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June 11, 2022 — Host Gavin Jackson and producer A.T. Shire present an extended Wind Down section. Stay tuned for next Tuesday’s podcast, feature the latest on several top congressional primaries and highlights from the Democratic gubernatorial debate.

Earlier this year, the S.C. Manufacturers Alliance held a contest to name the “Coolest Thing Made in SC”. The general public was asked to suggest S.C.-made products for the honor resulting in 175 nominations and our next guest’s company receiving the inaugural winner’s trophy. Mike Switzer interviews Mike Lee, vice president and general manager of Nucor Steel Berkeley in Huger, SC.

The N R S C Plant guide for sunflowers is fascinating. Among some of the sayings associated with sunflowers from the Teton Dakota tribes is “When the sunflowers were tall and in full bloom, the buffaloes were fat and the meat good.” Many tribes recognized the value of an infusion of sunflowers to treat chest pains.

“M” is for Marlboro County (480 square miles; 2020 population 26,376). Marlboro County was formed in 1785 and named for John Churchill, the duke of Marlboro.

“R” is for Reno, Donald Wesley (1927-1984). Musician. A native of Spartanburg, Don Reno probably ranks second only to Earl Scruggs in prestige among bluegrass banjo pickers

“S” is for St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish. Located on the peninsula formed by the Cooper and Wando Rivers in modern Berkeley County, St. Thomas and St. Denis were created by the Church Act of 1706 and constitute colonial South Carolina’s only parish within a parish.

In 1950 a musicologist named Wolfgang Schmieder published an enormous catalogue of J.S. Bach’s works, but Schmieder organized it by category, that is, by type of composition, not by date of composition. The catalogue is known in German as the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, or BWV, and that’s why you often see Bach’s works listed in programs with their BWV numbers.

J.S. Bach composed his St. Matthew Passion in 1727. But for the better part of a century after that, the piece essentially disappeared, unknown to all but a few specialists.

J.S. Bach composed his St. Matthew Passion in 1727. But for the better part of a century after that, the piece essentially disappeared, unknown to all but a few specialists.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Alec DeCastro about plantar fasciitis, a common foot injury. Dr. DeCastro is an Associate Professor and Chief of Primary Care Sports Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at MUSC.