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“D” is for Daufuskie Island. Daufuskie Island, one of the Sea Islands, is near the mouth of the Savannah River at the southern tip of Beaufort County.

"E" is for Edisto Island [Charleston County; population 1, 558]. Located between the mouths of the North and South Edisto Rivers, Edisto is a sea island…

"C" is for Camp Meetings. These outdoor services of worship held for a week or longer were characterized by the encampment of the participants.

As part of our continuing celebration of Walter Edgar’s Journal at 21 we present an encore broadcast from May of 2009.Internationally renowned Southern literature scholars Trudier Harris, University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Alabama, and the late Noel Polk, formerly of Mississippi State University, join Dr. Edgar to debate the question “What was the most influential Southern novel of the 20th century?” This episode is a companion of the SCETV’s Take on the South: What was the most influential Southern novel of the 20th century? That was originally broadcast on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Take on the South is a series of eight, one-hour, live-to-tape debates produced by SCETV for the University of South Carolina's Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) under a grant provided by Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. You can watch this program, on demand, at knowitall.org.

One of the reasons Mozart’s operas seem so profound to us is because they’re so true to life, and perhaps especially true to life’s complexities and contradictions.

The Bull Street District in downtown Columbia continues to grow into its 20-year development plan. The latest announcement involves an out-of-state company looking to build the first “food hall” concept in the capital city region. Mike Switzer interviews Ed Lee with Creative Culinary Ventures in Atlanta, developer of the new Sanctuary Food Hall.

Trichonephila clavata, also known as the Jorō spider, is a member of the Trichonephila genus. The spider can be found throughout Japan (except Hokkaidō), in Korea, Taiwan, China, and since 2014, in northeast Georgia and western South Carolina in North America. The spider is large in size and displays bright, unique colors of the female Trichonephila. In 2014, scientists confirmed the first known occurrence of T. clavata in North America.

Rudy recounts the impact that USC's Dr. Wade Batson had on his many students.

If you’d like a remarkable example of the genius of Leonard Bernstein, I recommend that you listen – or listen again – to the song “Cool,” from West Side Story.

Louis Spohr isn’t one of those composers who fell into complete obscurity. But for better or for worse the majority of his works remain unknown to modern audiences.