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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Habib Rizk about the role that certain foods and drinks can play in triggering migraine episodes for people who suffer from migraines. Dr. Rizk is an Associate Professor in Otology and Neurotology and Director of the Vestibular Program at MUSC.

“H” is for Hanahan (Berkeley and Charleston Counties; 2020 population 25, 743).

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John talks about his experience recently at the South Carolina CyberSecurity Conference and how conferences like this can possibly tie into the SmartState system.

The “I” word has become a major topic of conversation these days. We’re talking about inflation, of course. Even that uglier word from the past, “stagflation”, has resurfaced again. Where is it all leading and when will it end? Mike Switzer interviews Frank Hefner, Director, Office of Economic Analysis and Professor of Economics at the College of Charleston.

In her book, Baptists and Bootleggers: A Prohibition Expedition Through the South (2021, Evening Post Books) Kathryn Smith takes you to major cities and small towns, all of which struggled between the Baptists and their teetotaling allies who preached temperance and the bootleggers who got rich providing what their customers couldn’t buy legally.Smith talks with Walter Edgar about her Prohibition expedition through hotels, bars, speakeasies, museums and cemeteries, and shares some vintage cocktail recipes she picked up along the way.

Children’s athletic footwear is a multi-billion dollar business. And after becoming a finalist in a college entrepreneurship contest in Boston, our next guest is hoping to capture some of that business. Mike Switzer interviews Jeff Goff, founder of Natur Athletics Shoe Company in Indian Land, SC.

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.

Will Culler of Clemson’s Agri-business team heads South Carolina’s Ag and Art Tour, the largest in the nation. What a great way to visit local farms and let your kids see where their food comes from.

Clemson’s Ag and Art Tours when you can visit local farms and even some artists’ studios, is free on weekends from mid-May to the end of June.

May 7, 2022 — Initial reactions to the leaked draft of the US Supreme Court's opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade; former Vice President Mike Pence delivers the keynote address at the Carolina Pregnancy Center‘s spring gala; updates from the state legislative session; and more.