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January 29, 2022 — An interview with Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) as debate on his medical marijuana bill gets underway in the state Senate; SC DHEC Director of Public Health Dr. Brannon Traxler on the latest surge of COVID-19; and recent comments from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on how he wants the federal government to balance its budget.

February 1, 2022 — A look at Rep. Jim Clyburn's (D-SC) push to get a Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court and who he is supporting; a recap of last week's legislative action at the statehouse; the latest on Boeing's manufacturing delays at its North Charleston plant; and more.

Have you ever wondered why pianists need page turners? They’re not, after all, the only ones who use both hands to play their instruments.

Franz von Suppé could be the poster child for composers who were extremely prolific and very famous in their own time, but who, if they’re now remembered at all, are only remembered for two or three pieces.

Have you ever wondered why pianists need page turners? They’re not, after all, the only ones who use both hands to play their instruments.

So here’s the famous riddle: Which came first, the chicken... or the violin? Or the piano? Or the valved horn? By the mid-to-late-1500s the members of the…

A couple of years ago, I interviewed someone from our next guest’s organization about a free software coding education platform for adult residents of our state. That program is still up and running and they have now started a first-of-its-kind software development fellowship program in their continuing effort to find solutions to the tech workforce gap here in South Carolina. Mike Switzer interviews Katie Miller, program director at SC Codes in Greenville, SC. New program: www.developcarolina.org

Ever since the pandemic started we’ve been hearing about supply chain issues, most famously beginning with the toilet paper shortage. While we have been back in the saddle again (so to speak) as far as toilet paper goes, there are still problems, most notably with microchips. Our next guest says that the situation is less of a ‘supply chain’ problem and more of a ‘supply web’, or ‘network’ problem. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Hee Yoon Kwon, assistant professor of Supply Chain Management at The Citadel in Charleston, SC.

If there’s one thing our next guest says companies should have learned as a result of the pandemic, it’s the importance of making an emotional connection with their customers. Ad, he says, it’s not too late. Mike Switzer interviews Kyle Duford, agency director at The Brand Leader in Greenville, SC.

Exidia recisa (common name willow brain or amber jelly roll) is a jelly fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. It is a common, wood-rotting species throughout the northern hemisphere, typically growing on dead attached twigs and branches of willow and other broadleaf trees.