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From comic books to blockbuster movies, we’re devoting this episode to all things Marvel.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This week on Who What When, we’re discussing famous failures throughout history.

Jump in our Delorean and travel back to the 1980s on this edition of Who What What.

On this episode of Who What When, we travel back to the 1990s with games all about the pop culture of the era.

This week on Who What When, we're devoting the episode to games and trivia about Thanksgiving and the things we're thankful for.

“G” is for Green, Jonathan (b. 1955). Painter, printmaker.

“G” is for Green, Jonathan (b. 1955). Painter, printmaker.

This week, we will be talking with J. Drew Lanham, about his new book, Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves (2024, Hub City Press). The book is a sensuous collection of Drew's signature mix of poetry and prose, a lush journey into wildness and Black being. Drew Lanham notices nature through seasonal shifts, societal unrest, and deeply personal reflection and traces a path from bitter history to present predicaments, mining along the way the deep connection to ancestors through the living world.

For centuries residents of Charleston, SC, have made many attempts, both public and private, to manipulate the landscape of the low-lying peninsula on which Charleston sits, surrounded by wetlands, to maximize drainage, and thus buildable land and to facilitate sanitation. In her book, Lowcountry at High Tide: A History of Flooding, Drainage, and Reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina (2020, USC Press), Christina Rae Butler uses three hundred years of archival records to show not only the alterations to the landscape past and present, but also the impact those efforts have had on the residents at various socio-economic levels throughout its history.In this encore of a broadcast conversation from 2020, Butler explores the ways in which Charleston has created land with Dr. Edgar, and they talk about challenges facing the city in the face of rising sea levels.

Several South Carolina food establishments and chefs are hoping to bring pride to the Palmetto State after being named semifinalists for the 2024 James Beard Awards.