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Back in the day, my day to be more specific, there was a game machine that we all loved to play that didn’t have anything to do with mobile apps or computers or virtual reality. I’m speaking of course, of pinball machines, which like so many other things retro, have been making a comeback. In fact, our next guest’s entertainment venue is dedicated to these pinball wizard wannabees. Mike Switzer interviews Fred Richardson, owner of the Bang Back Pinball Lounge in Columbia’s Five Points.

“E” is for Ellenton Riot (September 1876). The Ellenton Riot was one of the many racial clashes that occurred in the tense atmosphere of the 1876 gubernatorial campaign.

“G” is for Gibbes, Robert (1644-1715). Governor.

The fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) is a moth in the family Erebidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. It is considered a pest but, does not harm otherwise healthy trees. It is well known to commercial tree services and arboriculturists.

Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed or vein-leaf hawkweed) is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern United States, from Florida to Massachusetts and west to Tennessee, Alabama, and West Virginia and to southern Ontario.

Rudy talks about the various woodland fruits that feed both wildlife and humans.

Rudy shares some verse from Percy Bysshe Shelley and prose from John Burrows.

“A” is for Allston, Robert Francis Withers (1801-1864). Legislator, governor, rice planter.

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.

Calostoma cinnabarinum is a species of gasteroid fungus in the family Sclerodermataceae, and is the type species of the genus Calostoma. It is known by several common names, including stalked puffball-in-aspic and gelatinous stalked-puffball. The fruit body has a distinctive color and overall appearance, featuring a layer of yellowish jelly surrounding a bright red, spherical head approximately 2 centimeters (0.8 in) in diameter atop a red or yellowish brown spongy stipe 1.5 to 4 cm (0.6 to 2 in) tall. The spore surface features a pattern of small pits, producing a net-like appearance. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, Central America, northeastern South America, and East Asia. C. cinnabarinum grows on the ground in deciduous forests, where it forms mycorrhizal associations with oaks.