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Walter Pater was an influential 19thcentury English author and critic, and in 1870 he wrote a fascinating essay about the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.

March 21, 2023 — Comments from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on former President Donald Trump's pending indictment; a recap of Nikki Haley's recent presidential campaign stop in Myrtle Beach; the latest on investigations into South Carolina's Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's $3.5 billion accounting error; and more.

When you listen to the news today, there’s no shortage of things to worry about. Both domestically and abroad investors have much to process right now and a lot of it is conflicting. Economic growth is up and down. Job growth has stayed strong though. But both consumer and business confidence are down—until recently. And, of course, the generationally-high inflation rates have been reversing —until recently, when they started higher again. What’s an investor to make of all this? Mike Switzer interviews Rob DeHollander, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC.

Welcome to spring!

If I told you about a letter from a famous composer to his employers, a letter in which the composer complained that he needed a higher salary because he’d been making less money freelancing playing the organ at funerals, because there hadn’t been nearly enough disease going around – could you guess who the composer was?

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Millicent Peterseim about regular vision screening for children, starting in the newborn stage and throughout childhood. Dr. Peterseim is a Professor of Ophthalmology and the Chair for International Ophthalmology at Storm Eye Institute at MUSC.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John talks about the recent announcement by the state of South Carolina that they will spend about $1.3 billion to assist Scout Motors, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, to locate their headquarters here.

A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and set "due west". This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Brenda Hoffman about recent increases in colon cancer in adults in the 40’s and younger, plus new recommendations for colon cancer screening starting at age 45. Dr. Hoffman is a gastroenterologist and interim director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at MUSC.

George McDaniel served as the Executive Director of Drayton Hall, a mid-18th-century plantation located on the Ashley River near Charleston for more than 25 years. His new book, Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People (2022, Evening Post Books) focuses on this historic site’s recent history, using interviews with descendants (both White and Black), board members, staff, donors, architects, historians, preservationists, tourism leaders, and more to create an engaging picture of this one place.McDaniel talks with Walter Edgar about the never-before-shared family moments, major decisions in preservation and site stewardship, and pioneering efforts to transform a Southern plantation into a site for racial conciliation.