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We ran into our next guest’s engineering company while attending the Electrification 2022 conference in Charlotte recently. With new federal money soon to be coming down the pipeline to address climate change, their work in the sustainability and nuclear industries should certainly be affected. Mike Switzer interviews Shayn Lasa, with Burns & McDonnell in Greenville, SC.

Yesterday, we spoke with an entrepreneur who recently opened a pinball-only pub in Columbia’s Five Points. He told us that one of the reasons he chose Columbia was because of our next guest’s pinball warehouse being located in the area that could quickly supply him with the parts and supplies he needed. Mike Switzer interviews Paul Mandeltort, CEO of Marco Specialties in Lexington, SC.

August 27th, 2022 — We take an in-depth look at Jeff Duncan's Faith and Freedom BBQ, which featured the likes of Republican Sen. Tim Scott, Gov. Henry McMaster, and keynote speaker Mike Pompeo. We also hear from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and take a look at ever changing life expectancy in South Carolina.

August 30th, 2022 — We preview the SC House's special session abortion debate, Sen. Lindsey Graham predicts riots, reshoring of PPE production, and the latest on monkeypox.

“F” is for Forest Acres (Richland County; 2020 population 10,300).

“H” is for Happyville. Happyville was a short-lived agricultural colony settled in 1905 near Montmorenci in Aiken County by Jewish immigrants from Russia.

“J” is for Johnson, Isaac Samuel Leevy (b. 1942). Attorney, legislator.

“L” is for Lee, Rudolph Edward (1876-1959). Architect. Educator.

“R” is for Ribault, Jean (ca. 1515-1565). Explorer, mariner.

“P” is for Peachtree Rock (Lexington County). Peachtree Rock is the namesake of a 305-acre South Carolina Nature Conservancy preserve located on the Sandhills of Lexington County.