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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Andrea Abbott about skin cancer screening and finding cancer in its earlier stages when it’s easier to treat. Dr. Abbott is a surgical oncologist and Medical Director of the Melanoma and Advanced Skin Cancer Program at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Christine Cooper about how good quality sleep (and also sleep deficiency) can impact brain health. Dr. Cooper is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine and she’s a neurologist specializing in movement disorders at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Anne Kroman about lifestyle changes and choices to help manage atrial fibrillation. Dr. Kroman is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine and she’s a cardiac electrophysiologist at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Meredith Duffy about preventing noise induced hearing loss in children and adults. Dr. Duffy is an audiologist and she’s the Clinical Director of Hearing Rehabilitation at MUSC.

Former President Donald Trump's onetime top adviser surrendered to federal authorities Monday. Bannon was indicted last week for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Rudy shares an excerpt from Richard Jefferies' "The Dewey Morn."

Monday, December 19 - 12:51 p.m. on all News & Talk Stations and 1:00 p.m. on all News & Music Stations.The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is holding a public business meeting on Monday, December 19. The committee is expected to consider possible criminal referrals and to vote on them. This is the committee’s final public event prior to the release of its final report, which is expected later in the week on Wednesday, the 21st.You can watch live video of the event here...

Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson and Maayan Schechter are back at the Capitol reporting what you need to know when lawmakers are in Columbia. They'll post news, important schedules, photos/videos and behind-the-scenes interviews with policymakers.

Republican leaders in the South Carolina House appear ready to tackle cutting income taxes in the state before this year's General Assembly session ends in May. A House subcommittee plans to pass a bill cutting the state's top income tax rate from 7% to 6% over five years in time to be considered along with the budget later this month. The cut would cost about $750 million when fully in effect. Republicans and Democrats want to talk taxes. The question may be whether some lawmakers only want to cut income taxes as part of a broader effort to reform all kinds of taxes.

Ina Jaffe is a veteran NPR correspondent covering the aging of America. Her stories on Morning Edition and All Things Considered have focused on older adults' involvement in politics and elections, dating and divorce, work and retirement, fashion and sports, as well as issues affecting long term care and end of life choices. In 2015, she was named one of the nation's top "Influencers in Aging" by PBS publication Next Avenue, which wrote "Jaffe has reinvented reporting on aging."