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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Janet Carter about health risks from a high consumption of ultra-processed foods. Janet is a registered dietician, clinical lipid specialist, and program manager at the MUSC Children’s Health Wellness Works Program.

Back in the day, when Silver Queen sweet corn became widely available, it was transformational for corn on the cob lovers. Sweet corn differs from field corn it the actual amount of sugar versus starch it contains when mature.

Bach himself didn’t invent any of the forms he used. He used the forms he inherited, but he transformed them .

Franz Liszt invented the solo piano recital, and in fact he coined the term “recital,” too.

What I somehow hear in Mozart, whether in his operas or his instrumental works, is a kind of fundamental optimism.

A scientist I know was talking about great works of literature the other day, and she said that what characterized them was the “density of brilliance.” What a wonderful phrase. And how perfect, too, for great works of music.

Claude Debussy often performed his own works, but he tended to get nervous, and he didn’t enjoy playing in public. And yet by all accounts Debussy was a wonderful pianist, especially noted for his remarkable “touch” at the keyboard.

In addition to his own works, Lizt's recitals featured pieces by all the great composers of the day and by those he called the “classics,” including many works of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven.

After Beethoven, all composers were seen and evaluated in Beethoven’s light, or rather in his enormous shadow.

Everyone makes progress at his or her own pace, and what’s crucial is where you eventually arrive, not how fast you get there.