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Cope's gray treefrog (Dryophytes chrysoscelis), also called the southern gray treefrog is a species of treefrog found in the United States. It is almost indistinguishable from the gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor), and shares much of its geographic range. Both species are variable in color, mottled gray to gray-green, resembling the bark of trees. These are treefrogs of woodland habitats, though they will sometimes travel into more open areas to reach a breeding pond.

In honor of Earth Day, Rudy shares a portion of the poem by Shelley, The Cloud.

“N” is for Ninety Six, Battles of (1775, 1781). Situated in the South Carolina backcountry at the crossroads of important trade routes, Ninety Six was a newly established courthouse town on the eve of the Revolutionary War.

“M” is for Market Hall (Charleston). Completed in 1841, Market Hall was one of several monumental buildings that arose along Meeting Street in Charleston during the 1830s and 1840s.

“P” is for Pawleys Island (Georgetown County, 2020 population 111).

“L” is for Lebby, Nathaniel H. (1816-1880). Inventor. Born in Charleston, Lebby conceived of the mechanism for the world’s first hydraulic suction dredge, which became the standard method of modern dredging.

Jean Sibelius was a fascinating man. He was born the year the American Civil War ended and he died in the year of Sputnik.

Quality of life is always an essential part of the equation when economic developers talk to industry. Our next guest’s organization is one of many across our state working to improve that common denominator. Mike Switzer interviews Stuart White, executive director of the Congaree Land Trust in Columbia, SC.

The stock market has been quite volatile over the past several months with record inflation, rising interest rates, and the war in Ukraine. Over the last decade however, the US market has enjoyed unusually high returns. Some analysts claim this means we’re due to experience below average returns for the next decade. Are they right and what’s an investor to do if we experience another lost decade like the first one of this millenium or the stagflation of the 1970s? Mike Switzer interviews Rob DeHollander, a certified financial planner in Greenville SC.

Aseroe rubra, commonly known as the anemone stinkhorn, sea anemone fungus and starfish fungus, is a common and widespread basidiomycete fungus recognizable for its foul odour of carrion and its sea anemone shape when mature. Found in gardens on mulch and in grassy areas, it resembles a red star-shaped structure covered in brownish slime on a white stalk. It attracts flies, which spread its spores.