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A listener wants to know how to properly keep a cocoon until a moth emerges.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John tells us about feedback he received from listeners following his presentation to our state legislature’s economic development subcommittee.

If you’re looking for ways to save on your annual income tax bill, it’s not too late. Which is why, at this time of year, we like to check in with one of our resident financial advisors to get their tips. Mike Switzer interviews Jeff Wildes, a certified financial planner in Georgetown, SC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Claire Smith about postpartum depression and the importance of seeking treatment for this condition. Dr. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and she’s a perinatal psychiatrist in the Women’s Reproductive Behavioral Health Clinic at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Thomas Di Salvo about lifestyle changes to reduce risk of congestive heart failure. Dr. Di Salvo is a Professor of Cardiology and he’s the Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at MUSC.

Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and (differing between sources) 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group. Members of the genera Chrysopa and Chrysoperla are very common in North America and Europe.

Rudy shares a quote from Amiel's Journal, by Henri-Frédéric Amiel.

Edgefield native Drew Lanham wasn’t entirely sure what the phone call from Chicago was about. And, after he heard what the person on the phone had to say, he wasn’t altogether sure he believed the news: Drew had just won a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the “genius grant.”The MacArthur Foundation says that “The 2022 MacArthur Fellows are architects of new modes of activism, artistic practice, and citizen science. They are excavators uncovering what has been overlooked, undervalued, or poorly understood. They are archivists reminding us of what should survive.”Drew Lanham, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University, talks with Walter Edgar about his life, his work, his writing, and about what may lie hopes to achieve through his work.

For the past 75 years, our next guest’s family has been owning and operating a local franchise of a national pest control company. What are the pros and cons of participating in this potentially dangerous industry? Mike Switzer interviews Lex Knox, CEO of Terminix Service, Inc. in Columbia, SC.

More and more these days, people are looking to buy products and services from companies that practice sustainability. But our next guest says that that remains a challenge for many companies to achieve. Mike Switzer interviews Lia Colabello, founder of Planet + Purpose Solutions in Charleston, SC.