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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for February 13, 2024: host Gavin Jackson sits down with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley to discuss a wide-range of issues, including incendiary comments made by former President Donald Trump at his rally regarding NATO, and Haley’s husband, Michael, and more.

Satire is defined as a genre of the arts in which abuses and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent that some improvement would result. Our next guest hopes to provide us with a little satire today of what he sees as a popular fad in the financial services industry. And he’s hoping you will find the satire useful. Mike Switzer interviews Rick Van Der Noord, a certified financial planner in Greenville SC.

Ladybug larvae, both native and imported, are described as looking like alligators. But, there's an important difference between the two...

You would think that in today’s world of the Internet (what we used to call the Information Superhighway), most people would be fairly knowledgeable about finances. But our next guest says there is still plenty of work to do. Mike Switzer interviews Chandler Jordan, the new executive director of the SC Council on Economic Education in Columbia, SC.

“C” is for Charlesfort. A mid-sixteenth century French outpost in Port Royal Sound, Charlesfort was the first French settlement in the present-day United States.

“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949). Musician. Classified by many as a country-music artist, Martha Marshall Chapman,II, and her style nonetheless have been difficult to categorize.

Our next guest says that while our state’s recent economic growth and prosperity has grown it has also further increased existing disparities in our communities. Which is something their latest summit will be addressing. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Shawn Edwards, the board chair at TogetherSC, host of the upcoming SC Nonprofit Summit, Feb 21-23 in Charleston, SC.

“D” is for Donaldson, John Owen (1898-1930). Aviator. In 1951 Greenville Air Base was renamed to honor John Owen Donaldson.

In this episode, we'll talk with Prof. Kevin Kokomoor about his book, La Florida: Catholics, Conquistadores, and Other American Origin Stories.Spanish sailors discovering the edges of a new continent, greedy, violent conquistadors quickly moving in to find riches, and Catholic missionaries on their search for religious converts: these forces of Spanish colonialism in Florida helped spark British plans for colonization of the continent and influenced some of the most enduring traditions of the larger Southeast. The key history presented in the book challenges the general assumption that whatever is important or interesting about this country is a product of its English past.

For five decades now, our next guest’s organization has been pioneering medical genetics across not only our state, but the nation, as well. Last month, they kicked off their latest initiative, a major effort in Alzheimer's research. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Steve Skinner, director of the Greenwood Genetics Center in Greenwood, SC.