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This week Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Joshua Mixson about increased risk of heat-related illness in older adults and strategies for prevention.

“A” is for Ashmore, Harry Scott (1916-1998). Author, editor, Pulitzer Prize winner.

Alan Cooper, founder and editor of three online business news websites in S.C., shares some success stories from entrepreneurs and recently retired community leaders in our state.

Friday, July 5, 2024

This week we will be talking with Diane Vecchio about her book, Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers: How Jewish Entrepreneurs Built Economy and Community in Upcountry South Carolina (2024, USC Press).In the book, Diane examines the diverse economic experiences of Jews who settled in Upcountry (now called Upstate) South Carolina. Like other parts of the so-called New South, the Upcountry was a center of textile manufacturing and new business opportunities that drew entrepreneurial energy to the region. Working with a rich set of oral histories, memoirs, and traditional historical documents, she explores Jewish community development and describes how Jewish business leaders also became civic leaders and affected social, political, and cultural life. The Jewish community's impact on all facets of life across the Upcountry is vital to understanding the growth of today's Spartanburg-Greenville corridor.

“H” is for Hayne, Henry E. (b. 1840). Legislator, secretary of state.

Mike Switzer interviews Dale Threatt-Taylor, executive director of The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina.

Friday, July 5, 2024

“J” is for Jones and Lee. Edward Culliatt Jones (1822-1902) and Francis D. Lee (1826-1885) were a leading force in South Carolina architecture in the 1850s.

Mike Switzer interviews Joe Renwick, founder and co-owner of Green Energy BioFuel in Winnsboro, S.C.