: Boosters and Bans
    April 2, 2022 — A rundown of the candidates who have filed for office this election year; a look at the trans athlete ban bills that are set to be debated in the state House and Senate next week; the state of COVID-19 in South Carolina; and more.