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We’ve discussed many times on this program the fruitful partnerships that exist between our state’s research universities and industry. And we’ve just become aware of a global membership organization comprising top-tier innovation companies and world-class universities--that also happens to be based in our capital city. Mike Switzer interviews Jennifer Carinci, executive director of the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance which is an initiative funded by the National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate and administered by the University Industry Demonstration Partnership in Columbia, SC.

The further the stock market goes up, the easier it is to believe it’s going to go up forever, which can lead to buying near the top of the market. On the other hand, the lower the market falls, the more fearful you may become of losing more money, which can lead to selling near the bottom of the market. Which is why our next guest says that sometimes your emotions pose the biggest risk to achieving your long-term financial goals. Mike Switzer interviews Ashton Lawrence, a certified financial planner with Goldfinch Wealth Management in Greenville, SC.

Since 2018, there have been over 220 class action lawsuits filed against employers in connection with their retirement plans, and the top ten settlements in those suits for 2021 alone totaled $840 million. But our next guest says there is a new type of retirement plan that may limit employers’ risk of retirement plan-related litigation. Mike Switzer interviews Chip Hardy, a fiduciary consultant with FinTrust Capital Advisors in Columbia, SC.

The American composer Seymour Barab started out as a pianist and organist, but as a teenager he took up the cello, and as a cellist he became a highly successful orchestra musician, founder of important string quartets, top commercial free-lance player, champion of new music, and later, after mastering the viola da gamba, champion of old music.

A violin may look perfectly symmetrical from the outside, but on the inside it’s not symmetrical at all.

House Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Pete Aguilar, a Democrat from California, reflects on Monday's final hearing and the report summing up more than a year of investigation into what led up to the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill.

Several groups want FEMA to treat extreme heat and wildfire smoke as a "major disaster." Biden is expected to issue an executive order protecting undocumented spouses of American citizens.

"For most people, Jan. 6 happened for a few hours," U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said in the select committee hearing. "But for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended."

The Jan. 6 committee hearings are getting a lot of attention, but polls show Americans are essentially evenly split over whether former President Donald Trump should be indicted.

After a probe that lasted over a year, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack is winding down with the release of its full report, seen as one of its final duties.