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Our state’s flagship children’s museum has seen a 38% decrease in admission revenue at its Columbia location since 2017. And that may explain why they have hired a new leader who has experience turning around the financial situation at a children’s museum in Tennessee. Mike Switzer interviews Andy Marquart, CEO at EdVenture in Columbia, SC.

Percussion instruments, whether alone or in combination, have always been very useful ingredients for adding flavor and color to orchestral compositions.

Musicians tend to tell lots of stories about funny things that have happened on stage during concerts. Often the stories are about disasters or near-disasters, and to be honest, they usually seem much funnier later on than the events themselves felt when they were actually happening. But one of the funniest stories I know isn’t about a disaster.

Galileo, whose full name was Galileo Galilei, was one of the great figures in the history of science. What may surprise you is that Galileo’s father,…

In May of 1761, Benjamin Franklin was in Cambridge, England, and he heard a man play a performance on musical glasses. They were crystal wine glasses filled with different levels of water, and when the performer rubbed the edges of the glasses, they produced different notes.

When you hear a Baroque piece described as a trio sonata for “flute, violin, and continuo,” remember that the continuo isn’t an instrument, it’s a part, and with two instruments playing it.

Shrimp, one of our most delicious food sources, was once only considered worthy of bait. In her new book, Shrimp Tales: Small Bites of History (2022, Primedia eLaunch), author Beverly Bowers Jennings tells the fascinating story of the shrimp industry, from the shrimp boats and their captains to fishing family lore, tasty recipes and more.Jennings talks with Walter Edgar about what she learned in a decade spent interviewing shrimpers and others associated with commercial shrimping to produce permanent exhibits for the Port Royal Sound Maritime Center and the Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head. That work served as the basis of Shrimp Tales, a book that reveals the old ways of shrimping and celebrates today’s awakening about the foods we eat and the people who make it all happen.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Erika Blank about treating certain chronic conditions with lifestyle changes. Dr. Blank is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine and a primary care physician, specializing in lifestyle medicine at MUSC.

Because government visa officers can stay busy interviewing anywhere from 100 - 400 applicants per day, they don’t have a lot of time to spend giving much detail when they issue denials. Which is why our next guest and his partners, all ex-visa officers and diplomats in U.S. embassies and consulates around the world, decided to open a visa advisory service. Mike Switzer interviews Chris Richardson, co-founder of Argo Visa in Greenville, SC.

While most investment and economic prognosticators we talk to believe that stocks and bonds are in a traditional bear market that may be with us for the next several months, our next guest believes we have entered a super cycle that could deflate stock, bond, and real estate prices for the next 10 years. Mike Switzer interviews Tyson Halsey, a chartered financial analyst and managing member at Income Growth Advisors at Daniel Island, SC.