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Why is it that Bach’s religious music often proves profoundly moving to people who don’t share that faith, people who feel no connection with the “ostensible subject” of the music?

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Patrick Flume about new approaches to treating cystic fibrosis. Dr. Flume is a Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics and he’s the Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at MUSC.

For Leon Banov, preventive medicine and the health of Charleston’s poor and working-class citizens were the primary mission of his long and distinguished career.

In 1951 when Judge Waring gave a ringing dissent in federal court in the case of Briggs v. Elliott, he declared that segregation was “per se inequality.”

Dating back to the colonial era, tenantry played a significant role in the agrarian society of South Carolina.

Joseph Lanner was a hugely popular and important composer and orchestra leader in Vienna in the 1820's and 30's, one of the first composers to create a refined version of the Viennese waltz

Some tips on terms and pronunciations in classical music.

Musicians who fundamentally disagree can rehearse a piece twenty-five times and it won’t make any difference. But like-minded musicians can rehearse for an hour and sound like they’ve been playing together for years.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Rebecca Wineland about the latest recommendations for pregnant people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Wineland is an Assistant Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and she’s an OB who specialized in treating high-risk pregnancies at MUSC.

Incorporated in 1835 and named for railroad president William Aiken, Sr., Aiken owes its existence to the South Carolina Railroad, its personality to its erstwhile “winter colony” of wealthy northern sports enthusiasts, and its economic vitality and relatively cosmopolitan spirit to the U.S. government’s massive Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility.