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This is the only woodpecker that doesn’t actively drill in tree trunks looking for insects to eat

Like many birds, they also enjoy fruits and berries, in season, which are a consistent part of their diet.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John talks about state population demographics and their importance to income levels and the state economy and educational attainment. Census data by city and county in SC can be found here: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/SC/DIS010221

Mak Grgic brings impeccable technique and a deeply personal touch to his playing. Both are on full display in his Grammy-nominated albums Mak|Bach and A Night in Upper Town: The Music of Zoran Krajacic.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Nichole Tanner about lung cancer screening for people at increased risk for this disease. Dr. Tanner is a Professor in the College of Medicine and she is Co-Director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.

A famous music critic once referred to the French composer Maurice Ravel as “this most conscious, most naturally artificial of composers.” And in fact Ravel specifically said that he wasn’t seeking “profundity” in the music he wrote. He was merely seeking perfection...

“Once again one finds almost the entire piece is pure musical arabesque…"

In the long run, the judgment of the public is much more important than that of the critics, and the music that lasts is the music that moves people

The composer is the creator, and long after even the most brilliant and famous performers of the moment are forgotten, it’s the music that will remain.

In the letters of great composers, certain themes come up again and again, especially the composers’ struggles to get their works performed, and the desire—often frustrated—to have those works understood and appreciated.