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Here’s a question: Should we really care about the personal lives of the composers we admire? When we don’t know anything about their lives, we certainly don’t care. How many of us know a great deal about Monteverdi, or Palestrina? Or even Bach, or Beethoven? What we care about is the music...

"B" is for Banov, Leon [1888-1971]. Physician. Public Health Official. Born in Poland, Banov immigrated to Charleston at the age of eight. He received his…

A listener shares a story of a green anole lizard with two tails...

“A” is for African Theological Archministry, Inc. (Oyotunji Village).

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Ray DuBois about the various types of recommended cancer screening, and the potential impact of early diagnosis and treatment. Dr. DuBois is the Dean of the College of Medicine and the Director of Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.

Monotropa uniflora, also known as ghost plant, ghost pipe, or Indian pipe, is an herbaceous perennial plant native to temperate regions of Asia, North America, and northern South America, but with large gaps between areas. The plant is sometimes completely waxy white, but often has black flecks or pale pink coloration. Rare variants may have a deep red color.

One of the highest paying, most in-demand jobs available to non-4-year college graduates is that of a welder. Which is why our next guest’s vocational school recently opened a new $4.5 million welding technology center. Mike Switzer interviews Caleb Fulwood, the welding program director at Midlands Technical College in West Columbia, SC.

Ears can be trained. Which is why every music school in the world offers ear-training courses. I suppose it should go without saying, but for musicians…

Winter birds are visiting South Carolina. Among them are dark-eyed juncos.

One of the common dangers of studying composers’ lives is finding out that some of the people whose music we love and admire turn out to have been very…