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The members of the modern violin family are descendants of various kinds of medieval fiddles—fiddle, by the way, being an older word than violin.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Don Rockey about the diagnosis and treatment of fatty liver disease. Dr. Rockey is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist and Director of the Digestive Disease Research Center at MUSC.

Have you ever wondered how the violin came to play such an important role in the history of classical music? Well, it starts with singing.

Chamber music rehearsals are very different from orchestra rehearsals. In an orchestra rehearsal, it’s the conductor’s job to make the overall musical decisions and to ensure that the members of the orchestra carry them out. A chamber music group, on the other hand, is—ideally, at least—a pure democracy.

“J” is for Johns, Jasper (b. 1930). Artist. Jasper Johns is a pivotal figure of twentieth-century American art, occupying a critical position that mediates Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism.

Our next guest’s company was a finalist at the most recent Innovision awards program and they caught our eye with their technology that matches veterans with companies looking for employees. This seems especially timely with the statewide and nationwide shortage of qualified workers. Mike Switzer interviews Robyn Grable, founder and CEO of Veterans ASCEND in Mauldin, SC.

In case you hadn’t noticed, we are smack dab in the middle of national Jazz Appreciation Month. So let’s check in with our resident jazz industry expert to see what’s happening in our state. Mike Switzer interviews Mark Rapp, founder and executive director of ColaJazz Foundation in Columbia, SC.

In 2020, Maj. General (Ret.) William F. Grimsley became South Carolina's first Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs. From the beginning, Grimsley and his staff have defined the purpose of the new Department of Veterans’ Affairs as leading and enabling “a state-wide coalition of partners to create and sustain an environment in which Veterans and their families can thrive as valued and contributing members of the South Carolina community and the Nation.”Grimsley talks with Walter Edgar about how the Department strives to achieve that purpose and the way it is expanding and building partnerships to do so.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Anne Kroman about the connection between atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea. Dr. Kroman is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine and a cardiac electrophysiologist at MUSC.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John relates recent feedback from listeners on the topic of creating an oversight type of commission for our state’s university endowed chair program that might become Smart State II.