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It’s just a fact that the older we get the more we fall. And of course, the population continues to age so more people are falling and sometimes they not only can’t get up, but are also unable to let anyone know. Our next guest’s company is using sensors to detect when a person falls and that technology led them to receiving the most recent small business award from Innovision. Mike Switzer interviews Victor Hirth, co-founder and chief medical officer of Asset, LLC in Columbia, SC.

It wasn’t until the late 1700s and early 1800s that the brilliant operatic tenor as we know him today came into his own.

"S" is for South Carolina-North Carolina border. In 1735 the two colonies appointed a joint boundary commission.

Native blueberries are blooming now.

Disabled and special needs individuals want careers as much as anyone. But, as you would expect, many challenges stand in the way. Our next guest’s organization is working hard to help. Mike Switzer interviews Dee DiCarlo, director of business & employment development for Thrive Upstate, formerly known as the Greenville County Disability and Special Needs Board.

"R” is for Rice, John Andrew, Jr. (1888-1968). Educator, author. A prominent figure in American higher education, Rice was born in Lee County.

Garter snake is a common name for generally harmless, small to medium-sized snakes belonging to the genus Thamnophis in the family Colubridae. Native to North and Central America, species in the genus Thamnophis can be found from the subarctic plains of Canada to Costa Rica.

Some tips on terms and pronunciations in classical music.

Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering in inland salt lakes near the Andes in Argentina.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Stephen Savage about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment of kidney stones. Dr. Savage is a Professor of Urology and the Director of the Kidney Stone Center at MUSC.