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The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast. It is the largest extant woodpecker species in North America, with the possible exception of the ivory-billed woodpecker, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed be reclassified as extinct. It is also the third largest species of woodpecker in the world, after the great slaty woodpecker and the black woodpecker. "Pileated" refers to the bird's prominent red crest, from the Latin pileatus meaning "capped".

While New Orleans is considered the birthplace of jazz, it had many cradles, including South Carolina. Charleston's Jenkin's Orphanage Band was one of the most important cradles of them all.

Many of us know of The Charleston, the world-renowned dance created in Charleston, SC. But have you heard of The Big Apple?

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Alec DeCastro about maintaining balance and flexibility in the older adult years. Dr. DeCastro is an Associate Professor and Chief of Primary Care Sports Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at MUSC.

BUCK$TEHUDE (DBUX) offers a potential answer to the subject of energy-intensive virtual currencies—but there are those with a counterpoint to this musically-generated medium of exchange.

Since 2005, Michelin has been sponsoring Innovision’s Young Innovator Award which recognizes successful South Carolina educational programs that encourage young people to engage in science, technology, engineering, math, and innovation. Our next guest’s student team in Columbia won the most recent award for developing a COVID-19 contact tracer, which also won them $65,000 as a national finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. Mike Switzer interviews Kirsten Bullington, Next Energy Engineering instructor at the Richland Two Institute of Innovation in Columbia, SC.

It should come as no surprise that one of the hottest growth areas in technology is cybersecurity. And it’s getting some strong support from tech organizations in our state who are working toward making it one of our high-growth industries. Mike Switzer interviews Warren Parker, the chair at South Coast Cyber Center in Beaufort, SC.

The Palmetto State loves to celebrate its tremendous jazz heritage with events like the South Carolina Jazz Festival, which happens the third week of October in Cheraw, SC.

B” is for Barnwell, Robert Woodward (1801-1882). Educator, congressman, U.S. senator.

“A” is for Allen, William Hervey, Jr. (1889-1949). Poet, novelist.