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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Patrick Flume about new approaches to treating cystic fibrosis. Dr. Flume is a Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics and he’s the Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at MUSC.

Dating back to the colonial era, tenantry played a significant role in the agrarian society of South Carolina.

This episode of the South Carolina Lede for August 24, 2021, features: comments from the state Congressional delegation on the $1.2 trillion Senate infrastructure bill, earmarks, and Afghanistan; the latest data from DHEC on climbing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations; Pfizer's vaccine gets full approval from the FDA; and more.

South Carolina is an ocean state with a significant ocean economy consisting of everything from tourism to boat-building to offshore energy. Our next guest’s organization recently released a report measuring that activity and you may be surprised by some of the statistics.Mike Switzer interviews Matt Gorstein, an economist with the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium in Charleston, SC.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for August 21, 2021, we look at the current COVID-19 situation in the state, including the debate over masks in schools, the latest case numbers, vaccination recommendations for pregnant women, and much more.

This week on Walter Edgar's Journal, we offer another in our series of encore broadcasts celebrating The Journal at 21, with a 2004 conversation with the late U. S. District Judge Matthew Perry. Perry takes us on a journey from his humble beginnings in a segregated South Carolina to his part in helping to break down the color barrier. In between he spins some delightful stories about the people who helped shape South Carolina throughout the turbulent 60’s and 70’s.

Incorporated in 1835 and named for railroad president William Aiken, Sr., Aiken owes its existence to the South Carolina Railroad, its personality to its erstwhile “winter colony” of wealthy northern sports enthusiasts, and its economic vitality and relatively cosmopolitan spirit to the U.S. government’s massive Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility.

Some tips on terms and pronunciations in classical music.

Musicians who fundamentally disagree can rehearse a piece twenty-five times and it won’t make any difference. But like-minded musicians can rehearse for an hour and sound like they’ve been playing together for years.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Rebecca Wineland about the latest recommendations for pregnant people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Wineland is an Assistant Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and she’s an OB who specialized in treating high-risk pregnancies at MUSC.