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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Lillian Christon about emotional wellness for youth with obesity. Dr. Christon is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC and she’s a clinical health psychologist who works with youth and adults who have chronic health conditions.

Assassin bugs belong to a large family of true bugs called the Reduviidae. There are approximately 160 species in North America, and many are commonly encountered around the home. The group is exclusively predaceous and many feed on a wide variety of landscape and garden pests including the fall webworm, tent caterpillar, Mexican bean beetle, and June beetles.

Anisota stigma, the spiny oakworm moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in North America from Massachusetts and southern Ontario to Florida, west to Minnesota, Kansas and Texas.

The members of the violin family—the violin, viola, cello, and double bass—are made of wood. But on any one instrument you may find four or even five different kinds of wood.

A violin may look perfectly symmetrical from the outside, but on the inside it’s not symmetrical at all.

After the navy base closed in Charleston, its prime location real estate has become home to many companies. One of those is a modern blacksmithing company that recently announced a $2.9 million expansion accompanied by increasing hiring plans. Mike Switzer interviews Robert Thomas, founder of Robert Thomas Iron Design in North Charleston, SC.

A few weeks ago, our next guest received a birthday card loaded with information about what was going on in his birth year of 1961. You’ve probably seen these types of cards, posters, and even t-shirts. Anyway, he found his to be so interesting that he decided to do some additional research comparing then to now and we thought you might enjoy hearing about his findings. Mike Switzer interviews Jeff Wildes, a certified financial planner in Georgetown, SC.

“J” is for Johnson, David (1782-1855). Jurist, governor. A native of Virginia, Johnson’s family moved to South Carolina in 1789 and settled in Chester District. In 1810 he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was elected a circuit court judge in 1815. In 1824 he was elevated to the Court of Appeals, serving as the presiding judge from 1830 to 1835. When the court ruled the state’s militia test oath law unconstitutional, the legislature abolished the court. Johnson was transferred to the Court of Equity and Court of Appeals in Equity, serving as chief judge until 1846. In 1846 he was unanimously elected governor. A Unionist for much of his career, David Johnson later supported the right of secession but opposed separate state action on the part of South Carolina.

“M” is for Maroons. Historically, maroons have been described as “bands of fugitive slaves living independently from society.” Maroon communities in the West Indies and Latin America are well documented. Less well-known are those in what is now South Carolina.

“N” is for North Augusta (Aiken County; 2020 population 23,370).