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Art song is a general term that refers to the kinds of songs written by classically-trained composers for classically-trained singers. Composers themselves don’t talk about writing “art songs,” they simply say “songs.”

If you are a CEO, president, manager, or supervisor, surely you know the importance of delegation. Or do you? Our next guest says she continues to be surprised by how many business leaders are hesitant to delegate. Mike Switzer interviews Jenna Spencer, founder of AssistPro in Anderson, SC.

November 12, 2022 — A recap of the 2022 elections; the latest on abortion legislation in the state; and more.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elisha Brownfield about the importance of keeping up with preventive health care for women. Dr. Brownfield is a Professor of Internal Medicine and she’s a general internist at MUSC.

It’s popular, in some circles, to find links between creative genius and mental illness. Among composers, Robert Schumann is usually Exhibit A, but there are others who are regularly mentioned, as well. My own view is that the so-called link is no link at all.

Fantasy is the English translation of the Italian fantasia, a word that first appeared as a title for instrumental works in the 1500's. Since then, it’s a title that’s been used over and over.

Bond prices have fallen this year, in some cases almost as much as stocks have. That means bond yields are up though, so for those of you looking for income investments, could this be the time to start nibbling in the bond market? Mike Switzer interviews Wes Johnson, a certified financial planner and market prognosticator with ACT Advisors in Charleston, SC.

We’ve recently learned that the South Carolina Research Authority’s investment affiliate, SC Launch has invested $250,000 into our next guest’s startup company to help them continue to develop their data management and analysis product. Mike Switzer interviews Christian Screen, founder of AICG in Fort Mill, SC.

Daniel Harrison, author of Live at Jackson Station: Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar (2021, USC Press), talks with Walter Edgar about how Jackson Station, in the little upstate town of Hodges, SC, emerged as a cultural kaleidoscope that served as an oasis of tolerance and diversity in a time and place that often suffered from undercurrents of bigotry and violence—an uneasy coexistence of incongruent forces that have long permeated southern life and culture.

Warble fly is a name given to the genus Hypoderma: large flies which are parasitic on cattle and deer. Other names include "heel flies", "bomb flies" and "gadflies", while their larvae are often called "cattle grubs" or "wolves."