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In celebration of Walter Edgar’s Journal at 21, this week's episode is an encore from 2014 with world-renowned author, the late Pat Conroy in conversation with 4 of his 6 siblings.In his 2013 memoir, The Death of Santini (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) author Pat Conroy admits that his father, Don, is the basis of abusive fighter pilot he created for the title role of his novel, The Great Santini, and that his mother, Peg, and his brothers and sisters have all served as models for characters in The Prince of Tides and his other novels. Now, for the first time, Pat gathers with four of his surviving siblings, Kathy, Tim, Mike, and Jim, to talk about the intersection of “real life” and Pat’s fiction, and what it was like to grow up with “The Great Santini” as a father.

Megalopyge opercularis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It has numerous common names, including southern flannel moth for its adult form, and puss caterpillar, asp, Italian asp, Fire caterpillar, woolly slug, opossum bug, puss moth, tree asp, or asp caterpillar.

Landsford Canal in eastern Chester County was designed by Robert Mills as part of a comprehensive plan of internal improvements designed to connect fall line markets with the upstate.

“M” is for Mann, James Robert (1920-2010). Congressman.

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

For the past 23 years, our next guest’s organization has been showcasing our state’s innovation leaders with an annual awards program. Because of the pandemic this event, like many others, has gone virtual. But she says, that has actually been a positive.Mike Switzer interviews Amy Robichaud, board chair at InnoVision in Greenville, SC. This year’s annual InnoVision awards program is Nov. 9, 2021.

Financial planning often begins with a look at “big-picture” factors such as the outlook for inflation and taxes. Then more personal, “ground floor” level issues are addressed such as your own budget and cash flow. But then came the pandemic and our next guest says that event has brought some surprising and unexpected changes to financial planning.Mike Switzer interviews Rick Van Der Noord, a certified financial planner in Greer, SC.

At about this time last year, we interviewed our next guest about some grants her foundation was making to improve historical documentation of minorities’ workplace and community experiences. This year a new round of grants has recently been announced to continue this work at some additional organizations, part of which will have a specific focus on African Americans.Mike Switzer interviews Kerri Forrest, director of Lowcountry programs at the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation in Charleston, SC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. David White about symptoms, treatment and prevention of ear infections in babies and toddlers. Dr. White is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and he’s the Director of the Pediatric Ear, Nose and Throat program at MUSC Children’s Health.

The Southern Unstripped Scorpion lives mostly in the mountains and Piedmont. The stripped scorpion can occasionally be found on the lower Coastal Plain.