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In 2004 the Vatican Museum presented an exhibit called “The Colors of White.” What the exhibit showed, in a nutshell, is that our notion that the beauty…

A listener reports seeing a writing spider in its web; as he approached, the spider started bouncing in the web.

Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-nesting Ageniellini), and most capture and paralyze prey.

Rudy Shares a paraphrase of "Come Little Leaves" by George Cooper.

According to recent statistics, 67% of formerly incarcerated men are re-arrested within three years. Our next guest’s organization however, has found a way to reduce that number significantly..Mike Switzer interviews Leah Rhyne, director of marketing and communications at Turning Leaf, a Charleston nonprofit expanding soon to Columbia, SC.

After last year’s first-ever drive-thru fair, the South Carolina State Fair is returning to normal this year. Well, maybe not pre-COVID normal but certainly the new normal.Mike Switzer interviews Nancy Smith, general manager of the SC State Fair in Columbia, SC.

One of the interesting things about my job is learning about companies who create solutions to problems I had no idea existed. For example, I didn’t know that nonprofits were burdened with reporting requirements any more than any other company or organization. But apparently they are, because our next guest’s company came up with a product to address that issue and as a result, earned an investment from SC Launch of $200,000.Mike Switzer interviews Joel Weinbach, co-founder and CEO of Reporting Xpress in Cayce, SC.

In his book, The Slow Undoing: The Federal Courts and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in South Carolina, Dr. Stephen H. Lowe argues for a reconsideration of the role of the federal courts in the civil rights movement. It places the courts as a central battleground at the intersections of struggles over race, law, and civil rights. During the long civil rights movement, Black and White South Carolinians used the courts as a venue to contest the meanings of the constitution, justice, equality, and citizenship.Lowe joins Walter Edgar to discuss how African Americans used courts and direct action in tandem to bring down legal segregation throughout the long civil rights era.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Ray DuBois about research related to high-fat diet and increased risk of colorectal cancer. Dr. DuBois is the Dean of the College of Medicine and he’s the Director of Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C.