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Ears can be trained. Which is why every music school in the world offers ear-training courses. I suppose it should go without saying, but for musicians the ability to recognize fine distinctions among sounds is crucial.

In case you didn’t know, “financial porn” is a slang term used to describe sensationalist reports of financial news and products that could cause irrational investment buying that can be detrimental to an investor's financial health. I had never heard this term before which is why we are dialing up our next guest for some help. Mike Switzer interviews Anthony Colancecco, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC.

"M" is from McClennan, Alonzo Clifton (1855 to 1912). Physician hospital administrator, a native of Columbia. McClennan was the second African-American admitted to the US Naval Academy.

Should we really care about the personal lives of the composers we admire?

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

Our next guest’s story involves the Gulla Geechee culture, a rare disease, a passion for science and creating, a chemistry degree, and entrepreneurship. All of which recently resulted in her attaining the honor of being named the SC Female Small Business Person of the Year by the US Small Business Administration. Mike Switzer interviews Abenaa Moore, founder of Naturally Geechee in North Charleston, SC.

“S” is for Santee Canal. A canal to connect the Santee and Cooper Rivers had been conceived as early as 1770, but the Revolutionary War intervened, and the plans were postponed.

Spiranthes vernalis, commonly called the spring ladies'-tresses, is a species of orchid that is native to North America, Central America and the Bahamas. It is a perennial that produces a spiral of white flowers in the early summer.

The summer solstice, also called the estival solstice or midsummer, occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern).

It’s not too often that a small business gets to have its product featured on a national television show but that’s exactly what happened to our next guest when her innovative undergarment recently appeared on the Today show on NBC. Mike Switzer interviews Erin Mehagan, founder of Livi Lu Lane in Greenville, SC.