60 From beach music to barbecue, Walter Edgar's Journal delves into South Carolina's past and provides insight into the state's current affairs. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/podcasts/walter_edgars_journal/ en-us South Carolina ETV Commission SCETV John Derrick jderrick@scetv.org http://www.scetv.org/images/podcasts/{podcast_name}.jpg http://www.scetv.org/podcast/ He Laughed 'Til He Died is mystery writer Carolyn Hart's 20th Death on Demand mystery. This time, more than one death in Broward's Rock, S.C., engages Annie Darling and her husband, Max. Maybe the need some help? They get it in the form of a group of local ladies, led by mystery writer Emma Clyde, who assist Annie and Max in the hunt for the killer. Carolyn will give Walter the bird's eye lowdown on this caper. Columbia's Fran Rizer has always loved to write. She has turned that love into a second career, writing a successful series of mysteries featuring her protagonist, Callie Parish, a beautician at the local mortuary in fictional St. Mary, South Carolina. Fran Rizer joins Dr. Edgar for a free-wheeling conversation about Callie and the second novel in the series, Hey Diddle Diddle, the Corpse and the Fiddle.(Photo of Carolyn Hart)  He Laughed 'Til He Died is mystery writer Carolyn Hart's 20th Death on Demand mystery. This time, more than one death in Broward's Rock, S.C., engages Annie Darling and her husband, Max. Maybe the need some help? They get it in the form of a group of local ladies, led by mystery writer Emma Clyde, who assist Annie and Max in the hunt for the killer. Carolyn will give Walter the bird's eye lowdown on this caper. Columbia's Fran Rizer has always loved to write. She has turned that love into a second career, writing a successful series of mysteries featuring her protagonist, Callie Parish, a beautician at the local mortuary in fictional St. Mary, South Carolina. Fran Rizer joins Dr. Edgar for a free-wheeling conversation about Callie and the second novel in the series, Hey Diddle Diddle, the Corpse and the Fiddle.(Photo of Carolyn Hart)  http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/two_lowcountry_mysteries/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:00:04 +00:00 0:53:00 (Originally broadcast 09/29/09) - Charles Platt, the head of the SC Emergency Management Division, and SCEMD Chief of Preparedness Jon Boettcher will talk about the role the agency plays in preparedness and disaster response. And Dr. Susan Cutter, director of USC’s Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, will discuss with Dr. Edgar the current level of preparedness statewide for the next big natural disaster. Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston recounts the landfall of Hurricane Hugo, nearly 21 years ago. He also talks with Dr. Edgar about preparing for the next hurricane that makes land in the Lowcountry, and the impact such a storm could have on dense coastal development. (Originally broadcast 09/29/09) - Charles Platt, the head of the SC Emergency Management Division, and SCEMD Chief of Preparedness Jon Boettcher will talk about the role the agency plays in preparedness and disaster response. And Dr. Susan Cutter, director of USC’s Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, will discuss with Dr. Edgar the current level of preparedness statewide for the next big natural disaster. Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston recounts the landfall of Hurricane Hugo, nearly 21 years ago. He also talks with Dr. Edgar about preparing for the next hurricane that makes land in the Lowcountry, and the impact such a storm could have on dense coastal development. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/hurricane_preparedness_and_the_legacy_of_hugo/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:03 +00:00 0:53:00 Dorothea Benton Frank joins us to talk about her latest book. Lowcountry Summer is the long-awaited sequel to her beloved bestseller, Plantation. When Caroline Wimbley Levine returned to Tall Pines Plantation, she never expected to make peace with long-buried truths about herself and her family. The Queen of Tall Pines, her late mother, was a force of nature, but now she is gone, leaving Caroline and the rest of the family uncertain of who will take her place.  Author Cassandra King says "Lowcountry Summer has it all: a sassy, lovable narrator; great, believable characters; laugh-out-loud lines; page-turning action; and surprising plot twists. In other words, it’s Dorothea Benton Frank at her best!” Dorothea Benton Frank joins us to talk about her latest book. Lowcountry Summer is the long-awaited sequel to her beloved bestseller, Plantation. When Caroline Wimbley Levine returned to Tall Pines Plantation, she never expected to make peace with long-buried truths about herself and her family. The Queen of Tall Pines, her late mother, was a force of nature, but now she is gone, leaving Caroline and the rest of the family uncertain of who will take her place.  Author Cassandra King says "Lowcountry Summer has it all: a sassy, lovable narrator; great, believable characters; laugh-out-loud lines; page-turning action; and surprising plot twists. In other words, it’s Dorothea Benton Frank at her best!” http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/dorothea_benton_frank_lowcountry_summer/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:00:46 +00:00 0:53:10 Chris Muldrow, a native of Taylors, SC, works for a company that owns 90 newspapers across the southeast. But, don't expect to find him in the city room of any of those dailies. He heads Internet operations for Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., and is on the front line of the efforts of newspapers—particularly small ones—to stay relevant in the age of iPhones, Facebook and Twitter. Chris Muldrow, a native of Taylors, SC, works for a company that owns 90 newspapers across the southeast. But, don't expect to find him in the city room of any of those dailies. He heads Internet operations for Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., and is on the front line of the efforts of newspapers—particularly small ones—to stay relevant in the age of iPhones, Facebook and Twitter. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/small_newspapers_work_to_stay_relevant_in_the_age_of_the_smart_phone/ Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:00:43 +00:00 0:53:18 (Originally broadcast 01/08/09) - The word “green” has become ubiquitous as Americans face the need for sustainable energy but, what about sustainable development? Greenwood Communities and Resorts has won numerous awards for planning communities that respect the land and its history. John Morgan talks with Dr. Edgar about how they do this, and why. (Originally broadcast 01/08/09) - The word “green” has become ubiquitous as Americans face the need for sustainable energy but, what about sustainable development? Greenwood Communities and Resorts has won numerous awards for planning communities that respect the land and its history. John Morgan talks with Dr. Edgar about how they do this, and why. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/green_development/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:00:32 +00:00 0:53:14 The firm of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick has been practicing law in Hampton, SC, for 100 years. Randolph Murdaugh, John E. Parker, and Lee Cope join Dr. Edgar to talk about the practice of law in small-town South Carolina, and how it has changed over a century.In 2006 Walter Edgar's Journal traveled to Spartanburg to talk with Judge Bruce Cameron Littlejohn, former speaker of the SC House, and former SC Supreme Court Chief Justice. We'll bring you an encore of part of that conversation where he talks about his 50 years as a lawyer, House member, and judge. (Judge Littlejohn died April 21, 2007, at the age of 93.) The firm of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick has been practicing law in Hampton, SC, for 100 years. Randolph Murdaugh, John E. Parker, and Lee Cope join Dr. Edgar to talk about the practice of law in small-town South Carolina, and how it has changed over a century.In 2006 Walter Edgar's Journal traveled to Spartanburg to talk with Judge Bruce Cameron Littlejohn, former speaker of the SC House, and former SC Supreme Court Chief Justice. We'll bring you an encore of part of that conversation where he talks about his 50 years as a lawyer, House member, and judge. (Judge Littlejohn died April 21, 2007, at the age of 93.) http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/100_years_practicing_law/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:00:30 +00:00 0:53:36 (Originally broadcast 09/04/09) - In the summer of 1853 many of New Orleans’ citizens traveled to Isle Derniere, an emerging island retreat on the Gulf of Mexico, presuming it a safe haven from yellow fever. Then, without warning, on August 10, 1856, a hurricane swept across the island, killing most of its 400 inhabitants. What remained of the island was a forest stranded in the sea, a sign of a land that would eventually vanish. Island in a Storm is the riveting true story of the people who faced this fierce hurricane, their bravery and cowardice, luck and misfortune, life and death. It chronicles a coast in perpetual motion and a rising sea that made the Isle Derniere particularly vulnerable to a great hurricane. Author Abby Sallenger received his Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Virginia and is the former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Coastal Geology. He presently leads the USGS Extreme Storms research group. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his book Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World and about the need to re-examine our ideas about living on the coast. (Originally broadcast 09/04/09) - In the summer of 1853 many of New Orleans’ citizens traveled to Isle Derniere, an emerging island retreat on the Gulf of Mexico, presuming it a safe haven from yellow fever. Then, without warning, on August 10, 1856, a hurricane swept across the island, killing most of its 400 inhabitants. What remained of the island was a forest stranded in the sea, a sign of a land that would eventually vanish. Island in a Storm is the riveting true story of the people who faced this fierce hurricane, their bravery and cowardice, luck and misfortune, life and death. It chronicles a coast in perpetual motion and a rising sea that made the Isle Derniere particularly vulnerable to a great hurricane. Author Abby Sallenger received his Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Virginia and is the former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Coastal Geology. He presently leads the USGS Extreme Storms research group. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his book Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World and about the need to re-examine our ideas about living on the coast. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/island_in_a_storm/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:00:43 +00:00 0:53:33 Dr. Walter Edgar; John T. Edge, Author and Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, University of Mississippi; and Matt and Ted Lee, award winning cookbook authors will debate the question "What is Real Southern Cooking?" on the next Take on The South program on ETV. We'll get an advance taste of what's in store. Tell us about your Favorite Southern Recipe or Favorite Southern Food. Dr. Walter Edgar; John T. Edge, Author and Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, University of Mississippi; and Matt and Ted Lee, award winning cookbook authors will debate the question "What is Real Southern Cooking?" on the next Take on The South program on ETV. We'll get an advance taste of what's in store. Tell us about your Favorite Southern Recipe or Favorite Southern Food. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/take_on_the_south_what_is_real_southern_cooking/ Fri, 9 Jul 2010 16:03:25 +00:00 0:53:36 The first four Body Farm novels — Carved in Bone, Flesh and Bone, The Devil’s Bones, and Bones of Betrayal — took readers deep into the backwoods of East Tennessee, where fascinating forensic science mixed with extraordinary characters, including the Farm’s charismatic founder, Dr. Bill Brockton. Now, in the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series Kathy Reichs calls “the real deal,” Brockton must stop a grisly black market dealing in body parts and cadavers. Jefferson Bass (Jon Jefferson and Bill Bass) join Walter Edgar to talk about the new installment in the series. The first four Body Farm novels — Carved in Bone, Flesh and Bone, The Devil’s Bones, and Bones of Betrayal — took readers deep into the backwoods of East Tennessee, where fascinating forensic science mixed with extraordinary characters, including the Farm’s charismatic founder, Dr. Bill Brockton. Now, in the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series Kathy Reichs calls “the real deal,” Brockton must stop a grisly black market dealing in body parts and cadavers. Jefferson Bass (Jon Jefferson and Bill Bass) join Walter Edgar to talk about the new installment in the series. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_bone_theif/ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:00:32 +00:00 0:53:36 (Originally broadcast 2/19/10) Designated by Congress in 2006, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington, N.C. in the north to Jacksonville, Fl. in the south. It is home to one of America's unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission in early 2009 embarked on a series of 21 public meetings for the development of a management plan. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to talk about the development process and what comes next. (Originally broadcast 2/19/10) Designated by Congress in 2006, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington, N.C. in the north to Jacksonville, Fl. in the south. It is home to one of America's unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission in early 2009 embarked on a series of 21 public meetings for the development of a management plan. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to talk about the development process and what comes next. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_gullah_geechee_cultural_heritage_corridor/ Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:59:27 +00:00 0:54:35 (Originally broadcast 12/4/2009) Jimmy Bailey is a successful businessman, president of a commercial real estate agency. He is also the founder of YESCarolina, a nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurship and business skills among low-income children. He joins Dr. Edgar this week to talk about the program. Through entrepreneurship education, YEScarolina helps young people from communities statewide build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity.  From 2003 to 2009, YEScarolina has trained over 500 NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers that have in turn touched thousands of young South Carolinians with this entrepreneurship curriculum.  In 2010, YEScarolina will offer this training opportunity without charge to public school teachers statewide. (Originally broadcast 12/4/2009) Jimmy Bailey is a successful businessman, president of a commercial real estate agency. He is also the founder of YESCarolina, a nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurship and business skills among low-income children. He joins Dr. Edgar this week to talk about the program. Through entrepreneurship education, YEScarolina helps young people from communities statewide build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity.  From 2003 to 2009, YEScarolina has trained over 500 NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers that have in turn touched thousands of young South Carolinians with this entrepreneurship curriculum.  In 2010, YEScarolina will offer this training opportunity without charge to public school teachers statewide. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/yescarolina/ Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:00:14 +00:00 0:53:36 Over the years, Edgewood has served as the stage for many important periods in Southern history. Originally built in 1829 for secessionist governor Francis W. Pickens, the house was home to two remarkable women, Lucy Holcombe Pickens and Eulalie Chafee Salley. Lucy was known as the "Queen of the Confederacy" and was the only woman to be featured on Confederate currency. Eulalie was one of South Carolina's earliest business women and was also a leader in the suffrage movement. We'll find out about the documentary film Edgewood: Stage of Southern History, which tells the stories of the many people who lived, worked and visited the house in its 180 years of existence.  Some of the stories include: the antebellum era in South Carolina, War Between the States, Pickens visit to Czarist Russia, the suffrage movement, the Winter Colony settlement in Aiken, and up to Civil Rights Era. Today, the house is known as the Pickens-Salley House and is located on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus. Executive Director Deidre Martin, Historical Consultant and Assistant Director Dr. Maggi Morehouse, and writer/director Chris Koelker will share the story of this house and the history it has seen. Over the years, Edgewood has served as the stage for many important periods in Southern history. Originally built in 1829 for secessionist governor Francis W. Pickens, the house was home to two remarkable women, Lucy Holcombe Pickens and Eulalie Chafee Salley. Lucy was known as the "Queen of the Confederacy" and was the only woman to be featured on Confederate currency. Eulalie was one of South Carolina's earliest business women and was also a leader in the suffrage movement. We'll find out about the documentary film Edgewood: Stage of Southern History, which tells the stories of the many people who lived, worked and visited the house in its 180 years of existence.  Some of the stories include: the antebellum era in South Carolina, War Between the States, Pickens visit to Czarist Russia, the suffrage movement, the Winter Colony settlement in Aiken, and up to Civil Rights Era. Today, the house is known as the Pickens-Salley House and is located on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus. Executive Director Deidre Martin, Historical Consultant and Assistant Director Dr. Maggi Morehouse, and writer/director Chris Koelker will share the story of this house and the history it has seen. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/edgewood_stage_of_southern_history/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:00:23 +00:00 0:53:35 Founded in 1790 as the Charleston Orphan House, Carolina Youth Development Center's mission is to assist children in reaching their full potential as healthy and well-adjusted individuals by delivering a continuum of prevention, assessment, intervention, and treatment services. Originally located in downtown Charleston, the multiple programs of the Orphan House included an educational system, believed to have been one of the first in South Carolina; a kindergarten, the first in South Carolina and one of the first in the nation; and early efforts at foster family care.This year marks the 220th anniversary of the founding of Carolina Youth Development Center/Charleston Orphan house. We'll hear more about its history and its current mission from Madeleine McGee and CEO Barbara Kelly Duncan. Founded in 1790 as the Charleston Orphan House, Carolina Youth Development Center's mission is to assist children in reaching their full potential as healthy and well-adjusted individuals by delivering a continuum of prevention, assessment, intervention, and treatment services. Originally located in downtown Charleston, the multiple programs of the Orphan House included an educational system, believed to have been one of the first in South Carolina; a kindergarten, the first in South Carolina and one of the first in the nation; and early efforts at foster family care.This year marks the 220th anniversary of the founding of Carolina Youth Development Center/Charleston Orphan house. We'll hear more about its history and its current mission from Madeleine McGee and CEO Barbara Kelly Duncan. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_charleston_youth_development_center_at_220_years/ Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:00:25 +00:00 0:53:36 Ten years in the making, Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement is the first major history of America's oldest civil rights organization. Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) got its start as an elite organization dominated by white reformers at a time when segregation had triumphed in the South and the color line was tightening its hold in the North. By the end of World War I, the NAACP had become a mass-black membership organization reaching from Boston to Los Angeles and into the Mississippi Delta; after World War II, it had become synonymous with the freedom movement itself.Historian Patricia Sullivan unearths the little-known early decades of the NAACP's activism, telling startling stories of personal bravery, legal brilliance, and political maneuvering by the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Walter White, Charles Houston, Ella Baker, Thurgood Marshall, and Roy Wilkins. The book then moves into the critical postwar era, when, with a string of legal victories culminating in Brown v. Board, the NAACP knocked out the legal underpinnings of the segregation system and set the stage for the final assault on Jim Crow. An epic narrative of struggle against injustice, Lift Every Voice lays a new foundation for understanding the modern civil rights movement.Dr. Sullivan joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the history and impact of the NAACP in South Carolina and around the nation. Ten years in the making, Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement is the first major history of America's oldest civil rights organization. Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) got its start as an elite organization dominated by white reformers at a time when segregation had triumphed in the South and the color line was tightening its hold in the North. By the end of World War I, the NAACP had become a mass-black membership organization reaching from Boston to Los Angeles and into the Mississippi Delta; after World War II, it had become synonymous with the freedom movement itself.Historian Patricia Sullivan unearths the little-known early decades of the NAACP's activism, telling startling stories of personal bravery, legal brilliance, and political maneuvering by the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Walter White, Charles Houston, Ella Baker, Thurgood Marshall, and Roy Wilkins. The book then moves into the critical postwar era, when, with a string of legal victories culminating in Brown v. Board, the NAACP knocked out the legal underpinnings of the segregation system and set the stage for the final assault on Jim Crow. An epic narrative of struggle against injustice, Lift Every Voice lays a new foundation for understanding the modern civil rights movement.Dr. Sullivan joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the history and impact of the NAACP in South Carolina and around the nation. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/lift_every_voice_the_naacp_and_the_making_of_the_civil_rights_movement/ Fri, 28 May 2010 15:00:15 +00:00 0:53:35 John Malcolm McCardell, Jr. is the president emeritus of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, and the Vice Chancellor-Elect of The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He is also founder of Choose Responsibility, a non-profit group that advocates the counter-intuitive idea that changing the drinking age to 18 will help mitigate campus binge-drinking.He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the value of a liberal arts education as well as how parents, law enforcement, educational programs, and faculty and staff at colleges and universities can help fight an epidemic of underage drinking. John Malcolm McCardell, Jr. is the president emeritus of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, and the Vice Chancellor-Elect of The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He is also founder of Choose Responsibility, a non-profit group that advocates the counter-intuitive idea that changing the drinking age to 18 will help mitigate campus binge-drinking.He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the value of a liberal arts education as well as how parents, law enforcement, educational programs, and faculty and staff at colleges and universities can help fight an epidemic of underage drinking. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/john_mccardell_on_the_liberal_arts/ Fri, 14 May 2010 15:00:36 +00:00 0:53:35 (Originally broadcast 12/11/09) - Southern cuisine is arriving in a big way. Chefs all over the United States are digging deeper into southern traditions, taking on ingredients and techniques that reach beyond fried chicken and BBQ. At the forefront of the southern food revolution are Matt Lee and Ted Lee. Matt Lee and Ted Lee grew up in Charleston, and in 1994 founded The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue, a mail-order source for southern pantry staples. Their first cookbook, The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, received the James Beard Award for Cookbook of the Year in 2007. They are contributing editors for Travel + Leisure and the wine columnists for Martha Stewart Living. They join Dr. Edgar to talk about their latest book, The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor (Clarkson Potter; November, (Originally broadcast 12/11/09) - Southern cuisine is arriving in a big way. Chefs all over the United States are digging deeper into southern traditions, taking on ingredients and techniques that reach beyond fried chicken and BBQ. At the forefront of the southern food revolution are Matt Lee and Ted Lee. Matt Lee and Ted Lee grew up in Charleston, and in 1994 founded The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue, a mail-order source for southern pantry staples. Their first cookbook, The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, received the James Beard Award for Cookbook of the Year in 2007. They are contributing editors for Travel + Leisure and the wine columnists for Martha Stewart Living. They join Dr. Edgar to talk about their latest book, The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor (Clarkson Potter; November, http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/brian_hicks_columnist_for_the_post_courier/ Fri, 7 May 2010 16:00:23 +00:00 0:55:23 A genteel southern intellectual, saloniste, and wife to a prominent colonel in Jefferson Davis’s inner circle, Mary Chesnut today is remembered best for her penetrating Civil War diary. Composed between 1861 and 1865 and revised thoroughly from the late 1870s until Chesnut’s death in 1886, the diary was published first in 1905, again in 1949, and later, to great acclaim, in 1981. This complicated literary history and the questions that attend it—which edition represents the real Chesnut? To what genre does this text belong?—may explain why the document largely has, until now, been overlooked in literary studies. Dr. Julia A. Stern joins Dr. Edgar to discuss the life and writings of Mary Chestnut. In her book Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Epic Stern’s critical analysis returns Chesnut to her rightful place among American writers. By restoring Chesnut’s 1880s revision to its complex, multi-decade cultural context, Stern argues both for Chesnut’s reinsertion into the pantheon of nineteenth-century American letters and for her centrality to the literary history of women’s writing as it evolved from sentimental to tragic to realist forms. A genteel southern intellectual, saloniste, and wife to a prominent colonel in Jefferson Davis’s inner circle, Mary Chesnut today is remembered best for her penetrating Civil War diary. Composed between 1861 and 1865 and revised thoroughly from the late 1870s until Chesnut’s death in 1886, the diary was published first in 1905, again in 1949, and later, to great acclaim, in 1981. This complicated literary history and the questions that attend it—which edition represents the real Chesnut? To what genre does this text belong?—may explain why the document largely has, until now, been overlooked in literary studies. Dr. Julia A. Stern joins Dr. Edgar to discuss the life and writings of Mary Chestnut. In her book Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Epic Stern’s critical analysis returns Chesnut to her rightful place among American writers. By restoring Chesnut’s 1880s revision to its complex, multi-decade cultural context, Stern argues both for Chesnut’s reinsertion into the pantheon of nineteenth-century American letters and for her centrality to the literary history of women’s writing as it evolved from sentimental to tragic to realist forms. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/mary_chesnuts_civil_war_epic/ Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:00:15 +00:00 0:53:36 South Carolina's historical museums and historical societies are vital links to the people and events of our past. Their work, often accomplished with small staffs, limited funding, and a corps of volunteers preserve more than local history. They provide the foundation of South Carolina history and national history. As Dr. Edgar has said, “All history is ‘local.” To talk about the work of local historical societies and museums Dr. Edgar is joined by Pelham Lyles, director of the Fairfield County Historical Museum; and Elliot Levy, executive director of the Aiken County Historical Museum. Also on hand is Val Green, who with Lyles is co-editor of the book, A History of the Upper Country of South Carolina from the Earliest Periods to the Close of the War of Independence, by Dr. John H. Logan. Related link: Fairfield Fairfield County Museum, Captured Moment Oral Histories South Carolina's historical museums and historical societies are vital links to the people and events of our past. Their work, often accomplished with small staffs, limited funding, and a corps of volunteers preserve more than local history. They provide the foundation of South Carolina history and national history. As Dr. Edgar has said, “All history is ‘local.” To talk about the work of local historical societies and museums Dr. Edgar is joined by Pelham Lyles, director of the Fairfield County Historical Museum; and Elliot Levy, executive director of the Aiken County Historical Museum. Also on hand is Val Green, who with Lyles is co-editor of the book, A History of the Upper Country of South Carolina from the Earliest Periods to the Close of the War of Independence, by Dr. John H. Logan. Related link: Fairfield Fairfield County Museum, Captured Moment Oral Histories http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/local_historical_societies_museums_and_their_vital_work/ Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:59:59 +00:00 0:53:36 More than three hundred years ago people from Africa brought an understanding of rice cultivation and skills as basket makers to plantations in America. Their knowledge and labor transformed the landscape and economy of Carolina and made rice the colony's first major export crop. Although working under the brutal conditions of slavery, African people did not forget their rich cultural traditions. The coiled basket became the signature form made by Africans in America. In the twenty first century, on both sides of the Atlantic, the art of the coiled basket continues to thrive and be passed down from generation to generation. In the Lowcountry, as in many parts of Africa, virtuoso basket makers are inventing forms, experimenting with new materials, and perfecting the techniques they learned from their parents and grandparents. Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art is a major exhibition tracing the history and artistry of southern sweetgrass baskets and their cousins in Africa, on display at USC's McKissick Museum in Columbia through May 8th. Following its venue at The University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum, Grass Roots will travel to the Smithsonian's African Art Museum and then to the Museum for African Art in New York City at its new 5th Avenue location. Joining Dr. Edgar to talk about Grass Roots and the history of the sweetgrass basket are master basket maker Nakia Wigfall and Professor Dale Rosengarten, curator of The Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston's Addlestone Library, and co-author of the book Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art. More than three hundred years ago people from Africa brought an understanding of rice cultivation and skills as basket makers to plantations in America. Their knowledge and labor transformed the landscape and economy of Carolina and made rice the colony's first major export crop. Although working under the brutal conditions of slavery, African people did not forget their rich cultural traditions. The coiled basket became the signature form made by Africans in America. In the twenty first century, on both sides of the Atlantic, the art of the coiled basket continues to thrive and be passed down from generation to generation. In the Lowcountry, as in many parts of Africa, virtuoso basket makers are inventing forms, experimenting with new materials, and perfecting the techniques they learned from their parents and grandparents. Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art is a major exhibition tracing the history and artistry of southern sweetgrass baskets and their cousins in Africa, on display at USC's McKissick Museum in Columbia through May 8th. Following its venue at The University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum, Grass Roots will travel to the Smithsonian's African Art Museum and then to the Museum for African Art in New York City at its new 5th Avenue location. Joining Dr. Edgar to talk about Grass Roots and the history of the sweetgrass basket are master basket maker Nakia Wigfall and Professor Dale Rosengarten, curator of The Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston's Addlestone Library, and co-author of the book Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/grass_roots_african_origins_of_an_american_art/ Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:00:43 +00:00 0:53:35 South Carolina novelist Julia Peterkin revolutionized American literature and launched what we now call the Southern Renaissance by writing about the lives of plain black farming people. Although she was white and the mistress of a cotton plantation, scholar and activist W.E.B. DuBois declared that she had “the eye and the ear to see beauty and to know truth.” In 1922, when she had published only a handful of short sketches, the influential critic H. L. Mencken announced that her stories were “violets” in the “Sahara of the Bozarts,” his withering nickname for the South. Today, writer and teacher A.J. Verdelle maintains that, “the Peterkin story is a fascinating and phenomenal story, because she is white.” In 1929 Peterkin won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Scarlet Sister Mary, and she was leading the double life of plantation mistress in South Carolina and sought-after writer at New York cultural events and dinner parties. Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to the White House. By the mid-1930’s Julia Peterkin had stopped writing and retreated to South Carolina.  Why did she abandon her career at its height? What prompted her to begin writing in middle age? And how did a white Southern woman become a highly respected chronicler of African-American rural life?  A public television documentary, Cheating the Stillness: the World of Julia Peterkin, looks into these questions as it delves into her life and her remarkable—and controversial—work. Dr. Edgar is joined by the film's producer, Gayla Jamison, and by Dr. Margaret Washington of Cornell University, an authority on Peterkin. Cheating the Stillness: the World of Julia Peterkin is a co-production of Lightfoot Films and South Carolina ETV. It will air on ETV April 15 at 9:00pm and April 18 at 6:00pm. South Carolina novelist Julia Peterkin revolutionized American literature and launched what we now call the Southern Renaissance by writing about the lives of plain black farming people. Although she was white and the mistress of a cotton plantation, scholar and activist W.E.B. DuBois declared that she had “the eye and the ear to see beauty and to know truth.” In 1922, when she had published only a handful of short sketches, the influential critic H. L. Mencken announced that her stories were “violets” in the “Sahara of the Bozarts,” his withering nickname for the South. Today, writer and teacher A.J. Verdelle maintains that, “the Peterkin story is a fascinating and phenomenal story, because she is white.” In 1929 Peterkin won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Scarlet Sister Mary, and she was leading the double life of plantation mistress in South Carolina and sought-after writer at New York cultural events and dinner parties. Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to the White House. By the mid-1930’s Julia Peterkin had stopped writing and retreated to South Carolina.  Why did she abandon her career at its height? What prompted her to begin writing in middle age? And how did a white Southern woman become a highly respected chronicler of African-American rural life?  A public television documentary, Cheating the Stillness: the World of Julia Peterkin, looks into these questions as it delves into her life and her remarkable—and controversial—work. Dr. Edgar is joined by the film's producer, Gayla Jamison, and by Dr. Margaret Washington of Cornell University, an authority on Peterkin. Cheating the Stillness: the World of Julia Peterkin is a co-production of Lightfoot Films and South Carolina ETV. It will air on ETV April 15 at 9:00pm and April 18 at 6:00pm. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/cheating_the_stillness_the_world_of_julia_peterkin/ Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:00:02 +00:00 0:53:36 Our guest Lee Pringle started and managed the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir for ten years. He noticed that audiences were mesmerized when the choir sang spirituals--as opposed to gospel songs. So, he set out to create the CSO Spiritual Ensemble, which has been singing for about two years to great audience acclaim. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about spirituals, gospel music, classical music, and the history of the Ensemble. This program also features recorded performances by the CSO Spiritual Ensemble. Our guest Lee Pringle started and managed the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir for ten years. He noticed that audiences were mesmerized when the choir sang spirituals--as opposed to gospel songs. So, he set out to create the CSO Spiritual Ensemble, which has been singing for about two years to great audience acclaim. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about spirituals, gospel music, classical music, and the history of the Ensemble. This program also features recorded performances by the CSO Spiritual Ensemble. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/lee_pringle_of_the_charleston_symphony_orchestras_spiritual_ensemble/ Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:00:12 +00:00 00:53:35 In Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community, Charles Joyner takes readers on a journey back in time, up the Waccamaw River through the Lowcountry of South Carolina, past abandoned rice fields once made productive by the labor of enslaved Africans, past rice mills and forest clearings into the antebellum world of All Saints Parish. In this slave community, and many others like it, the slaves created a new language, a new religion--indeed, a new culture--from African traditions and American circumstances. From the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the plantation whites and their guests, from quantitative analysis of census and probate records, and above all from slave folklore and oral history, Joyner has recovered an entire society and its way of life. His careful reconstruction of daily life in All Saints Parish is an inspiring testimony to the ingenuity and solidarity of a people who endured in the face of adversity. This anniversary edition of Joyner's landmark study includes a new introduction in which the author recounts his process of writing the book, reflects on its critical and popular reception, and surveys the past three decades of scholarship in slave history. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about this new edition. In Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community, Charles Joyner takes readers on a journey back in time, up the Waccamaw River through the Lowcountry of South Carolina, past abandoned rice fields once made productive by the labor of enslaved Africans, past rice mills and forest clearings into the antebellum world of All Saints Parish. In this slave community, and many others like it, the slaves created a new language, a new religion--indeed, a new culture--from African traditions and American circumstances. From the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the plantation whites and their guests, from quantitative analysis of census and probate records, and above all from slave folklore and oral history, Joyner has recovered an entire society and its way of life. His careful reconstruction of daily life in All Saints Parish is an inspiring testimony to the ingenuity and solidarity of a people who endured in the face of adversity. This anniversary edition of Joyner's landmark study includes a new introduction in which the author recounts his process of writing the book, reflects on its critical and popular reception, and surveys the past three decades of scholarship in slave history. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about this new edition. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/down_by_the_riverside/ Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:00:17 +00:00 0:53:35 Pushcart Prize-winning journalist Andrew Rice joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his book The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget. He tells us that he hadn't set out for Uganda to write a murder mystery—but he surely found one. Rice's book is his multi-layered meditation on history and reconciliation in modern-day Africa, where he explores the 30-year-old mystery of Eliphaz Laki, who disappeared during the reign of Idi Amin. "I started off writing the book as history," says Rice. "As time went on, it became obvious that the past was ever-present in Uganda. All of these elements that I found myself writing about were not merely historical curiosities, but facts that exposed the underlying dynamics of the country's present-day politics." A lot of sleuthing and old-school reporting led Rice to Duncan Laki, who returned from his new home in the United States to lead the reporter to the site of his father's death. For four years, Andrew Rice followed the trial, crossing Uganda to investigate Amin's legacy and the limits of reconciliation. At once a mystery, a historical accounting, and a portrait of modern Africa, The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget is above all an exploration of how—and whether—the past can be laid to rest. Pushcart Prize-winning journalist Andrew Rice joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his book The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget. He tells us that he hadn't set out for Uganda to write a murder mystery—but he surely found one. Rice's book is his multi-layered meditation on history and reconciliation in modern-day Africa, where he explores the 30-year-old mystery of Eliphaz Laki, who disappeared during the reign of Idi Amin. "I started off writing the book as history," says Rice. "As time went on, it became obvious that the past was ever-present in Uganda. All of these elements that I found myself writing about were not merely historical curiosities, but facts that exposed the underlying dynamics of the country's present-day politics." A lot of sleuthing and old-school reporting led Rice to Duncan Laki, who returned from his new home in the United States to lead the reporter to the site of his father's death. For four years, Andrew Rice followed the trial, crossing Uganda to investigate Amin's legacy and the limits of reconciliation. At once a mystery, a historical accounting, and a portrait of modern Africa, The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget is above all an exploration of how—and whether—the past can be laid to rest. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_teeth_may_smile_but_the_heart_does_not_forget/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:00:12 +00:00 0:53:35 With rising unemployment many people who never thought they would need to turn for help to their local food bank are doing just that. That means food banks are facing unprecedented demands at a time when the recession is causing a drop in contributions. Joining Dr. Edgar to talk about the problem and how they are meeting it are the executive directors of two of the largest food banks in the state: Denise Holland of Harvest Hope, and Jermaine Husser of the Lowcountry Food Bank. With rising unemployment many people who never thought they would need to turn for help to their local food bank are doing just that. That means food banks are facing unprecedented demands at a time when the recession is causing a drop in contributions. Joining Dr. Edgar to talk about the problem and how they are meeting it are the executive directors of two of the largest food banks in the state: Denise Holland of Harvest Hope, and Jermaine Husser of the Lowcountry Food Bank. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/food_banks_in_hard_times/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:45 +00:00 0:53:36 How do people see the place where they live and work; and how do others from the outside see it? An upcoming exhibition at the Greenville County Museum of Art explores these questions. Martha Severens, Curator at the Museum, joins Dr. Edgar to talk about A Portrait of Greenville, which will showcase a broad variety of work that has Greenville as the subject. It will include the Joshua Shaw painting of the Reedy River, some antebellum-era portraits by Thomas Stephen Powell, photographs by Tommy Wyche of greater Greenville County, watercolors by Stephen Scott Young, and some recently commissioned work by artists from Augusta, New York, Philadelphia, and Greenville. How do people see the place where they live and work; and how do others from the outside see it? An upcoming exhibition at the Greenville County Museum of Art explores these questions. Martha Severens, Curator at the Museum, joins Dr. Edgar to talk about A Portrait of Greenville, which will showcase a broad variety of work that has Greenville as the subject. It will include the Joshua Shaw painting of the Reedy River, some antebellum-era portraits by Thomas Stephen Powell, photographs by Tommy Wyche of greater Greenville County, watercolors by Stephen Scott Young, and some recently commissioned work by artists from Augusta, New York, Philadelphia, and Greenville. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/a_portrait_of_greenville/ Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:00:20 +00:00 0:53:36 In October of 2009, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presented its Preservation Honor Award to Historic Charleston Foundation in recognition of the successful development the city's newly revised Preservation Plan. The award was one of 23 bestowed by the National Trust during its 2009 National Preservation Conference in Nashville, Tenn. The plan looks beyond bricks and mortar to consider social, economic and cultural issues that affect preservation. In addition to advocating tools for evaluating characteristics that define individual neighborhoods, the plan offers strategies for addressing sprawl, gentrification, disaster management and the need for affordable housing. Kitty Robinson, Executive Director of the Foundation, joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the development of the plan, its scope, its impact on the city, and how the plan will affect the Historic Charleston's work. In October of 2009, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presented its Preservation Honor Award to Historic Charleston Foundation in recognition of the successful development the city's newly revised Preservation Plan. The award was one of 23 bestowed by the National Trust during its 2009 National Preservation Conference in Nashville, Tenn. The plan looks beyond bricks and mortar to consider social, economic and cultural issues that affect preservation. In addition to advocating tools for evaluating characteristics that define individual neighborhoods, the plan offers strategies for addressing sprawl, gentrification, disaster management and the need for affordable housing. Kitty Robinson, Executive Director of the Foundation, joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the development of the plan, its scope, its impact on the city, and how the plan will affect the Historic Charleston's work. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_historic_charleston_foundation/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:00:15 +00:00 0:53:35 Designated by Congress in 2006, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington, N.C. in the north to Jacksonville, Fl. in the south. It is home to one of America's unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission in early 2009 embarked on a series of 21 public meetings for the development of a management plan. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to talk about the development process and what comes next. Designated by Congress in 2006, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington, N.C. in the north to Jacksonville, Fl. in the south. It is home to one of America's unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission in early 2009 embarked on a series of 21 public meetings for the development of a management plan. Emory S. Campbell, Chairman of the Corridor Commission, and Michael Allen, of the National Parks Service, join Dr. Edgar to talk about the development process and what comes next. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_gullah-geechee_cultural_heritage_corridor/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:00:12 +00:00 0:54:35 This is a "best of" program featuring excerpts from shows we ran from November 2009 to January 2010. This version does not contain pledge breaks. This is a "best of" program featuring excerpts from shows we ran from November 2009 to January 2010. This version does not contain pledge breaks. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/encores_anthology/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:45 +00:00 0:35:53 Everybody has to sell something sometime. Parents have to sell their kids on the idea of eating vegetables and not taking drugs; managers have to sell their employees on the idea of showing up on time and producing. Getting your message across requires selling yourself and your ideas in a way that guarantees a positive response from the most stubborn listener. Gene Bedell spent a lifetime selling, but he changed his method when he discovered a better way. Bedell joins Dr. Edgar to talk about what he has learned about how to move anyone from no to yes in just three simple steps, without being a bully, damaging relationships, or compromising one’s principles. Bedell's book is Three Steps to Yes: The Gentle Art of Getting Your Way. Everybody has to sell something sometime. Parents have to sell their kids on the idea of eating vegetables and not taking drugs; managers have to sell their employees on the idea of showing up on time and producing. Getting your message across requires selling yourself and your ideas in a way that guarantees a positive response from the most stubborn listener. Gene Bedell spent a lifetime selling, but he changed his method when he discovered a better way. Bedell joins Dr. Edgar to talk about what he has learned about how to move anyone from no to yes in just three simple steps, without being a bully, damaging relationships, or compromising one’s principles. Bedell's book is Three Steps to Yes: The Gentle Art of Getting Your Way. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/gene_bedell_three_steps_to_yes/ Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:00:02 +00:00 0:53:34 The town of Yemassee, like many small Southern towns, has faced steep economic challenges over the years. In order to revitalize the town they love members of the community have created the non-profit Yemassee Revitalization Corp. For the second year they are holding a special Railroad Dinner to help raise funding for their projects. (One of which includes transforming the old train station downtown.) The idea of a railroad dinner came about out of a conversation a group of friends, including Mark Gray and Travis Folk, were having about the history of the White Hall Railroad depot. A mutual friend had passed through the depot in the early 1930s. The group decided to get together to celebrate the railroad history and to invite others to attend their dinner in order to hear personal stories of traveling the area via rail. And now their yearly dinner has been transformed into an opportunity to help reinvigorate Yemassee. Mark Gray is a talented chef. Dr. Travis Folks is a biologist who runs his own business. These two share a love of good food and—above all—a fascination with railroads. They join Dr. Edgar to talk about food, the aims of the YRC, and Southern railroads. The town of Yemassee, like many small Southern towns, has faced steep economic challenges over the years. In order to revitalize the town they love members of the community have created the non-profit Yemassee Revitalization Corp. For the second year they are holding a special Railroad Dinner to help raise funding for their projects. (One of which includes transforming the old train station downtown.) The idea of a railroad dinner came about out of a conversation a group of friends, including Mark Gray and Travis Folk, were having about the history of the White Hall Railroad depot. A mutual friend had passed through the depot in the early 1930s. The group decided to get together to celebrate the railroad history and to invite others to attend their dinner in order to hear personal stories of traveling the area via rail. And now their yearly dinner has been transformed into an opportunity to help reinvigorate Yemassee. Mark Gray is a talented chef. Dr. Travis Folks is a biologist who runs his own business. These two share a love of good food and—above all—a fascination with railroads. They join Dr. Edgar to talk about food, the aims of the YRC, and Southern railroads. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_yemassee_rivitalization_corps_railroad_dinner/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:59:35 +00:00 0:53:34 Beezer Molten loves the outdoors and surfing. He has channeled that love and dedication into building a southeastern chain of stores, Half-Moon Outfitters. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his challenging, sometimes rocky path to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Beezer Molten loves the outdoors and surfing. He has channeled that love and dedication into building a southeastern chain of stores, Half-Moon Outfitters. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his challenging, sometimes rocky path to becoming a successful entrepreneur. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/entrepreneur_beezer_molten/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:00:14 +00:00 0:53:29 Camellia lovers, gardeners, and flower fans will want to be sure catch this episode of The Journal. Dr. Edgar talks about camellias' history and future with Dr. William Barrick of Bellingrath Gardens in Theodore, AL, and Bobby Green of Green Nurseries and Landscape Design Inc., in Fairhope, AL. Camellia lovers, gardeners, and flower fans will want to be sure catch this episode of The Journal. Dr. Edgar talks about camellias' history and future with Dr. William Barrick of Bellingrath Gardens in Theodore, AL, and Bobby Green of Green Nurseries and Landscape Design Inc., in Fairhope, AL. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/camellias/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:00:17 +00:00 0:53:30 The word “green” has become ubiquitous as Americans face the need for sustainable energy but, what about sustainable development? Greenwood Communities and Resorts has won numerous awards for planning communities that respect the land and its history. John Morgan talks with Dr. Edgar about how they do this, and why. The word “green” has become ubiquitous as Americans face the need for sustainable energy but, what about sustainable development? Greenwood Communities and Resorts has won numerous awards for planning communities that respect the land and its history. John Morgan talks with Dr. Edgar about how they do this, and why. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/john_morgan_sustainable_development/ Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:00:33 +00:00 0:53:30 The Black Bottom Biscuits return to talk with Dr. Edgar about their latest album, "Ain't No Kinda Blue." We'll also sample some of the music from that disk. The Black Bottom Biscuits return to talk with Dr. Edgar about their latest album, "Ain't No Kinda Blue." We'll also sample some of the music from that disk. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_black_bottom_buscuits/ Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:00:30 +00:00 0:53:29 Kirk H. Neely’s Comfort and Joy—Nine Christmas Stories, tells of the redemptive power of Christmas, harkening back to O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi.” Along the way, he introduces us to Sara Williams, a young woman who carries on the family legacy of sweetgrass basket making but whose life has gone off track into drugs and prostitution. The story “Joe’s Tree,” follows a Christmas tree on a miraculous journey from a child’s grave to a frat house to a children’s shelter. And together with schoolteacher Mary Alice McCall, readers learn how slaves once used handmade quilts as beacons of hope. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about Comfort and Joy, and his latest book, A Good Mule is Hard to Find. Since 1996, Dr. Neely has served as Senior Pastor of Morningside Baptist Church in Spartanburg. Kirk H. Neely’s Comfort and Joy—Nine Christmas Stories, tells of the redemptive power of Christmas, harkening back to O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi.” Along the way, he introduces us to Sara Williams, a young woman who carries on the family legacy of sweetgrass basket making but whose life has gone off track into drugs and prostitution. The story “Joe’s Tree,” follows a Christmas tree on a miraculous journey from a child’s grave to a frat house to a children’s shelter. And together with schoolteacher Mary Alice McCall, readers learn how slaves once used handmade quilts as beacons of hope. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about Comfort and Joy, and his latest book, A Good Mule is Hard to Find. Since 1996, Dr. Neely has served as Senior Pastor of Morningside Baptist Church in Spartanburg. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/kirk_neely_comfort_and_joy/ Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:59:59 +00:00 0:53:32 Carolyn Hart is the author of eighteen previous Death on Demand novels. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and MaCavity awards. She is also the creator of the Henrie O series, and she was one of the founders of Sisters in Crime. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about Merry, Merry Ghost, which features the impetuous, redheaded ghost of Bailey Ruth. This is the second book in Hart's newest mystery series. Carolyn Hart is the author of eighteen previous Death on Demand novels. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and MaCavity awards. She is also the creator of the Henrie O series, and she was one of the founders of Sisters in Crime. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about Merry, Merry Ghost, which features the impetuous, redheaded ghost of Bailey Ruth. This is the second book in Hart's newest mystery series. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/carolyn_hart_merry_merry_ghost/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:00:55 +00:00 0:53:36 Southern cuisine is arriving in a big way. Chefs all over the United States are digging deeper into southern traditions, taking on ingredients and techniques that reach beyond fried chicken and BBQ. At the forefront of the southern food revolution are Matt Lee and Ted Lee. Matt Lee and Ted Lee grew up in Charleston, and in 1994 founded The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue, a mail-order source for southern pantry staples. Their first cookbook, The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, received the James Beard Award for Cookbook of the Year in 2007. They are contributing editors for Travel + Leisure and the wine columnists for Martha Stewart Living. They join Dr. Edgar to talk about their latest book, The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor (Clarkson Potter; November, 2009). Southern cuisine is arriving in a big way. Chefs all over the United States are digging deeper into southern traditions, taking on ingredients and techniques that reach beyond fried chicken and BBQ. At the forefront of the southern food revolution are Matt Lee and Ted Lee. Matt Lee and Ted Lee grew up in Charleston, and in 1994 founded The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue, a mail-order source for southern pantry staples. Their first cookbook, The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, received the James Beard Award for Cookbook of the Year in 2007. They are contributing editors for Travel + Leisure and the wine columnists for Martha Stewart Living. They join Dr. Edgar to talk about their latest book, The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor (Clarkson Potter; November, 2009). http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_lee_brothers/ Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:00:56 +00:00 0:55:23 Jimmy Bailey is a successful businessman, president of a commercial real estate agency. He is also the founder of YESCarolina, a nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurship and business skills among low-income children. He joins Dr. Edgar this week to talk about the program. Through entrepreneurship education, YEScarolina helps young people from communities statewide build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. From 2003 to 2009, YEScarolina has trained over 500 NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers that have in turn touched thousands of young South Carolinians with this entrepreneurship curriculum. In 2010, YEScarolina will offer this training opportunity without charge to public school teachers statewide. Jimmy Bailey is a successful businessman, president of a commercial real estate agency. He is also the founder of YESCarolina, a nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurship and business skills among low-income children. He joins Dr. Edgar this week to talk about the program. Through entrepreneurship education, YEScarolina helps young people from communities statewide build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. From 2003 to 2009, YEScarolina has trained over 500 NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers that have in turn touched thousands of young South Carolinians with this entrepreneurship curriculum. In 2010, YEScarolina will offer this training opportunity without charge to public school teachers statewide. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/jimmy_bailey_yescarolina/ Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:00:44 +00:00 0:53:31 When Jack Burg waits on your table at a fashionable Charleston restaurant, you might take for a college student who works part time and will one day graduate and move into a profession. But Jack already has a profession: he's a very busy musician in the port city—he works with three different bands—who supplements his income by working as a waiter. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about what it's like to be a young man living in the new economy. When Jack Burg waits on your table at a fashionable Charleston restaurant, you might take for a college student who works part time and will one day graduate and move into a profession. But Jack already has a profession: he's a very busy musician in the port city—he works with three different bands—who supplements his income by working as a waiter. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about what it's like to be a young man living in the new economy. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/young_and_living_in_the_new_economy--jack_burg/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:00:22 +00:00 0:53:20 This week Dr. Edgar has a conversation with John Sledge about his book, The Pillared City: Greek Revival Mobile . In The Pillared City, John Sledge presents a richly illustrated overview of the Greek revival period in Mobile, Alabama (1825-70), when high style and vernacular columned buildings were erected on the city's streets. Using a wealth of resources such as deeds and diaries, Sledge reveals the architectural accomplishments that helped Mobile emerge from its position as a rustic backwater to become a prominent international seaport. John Sledge is an architectural historian with the Mobile Historic Development Commission, and the book page editor for the Mobile Register. The Pillared City is the third book for which he has teamed up with the talented photographer Sheila Hagler. The Pillared City captures the grace and allure of Mobile's antebellum style. This week Dr. Edgar has a conversation with John Sledge about his book, The Pillared City: Greek Revival Mobile . In The Pillared City, John Sledge presents a richly illustrated overview of the Greek revival period in Mobile, Alabama (1825-70), when high style and vernacular columned buildings were erected on the city's streets. Using a wealth of resources such as deeds and diaries, Sledge reveals the architectural accomplishments that helped Mobile emerge from its position as a rustic backwater to become a prominent international seaport. John Sledge is an architectural historian with the Mobile Historic Development Commission, and the book page editor for the Mobile Register. The Pillared City is the third book for which he has teamed up with the talented photographer Sheila Hagler. The Pillared City captures the grace and allure of Mobile's antebellum style. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/john_sledge_author_of_the_pillared_city_greek_revival_mobile/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:12 +00:00 0:52:06 Today at 1:00pm, in remembrance of Bill Hay, the founding Director of ETV Radio, and in honor of his contributions to the quality of life in South Carolina we are featuring an encore broadcast of a Journal program first aired September 6th, 2002, during the celebration of ETV Radio’s 30th anniversary. Walter's guests are Bill Hay and former Vice-President of ETV Radio, Tom Fowler. The program will be posted as a podcast later this afternoon. Today at 1:00pm, in remembrance of Bill Hay, the founding Director of ETV Radio, and in honor of his contributions to the quality of life in South Carolina we are featuring an encore broadcast of a Journal program first aired September 6th, 2002, during the celebration of ETV Radio’s 30th anniversary. Walter's guests are Bill Hay and former Vice-President of ETV Radio, Tom Fowler. The program will be posted as a podcast later this afternoon. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/special_broadcast_of_walter_edgars_journal_at_1pm_today/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:59:42 +00:00 0:52:05 Dr. Edgar, Dr. Peter A. Coclanis, Associate Provost, International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester, will debate "Would Southern Slavery Have Survived the Civil War?" This episode is complimentary to the ETV program Take on the South: Would Southern Slavery Have Survived the Civil War?, which airs November 18, 2009 at 8:00 pm on all ETV television stations. Dr. Edgar, Dr. Peter A. Coclanis, Associate Provost, International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics and Professor of History, University of Rochester, will debate "Would Southern Slavery Have Survived the Civil War?" This episode is complimentary to the ETV program Take on the South: Would Southern Slavery Have Survived the Civil War?, which airs November 18, 2009 at 8:00 pm on all ETV television stations. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/11_13_09/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:35 +00:00 80007296 Lowcountry author Mary Alice Monroe talks with Dr. Edgar about her new book, Last Light Over Carolina, and the challenges that face South Carolina shrimpers. In Last Light Over Carolina, an otherwise ordinary day in a small shrimping village off the coast of South Carolina becomes a potentially tragic day--a boat has gone missing. The entire town rallies as all are mobilized to find the lost vessel. Throughout the course of one day, the story of Bud Morrison, the captain on board, and of Carolina, his wife, unfolds revealing the happier days of a once-thriving shrimping industry juxtaposed with the memories of their long term marriage. Lowcountry author Mary Alice Monroe talks with Dr. Edgar about her new book, Last Light Over Carolina, and the challenges that face South Carolina shrimpers. In Last Light Over Carolina, an otherwise ordinary day in a small shrimping village off the coast of South Carolina becomes a potentially tragic day--a boat has gone missing. The entire town rallies as all are mobilized to find the lost vessel. Throughout the course of one day, the story of Bud Morrison, the captain on board, and of Carolina, his wife, unfolds revealing the happier days of a once-thriving shrimping industry juxtaposed with the memories of their long term marriage. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/mary_alice_monroe_last_light_over_carolina/ Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:00:03 +00:00 0:53:29 John Wrisley is a long-time broadcast in the Midlands who is also an avid lover of old-time radio. Betsy Weinberg and he share what "old-time" radio means and their efforts to keep its history and its programs alive. John Wrisley is a long-time broadcast in the Midlands who is also an avid lover of old-time radio. Betsy Weinberg and he share what "old-time" radio means and their efforts to keep its history and its programs alive. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/old-time_radio/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:14 +00:00 0:54:15 The Fall Line is a geographic region within South Carolina where the rivers are no longer navigable from the Low Country. Historically, this area, which stretches from Cheraw on the Pee Dee River to Hamburg (present day North Augusta) on the Savannah River, yielded experiences and material culture that were characteristic of its peoples. In 2002, ten Midlands-area museums, archives, and libraries formed the South Carolina Fall Line Consortium in order to identify, research, and interpret the material culture made and used between 1740 and 1945 specific to this region. From the Pee Dee to the Savannah: Enduring Legacies of South Carolina’s Fall Line Region marks the Consortium’s first major exhibition showcasing the stories and artifacts of this previously understudied and underappreciated region of the Palmetto State. Joining Dr. Edgar to talk about the exhibition are SC State Museum Curator of Art Paul Matheny and John Sherrer, Historic Columbia Foundation Director of Collections and Interpretation. The Fall Line is a geographic region within South Carolina where the rivers are no longer navigable from the Low Country. Historically, this area, which stretches from Cheraw on the Pee Dee River to Hamburg (present day North Augusta) on the Savannah River, yielded experiences and material culture that were characteristic of its peoples. In 2002, ten Midlands-area museums, archives, and libraries formed the South Carolina Fall Line Consortium in order to identify, research, and interpret the material culture made and used between 1740 and 1945 specific to this region. From the Pee Dee to the Savannah: Enduring Legacies of South Carolina’s Fall Line Region marks the Consortium’s first major exhibition showcasing the stories and artifacts of this previously understudied and underappreciated region of the Palmetto State. Joining Dr. Edgar to talk about the exhibition are SC State Museum Curator of Art Paul Matheny and John Sherrer, Historic Columbia Foundation Director of Collections and Interpretation. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/from_the_pee_dee_to_the_savannah_enduring_legacies_of_south_carolinas_fall_/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:59:59 +00:00 0:53:29 Dr. Eldred “Wink” Prince is the author of the first comprehensive history of Bright Leaf tobacco culture of any state to appear in fifty years, Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina (University of Georgia Press, 2000). The book explores the advances and retreats of tobacco's influence in South Carolina from its beginnings in the colonial period to its heyday at the turn of the century, the impact of the Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and on to present-day controversies about health risks due to smoking. Dr. Prince joins us to talk about a traveling exhibit of Tobacco Barns Photography for the South Carolina Tobacco Trail, an exhibit of 11 framed photographs (6 30 x 40 and 5 16 x 20) of tobacco barns taken by photographer Benton Henry with 3 interpretive panels (tobacco farming, tobacco barns and artistic merit of the photos). The interpretive panels were developed by Dr. Jim Boden of Coker College and Dr. Prince of Coastal Carolina University, balancing the artistic merits of the show with the historical context. The purpose of the exhibit (which ultimately will have traveled to 6 cities) is to educate visitors and residents about a way of life that is quickly disappearing, encourage appreciation of the utilitarian beauty of the structures themselves, and perhaps add to the discussion about why they may be worth preserving now and in the future. The exhibit is a cooperative endeavor between The South Carolina Tobacco Trail, the Black Creek Arts Council, The Humanities Council of South Carolina and SC Parks, Recreation and Tourism. It will be on display at The Gallery at the Black Creek Arts Center in November. Dr. Eldred “Wink” Prince is the author of the first comprehensive history of Bright Leaf tobacco culture of any state to appear in fifty years, Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina (University of Georgia Press, 2000). The book explores the advances and retreats of tobacco's influence in South Carolina from its beginnings in the colonial period to its heyday at the turn of the century, the impact of the Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and on to present-day controversies about health risks due to smoking. Dr. Prince joins us to talk about a traveling exhibit of Tobacco Barns Photography for the South Carolina Tobacco Trail, an exhibit of 11 framed photographs (6 30 x 40 and 5 16 x 20) of tobacco barns taken by photographer Benton Henry with 3 interpretive panels (tobacco farming, tobacco barns and artistic merit of the photos). The interpretive panels were developed by Dr. Jim Boden of Coker College and Dr. Prince of Coastal Carolina University, balancing the artistic merits of the show with the historical context. The purpose of the exhibit (which ultimately will have traveled to 6 cities) is to educate visitors and residents about a way of life that is quickly disappearing, encourage appreciation of the utilitarian beauty of the structures themselves, and perhaps add to the discussion about why they may be worth preserving now and in the future. The exhibit is a cooperative endeavor between The South Carolina Tobacco Trail, the Black Creek Arts Council, The Humanities Council of South Carolina and SC Parks, Recreation and Tourism. It will be on display at The Gallery at the Black Creek Arts Center in November. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_tobacco_trail/ Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:00:11 +00:00 0:50:07 As language development reflects historical development, linguistics can also serve as an avenue of inquiry into South Carolina's social history from the epoch of Native American primacy to the present day. In her recent book Voices of Our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina, linguist and author Patricia C. Nichols pays particular attention to the development of the Gullah language among the coastal African American peoples and the ways in which this language—and others of South Carolina's early inhabitants—continues to influence the communication and culture of the state's current populations. She joins Dr. Edgar to discuss the book, which provides the first detailed linguistic history of South Carolina. Patricia Nichols is a professor emeritus of linguistics at San Jose State University. She has published at length on Gullah Linguistics and in the cross field of Linguistic Anthropology. As language development reflects historical development, linguistics can also serve as an avenue of inquiry into South Carolina's social history from the epoch of Native American primacy to the present day. In her recent book Voices of Our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina, linguist and author Patricia C. Nichols pays particular attention to the development of the Gullah language among the coastal African American peoples and the ways in which this language—and others of South Carolina's early inhabitants—continues to influence the communication and culture of the state's current populations. She joins Dr. Edgar to discuss the book, which provides the first detailed linguistic history of South Carolina. Patricia Nichols is a professor emeritus of linguistics at San Jose State University. She has published at length on Gullah Linguistics and in the cross field of Linguistic Anthropology. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/voices_of_our_ancestors_language_contact_in_early_south_carolina/ Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:00:50 +00:00 0:53:30 Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston recounts the landfall of Hugo, 20 years ago. He also talks with Dr. Edgar about preparing for the next hurricane that makes land in the Lowcountry, and the impact such a storm could have on dense coastal development. Charles Platt, the new head of the SC Emergency Preparedness Division, and SCEMD Chief of Preparedness Jon Boettcher will talk about the role the agency plays in preparedness and disaster response. And Dr. Susan Cutter, director of USC’s Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, will discuss with Dr. Edgar the current level of preparedness statewide for the next big natural disaster. Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston recounts the landfall of Hugo, 20 years ago. He also talks with Dr. Edgar about preparing for the next hurricane that makes land in the Lowcountry, and the impact such a storm could have on dense coastal development. Charles Platt, the new head of the SC Emergency Preparedness Division, and SCEMD Chief of Preparedness Jon Boettcher will talk about the role the agency plays in preparedness and disaster response. And Dr. Susan Cutter, director of USC’s Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, will discuss with Dr. Edgar the current level of preparedness statewide for the next big natural disaster. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/hurricane_preparedness/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:00:31 +00:00 0:53:59 In 1989, Hurricane Hugo cut a swath of destruction from Charleston to Columbia and into Charlotte, NC. A new book, Hugo: A Landmark in Time observes the 20th anniversary of its landfall. Editors John Burbage and Jason Lesley join Dr. Edgar to talk about the book, and about "the storm of the century." In 1989, Hurricane Hugo cut a swath of destruction from Charleston to Columbia and into Charlotte, NC. A new book, Hugo: A Landmark in Time observes the 20th anniversary of its landfall. Editors John Burbage and Jason Lesley join Dr. Edgar to talk about the book, and about "the storm of the century." http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/hugo_a_landmark_in_time/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:00:37 +00:00 0:53:30 Author Dorothea Benton Frank joins Dr. Edgar to talk about her new novel, Return to Sullivans Island, which takes readers back to the enchanted landscape of South Carolina's Lowcountry made famous in her beloved New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island to tell the story of the next generation of Hamiltons and Hayes. Whether you were away from the Lowcountry for a week or for years, it was impossible to remember how gorgeous it was. It never changed and everyone depended on that. Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves independence and has a world to conquer. But her notions of travel, graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be postponed. With her mother, Susan, leaving to fulfill her own dreams in Paris and her Aunt Maggie, Uncle Grant, and stepfather, Simon, moving to California, Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble. Surrounded by the shimmering blue waters of the Atlantic, the white clapboards, silver tin roof, and confessional porch have seen and heard the stories of generations of Hamiltons. But will the ghosts of the Island Gamble be watching over Beth? Author Dorothea Benton Frank joins Dr. Edgar to talk about her new novel, Return to Sullivans Island, which takes readers back to the enchanted landscape of South Carolina's Lowcountry made famous in her beloved New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island to tell the story of the next generation of Hamiltons and Hayes. Whether you were away from the Lowcountry for a week or for years, it was impossible to remember how gorgeous it was. It never changed and everyone depended on that. Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves independence and has a world to conquer. But her notions of travel, graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be postponed. With her mother, Susan, leaving to fulfill her own dreams in Paris and her Aunt Maggie, Uncle Grant, and stepfather, Simon, moving to California, Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble. Surrounded by the shimmering blue waters of the Atlantic, the white clapboards, silver tin roof, and confessional porch have seen and heard the stories of generations of Hamiltons. But will the ghosts of the Island Gamble be watching over Beth? http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/dorothea_benton_frank_return_to_sullivans_island/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:01:26 +00:00 52:30 In the summer of 1853 explosions rocked New Orleans. The mayor ordered cannons fired and barrels of tar set aflame in a desperate attempt to rid the city of yellow fever. Those with the means fled. Many of them traveled to Isle Derniere, an emerging island retreat on the Gulf of Mexico, presuming it a safe haven. Then, without warning, on August 10, 1856, a hurricane swept across the island, killing most of its 400 inhabitants. The Isle Derniere, already a narrow ribbon of sand, was devastated. What remained was a forest stranded in the sea, a sign of a land that would eventually vanish. Island in a Storm is the riveting true story of the people who faced this fierce hurricane, their bravery and cowardice, luck and misfortune, life and death. It chronicles a coast in perpetual motion and a rising sea that made the Isle Derniere particularly vulnerable to a great hurricane. Author Abby Sallenger received his Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Virginia and is the former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Coastal Geology. He presently leads the USGS Extreme Storms research group. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his book Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World and about the need to re-examine our ideas about living on the coast. In the summer of 1853 explosions rocked New Orleans. The mayor ordered cannons fired and barrels of tar set aflame in a desperate attempt to rid the city of yellow fever. Those with the means fled. Many of them traveled to Isle Derniere, an emerging island retreat on the Gulf of Mexico, presuming it a safe haven. Then, without warning, on August 10, 1856, a hurricane swept across the island, killing most of its 400 inhabitants. The Isle Derniere, already a narrow ribbon of sand, was devastated. What remained was a forest stranded in the sea, a sign of a land that would eventually vanish. Island in a Storm is the riveting true story of the people who faced this fierce hurricane, their bravery and cowardice, luck and misfortune, life and death. It chronicles a coast in perpetual motion and a rising sea that made the Isle Derniere particularly vulnerable to a great hurricane. Author Abby Sallenger received his Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Virginia and is the former Chief Scientist of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Center for Coastal Geology. He presently leads the USGS Extreme Storms research group. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about his book Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World and about the need to re-examine our ideas about living on the coast. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/abby_sallenger_island_in_a_storm/ Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:01:37 +00:00 0:53:33 (Originally broadcast 03/27/08) - Martha Severens, Curator of the Greenville County Museum of Art, has been asked by the SC Humanities Council to present a series of lectures around the state on the The National Endowment for the Humanities’ initiative "Picturing America" is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the broader world of the humanities through visual imagery. The NEH has selected 40 iconic pieces (art, artifacts, architecture), made high quality reproductions, developed a resource book, and is making them available to schools and libraries. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about this exciting initiative. (Illustration credit: Emanuel Leutze (American: 1816–1868), Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, Oil on canvas; 149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) Photograph © 1992 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.) (Originally broadcast 03/27/08) - Martha Severens, Curator of the Greenville County Museum of Art, has been asked by the SC Humanities Council to present a series of lectures around the state on the The National Endowment for the Humanities’ initiative "Picturing America" is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the broader world of the humanities through visual imagery. The NEH has selected 40 iconic pieces (art, artifacts, architecture), made high quality reproductions, developed a resource book, and is making them available to schools and libraries. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about this exciting initiative. (Illustration credit: Emanuel Leutze (American: 1816–1868), Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, Oil on canvas; 149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) Photograph © 1992 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.) http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/picturing_america1/ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +00:00 0:53:27 (Originally broadcast 05/15/09) - With summer and winter festivals, and other events throughout the rest of the year, Greenville Chautauqua brings history to life. The first Chautauqua was started as an outdoor adult education program for Sunday School teachers at a campsite on Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York founded by Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller. In the 1970s Chautauqua was revived and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and state humanities councils as a means of providing lively, interactive and authentic humanities education. The theme of this year’s summer Chautauqua Festival is America in Crisis, and will include “speakers” such as “George Washington,” “Nathaniel Greene,” “Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt,” “Abraham Lincoln,” and “Rosa Parks.” “Nathaniel Greene” (Dr. John Barrington, Associate Professor History at Furman University) and “George Washington” (Dr. George Frein, artistic director of the Greenville Chautauqua) join Dr. Edgar for a lively discussion of Chautauqua, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. (Originally broadcast 05/15/09) - With summer and winter festivals, and other events throughout the rest of the year, Greenville Chautauqua brings history to life. The first Chautauqua was started as an outdoor adult education program for Sunday School teachers at a campsite on Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York founded by Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller. In the 1970s Chautauqua was revived and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and state humanities councils as a means of providing lively, interactive and authentic humanities education. The theme of this year’s summer Chautauqua Festival is America in Crisis, and will include “speakers” such as “George Washington,” “Nathaniel Greene,” “Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt,” “Abraham Lincoln,” and “Rosa Parks.” “Nathaniel Greene” (Dr. John Barrington, Associate Professor History at Furman University) and “George Washington” (Dr. George Frein, artistic director of the Greenville Chautauqua) join Dr. Edgar for a lively discussion of Chautauqua, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/from_slavery_to_freedom_the_magnolia_slave_cabin_project/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:00:30 +00:00 0:53:31 (Originally broadcast 05/08/09) - Internationally-renowned Southern-literature scholars Trudier Harris of UNC and Noel Polk of Mississippi State University join Dr. Edgar to debate the topic "What was the most influential Southern novel of the 20th century?" This episode is a companion to the latest installment of the ETV series Take on the South: "What was the most influential 20th-century Southern novel?" (Originally broadcast 05/08/09) - Internationally-renowned Southern-literature scholars Trudier Harris of UNC and Noel Polk of Mississippi State University join Dr. Edgar to debate the topic "What was the most influential Southern novel of the 20th century?" This episode is a companion to the latest installment of the ETV series Take on the South: "What was the most influential 20th-century Southern novel?" http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/greenville_chautauqua/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:59:23 +00:00 0:53:18 (Originally broadcast 03/20/08) - Journalist, writer, and raconteur Gene Owens is back! You’ve read his commentary in the “Greasepit Grammar" columns at USADeepSouth.com. You’ve heard him from time to time on The Journal. Now Gene and Walter Edgar spend a fun-filled hour talking about all things Southern, including: “Southernisms” in the language, books and films about the region, journalism, and the Southern economy. Gene Owens has been around the Southern journalistic scene for over 40 years. His wit and wisdom is apparent as he rails about the state of the English language and harpoons many aspects of modern American society. (Originally broadcast 03/20/08) - Journalist, writer, and raconteur Gene Owens is back! You’ve read his commentary in the “Greasepit Grammar" columns at USADeepSouth.com. You’ve heard him from time to time on The Journal. Now Gene and Walter Edgar spend a fun-filled hour talking about all things Southern, including: “Southernisms” in the language, books and films about the region, journalism, and the Southern economy. Gene Owens has been around the Southern journalistic scene for over 40 years. His wit and wisdom is apparent as he rails about the state of the English language and harpoons many aspects of modern American society. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/gene_owens_columnist_humorist/ Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:00:17 +00:00 0:53:30 (Originally broadcast 09/05/08) - The Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation is a non-profit organization operating in South Carolina since 1990, dedicated to preserving and protecting the irreplaceable architectural heritage of South Carolina. Executive Director Michael Bedenbaugh talks with Dr. Edgar about the goals of the Trust, including advocacy, education, preservation, and helping preservationist across the state to work together. (Originally broadcast 09/05/08) - The Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation is a non-profit organization operating in South Carolina since 1990, dedicated to preserving and protecting the irreplaceable architectural heritage of South Carolina. Executive Director Michael Bedenbaugh talks with Dr. Edgar about the goals of the Trust, including advocacy, education, preservation, and helping preservationist across the state to work together. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/michael_bedenbaugh_the_palmetto_trust_for_historic_preservation/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:00:44 +00:00 0:53:28 (Originally broadcast 11/21/08) - Playwright Sarah Hammond is the daughter of journalists who are South Carolina natives. She has been a Dramatists Guild Fellow and a Princess Grace Award runner-up. A proud graduate of the University of South Carolina (BA) and the University of Iowa (MFA), she has taught play writing at both schools. She is now based in Brooklyn, and has become a member of New Dramatists, the nation’s oldest nonprofit center for the development of talented playwrights. She stops by our studios while home for a visit and talks with Dr. Edgar about her plays and her career. (Originally broadcast 11/21/08) - Playwright Sarah Hammond is the daughter of journalists who are South Carolina natives. She has been a Dramatists Guild Fellow and a Princess Grace Award runner-up. A proud graduate of the University of South Carolina (BA) and the University of Iowa (MFA), she has taught play writing at both schools. She is now based in Brooklyn, and has become a member of New Dramatists, the nation’s oldest nonprofit center for the development of talented playwrights. She stops by our studios while home for a visit and talks with Dr. Edgar about her plays and her career. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/sarah_hammond_playwright/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:00:46 +00:00 0:53:31 (Originally broadcast 03/14/08) - Denmark Vesey was a West Indian slave, and later a freedman, who planned what would have been one of the largest slave rebellions in the United States had word of the plans not been leaked. The revolt was to take place on Bastille Day, July 17, 1822, and was in reaction to the city of Charleston's suppression of the African Church, which boasted a membership of over three thousand in 1820. News of the plan leaked and Charleston authorities arrested the plot's leaders before the uprising could begin. Dr. Bernard E. Powers, Jr., Professor of History and Director of African-American Studies at the College of Charleston, joins Dr. Edgar to talk about Denmark Vesey and why his name still has resonance today. (Originally broadcast 03/14/08) - Denmark Vesey was a West Indian slave, and later a freedman, who planned what would have been one of the largest slave rebellions in the United States had word of the plans not been leaked. The revolt was to take place on Bastille Day, July 17, 1822, and was in reaction to the city of Charleston's suppression of the African Church, which boasted a membership of over three thousand in 1820. News of the plan leaked and Charleston authorities arrested the plot's leaders before the uprising could begin. Dr. Bernard E. Powers, Jr., Professor of History and Director of African-American Studies at the College of Charleston, joins Dr. Edgar to talk about Denmark Vesey and why his name still has resonance today. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/dr._bernard_powers/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:00:46 +00:00 0:53:31 Ed Madden is the author/editor of several books, including Signals, a collection of poems which won the SC Poetry Book Prize. He is also Associate Professor of English language and Literature and Associate Director of Women’s Studies at USC’s College of Arts and Humanities. He talks with Walter about Signals, as well as other works, and his work in Women’s Studies. Ed Madden is the author/editor of several books, including Signals, a collection of poems which won the SC Poetry Book Prize. He is also Associate Professor of English language and Literature and Associate Director of Women’s Studies at USC’s College of Arts and Humanities. He talks with Walter about Signals, as well as other works, and his work in Women’s Studies. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/ed_madden_poet/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:00:52 +00:00 0:53:29 (Originally broadcast 05/23/09) - We're on the road with the ETV Roadshow as it makes it's stop in Camden, SC. Dr. Edgar is joined by Joanna Craig, Director of Historic Camden, and George Fields, manager of The Palmetto Conservation Foundation’s Military Heritage Program, who will give us the latest in the efforts to preserve the site of the Revolutionary War's battle of Camden. Jack Brantley, owner of Camden's Aberdeen Catery, will share some of his signature dishes and tell us about his love of collectible china. And Reid Buckley, Director of the Buckley School of Public Speaking, will talk about his new book, An American Family: The Buckleys. (Originally broadcast 05/23/09) - We're on the road with the ETV Roadshow as it makes it's stop in Camden, SC. Dr. Edgar is joined by Joanna Craig, Director of Historic Camden, and George Fields, manager of The Palmetto Conservation Foundation’s Military Heritage Program, who will give us the latest in the efforts to preserve the site of the Revolutionary War's battle of Camden. Jack Brantley, owner of Camden's Aberdeen Catery, will share some of his signature dishes and tell us about his love of collectible china. And Reid Buckley, Director of the Buckley School of Public Speaking, will talk about his new book, An American Family: The Buckleys. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/an_etv_roadshow_edition_historic_camden/ Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:00:43 +00:00 0:58:29 (Originally broadcast 12/05/08) - Logan Ward and his wife, Heather, had traveled the world—Kenya, France, Peru. But nothing compared to their next adventure: a trip back in time, living the life of dirt farmers in rural Virginia circa 1900. Disillusioned by city life, the Wards pulled their son out of daycare and traded skyscrapers for silos in search of simpler times. Adopting strict rules that limited them to only the tools that were available at the turn of the century, they faced a year of struggles, where unremarkable feats—putting food on the table, attending a neighbor’s 4th of July party—became the worthiest accomplishments of their lives. Logan Ward shares this life changing experience, chronicled in his book See You in a Hundred Years. Publishers Weekly says of the book, "This lyrical account of keeping the 21st century at bay is more real, and more rewarding, than any survival TV show." Logan talks with Dr. Edgar about his family's journey back in time, and how he and his wife found a new love and respect for their Southern roots. (Originally broadcast 12/05/08) - Logan Ward and his wife, Heather, had traveled the world—Kenya, France, Peru. But nothing compared to their next adventure: a trip back in time, living the life of dirt farmers in rural Virginia circa 1900. Disillusioned by city life, the Wards pulled their son out of daycare and traded skyscrapers for silos in search of simpler times. Adopting strict rules that limited them to only the tools that were available at the turn of the century, they faced a year of struggles, where unremarkable feats—putting food on the table, attending a neighbor’s 4th of July party—became the worthiest accomplishments of their lives. Logan Ward shares this life changing experience, chronicled in his book See You in a Hundred Years. Publishers Weekly says of the book, "This lyrical account of keeping the 21st century at bay is more real, and more rewarding, than any survival TV show." Logan talks with Dr. Edgar about his family's journey back in time, and how he and his wife found a new love and respect for their Southern roots. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/logan_ward_author/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:36 +00:00 0:53:29 (Originally broadcast 01/09/09) - Miles Hoffman is renowned violist and artistic director of the American Chamber Players, with whom he regularly tours the United States and Canada. . He has also appeared as a soloist with many orchestras around the country, performing a broad repertoire that ranges from baroque to contemporary compositions, and he has been a featured lecturer for orchestras, universities, chamber music series, festivals, and various other organizations. Before joining Morning Edition as a commentator in 2002, Hoffman entertained and enlightened the nationwide audience of NPR's Performance Today every week for 13 years with his musical commentary, "Coming to Terms," a listener-friendly tour through the many foreign words and technical terms peculiar to the world of classical music. That segment eventually led to a book by Hoffman, "The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z." Miles is currently dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and author of The NPR Classical Music Companion, now in its ninth printing from the Houghton Mifflin Company. He joins Dr. Edgar for a delightful conversation about the Petrie School, as well as music in general. (Originally broadcast 01/09/09) - Miles Hoffman is renowned violist and artistic director of the American Chamber Players, with whom he regularly tours the United States and Canada. . He has also appeared as a soloist with many orchestras around the country, performing a broad repertoire that ranges from baroque to contemporary compositions, and he has been a featured lecturer for orchestras, universities, chamber music series, festivals, and various other organizations. Before joining Morning Edition as a commentator in 2002, Hoffman entertained and enlightened the nationwide audience of NPR's Performance Today every week for 13 years with his musical commentary, "Coming to Terms," a listener-friendly tour through the many foreign words and technical terms peculiar to the world of classical music. That segment eventually led to a book by Hoffman, "The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z." Miles is currently dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and author of The NPR Classical Music Companion, now in its ninth printing from the Houghton Mifflin Company. He joins Dr. Edgar for a delightful conversation about the Petrie School, as well as music in general. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/miles_hoffman/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:00:44 +00:00 0:53:28 (Originally brodcast 10/31/08) - Squash is not just a vegetable, it's also a sport--a very demanding one. And, as this week's guest Richard Millman will tell us, it's a lot of fun! Richard Millman is a squash entrepreneur who has won age-group national softball titles, coached the Cornell varsity squash team, served as team coach and manager of U. S. elite squads that have competed in regional and world team championships. His is also the club pro at the Charleston Squash Club and and the Kiawah Island Club and is an enthusiastic ambassador for the sport. Milliman talks with Walter, a squash enthusiast himself, about how the game is played, who can play it, where they can play it, and why "squash" should be on more than just our grocery list. (Originally brodcast 10/31/08) - Squash is not just a vegetable, it's also a sport--a very demanding one. And, as this week's guest Richard Millman will tell us, it's a lot of fun! Richard Millman is a squash entrepreneur who has won age-group national softball titles, coached the Cornell varsity squash team, served as team coach and manager of U. S. elite squads that have competed in regional and world team championships. His is also the club pro at the Charleston Squash Club and and the Kiawah Island Club and is an enthusiastic ambassador for the sport. Milliman talks with Walter, a squash enthusiast himself, about how the game is played, who can play it, where they can play it, and why "squash" should be on more than just our grocery list. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/richard_millman_squash_pro/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:00:28 +00:00 0:53:31 (Originally broadcast - 1/16/09) - Mary Alice Monroe has written stories for as long as she can remember. As a child she could always be found curled up with a book or writing. Although she currently rights fiction, she began as a journalist. It was during months of bed rest during a difficult pregnancy that she began fiction and now has written more than a dozen novels. Although known for her intimate portrayals of women's lives, her writing has gained added purpose and depth with her move to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Mary Alice is involved with several environmental groups and is on the board of the South Carolina Aquarium. She joins Walter to talk about her latest book, Time is a River, her love of the Lowcountry, and he passion for environmental work. (Originally broadcast - 1/16/09) - Mary Alice Monroe has written stories for as long as she can remember. As a child she could always be found curled up with a book or writing. Although she currently rights fiction, she began as a journalist. It was during months of bed rest during a difficult pregnancy that she began fiction and now has written more than a dozen novels. Although known for her intimate portrayals of women's lives, her writing has gained added purpose and depth with her move to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Mary Alice is involved with several environmental groups and is on the board of the South Carolina Aquarium. She joins Walter to talk about her latest book, Time is a River, her love of the Lowcountry, and he passion for environmental work. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/mary_alic_monroe_author/ Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:00:47 +00:00 0:53:49 Fran Rizer has always loved to write, authoring quite a few non-fiction articles over the years while she worked as a remedial math teacher and as an English teacher in Columbia’s public schools. When she retired, however, she finally had the time to write a novel. Thus was born a new mystery series featuring protagonist Callie Parrish, a beautician at the local mortuary in St. Mary, South Carolina. Fran Rizer joins Dr. Edgar for a free-wheeling conversation about Callie and her world that is almost as much fun as the novels themselves. Fran Rizer has always loved to write, authoring quite a few non-fiction articles over the years while she worked as a remedial math teacher and as an English teacher in Columbia’s public schools. When she retired, however, she finally had the time to write a novel. Thus was born a new mystery series featuring protagonist Callie Parrish, a beautician at the local mortuary in St. Mary, South Carolina. Fran Rizer joins Dr. Edgar for a free-wheeling conversation about Callie and her world that is almost as much fun as the novels themselves. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/fran_rizer_author_of_the_callie_parrish_series_of_mystery_novels/ Fri, 29 May 2009 15:00:57 +00:00 0:53:28 (Originally broadcast 03/06/2009) - On November 16th, 2008, a dream came true for Columbia restaurateur Bill Dukes as he and about 90 World War II veterans began a flight to Washington, DC, to see the WWII Memorial. For many of the veterans, a visit to the Memorial, dedicated in 2004, was something they would probably never have dreamed of, much less done. Honor Flight South Carolina is a non-profit organization dedicated to flying South Carolina WWII vets to see “their monument,” free of charge. Honor Flight chairman Bill Dukes talks with Dr. Edgar about Honor Flight, about that first trip, and about the importance of honoring our veterans for there service in “the good war” while we still have them with us. We will also hear an encore of an interview with Columbian T. Moffatt Burriss, WWII veteran and author of "Strike and Hold." (Originally broadcast 03/06/2009) - On November 16th, 2008, a dream came true for Columbia restaurateur Bill Dukes as he and about 90 World War II veterans began a flight to Washington, DC, to see the WWII Memorial. For many of the veterans, a visit to the Memorial, dedicated in 2004, was something they would probably never have dreamed of, much less done. Honor Flight South Carolina is a non-profit organization dedicated to flying South Carolina WWII vets to see “their monument,” free of charge. Honor Flight chairman Bill Dukes talks with Dr. Edgar about Honor Flight, about that first trip, and about the importance of honoring our veterans for there service in “the good war” while we still have them with us. We will also hear an encore of an interview with Columbian T. Moffatt Burriss, WWII veteran and author of "Strike and Hold." http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/bill_dukes_of_honor_flight_sc_and_wwii_veteran_t._moffatt_burriss/ Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:57 +00:00 0:52:58 With summer and winter festivals, and other events throughout the rest of the year, Greenville Chautauqua brings history to life. The first Chautauqua was started as an outdoor adult education program for Sunday School teachers at a campsite on Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York founded by Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller. In the 1970s Chautauqua was revived and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and state humanities councils as a means of providing lively, interactive and authentic humanities education. The theme of this year’s summer Chautauqua Festival is America in Crisis, and will include “speakers” such as “George Washington,” “Nathaniel Greene,” “Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt,” “Abraham Lincoln,” and “Rosa Parks.” “Nathaniel Greene” (Dr. John Barrington, Associate Professor History at Furman University) and “George Washington” (Dr. George Frein, artistic director of the Greenville Chautauqua) join Dr. Edgar for a lively discussion of Chautauqua, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. With summer and winter festivals, and other events throughout the rest of the year, Greenville Chautauqua brings history to life. The first Chautauqua was started as an outdoor adult education program for Sunday School teachers at a campsite on Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York founded by Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller. In the 1970s Chautauqua was revived and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and state humanities councils as a means of providing lively, interactive and authentic humanities education. The theme of this year’s summer Chautauqua Festival is America in Crisis, and will include “speakers” such as “George Washington,” “Nathaniel Greene,” “Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt,” “Abraham Lincoln,” and “Rosa Parks.” “Nathaniel Greene” (Dr. John Barrington, Associate Professor History at Furman University) and “George Washington” (Dr. George Frein, artistic director of the Greenville Chautauqua) join Dr. Edgar for a lively discussion of Chautauqua, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/greenville_chautauqau/ Fri, 15 May 2009 16:00:27 +00:00 0:53:30 Internationally-renowned Southern-literature scholars Trudier Harris of UNC and Noel Polk of Mississippi State Univeristy join Dr. Edgar to debate the topic "What was the most influential Southern novel of the 20th century?" This episode is a companion to the latest instalment of the ETV series Take on the South: "What was the most influential 20th-century Southern novel?" which airs on ETV stations Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Internationally-renowned Southern-literature scholars Trudier Harris of UNC and Noel Polk of Mississippi State Univeristy join Dr. Edgar to debate the topic "What was the most influential Southern novel of the 20th century?" This episode is a companion to the latest instalment of the ETV series Take on the South: "What was the most influential 20th-century Southern novel?" which airs on ETV stations Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 8:00 pm. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/what_is_the_most_influential_southern_novel_of_the_20th_century/ Fri, 8 May 2009 16:00:32 +00:00 0:53:28 Magnolia Plantation's slave cabins have a unique history, in that they have been utilized from the time of antebellum slavery through emancipation and into the late 20th century by African-Americans. Magnolia Plantation, in Charleston, has partnered with The Living History Group to restore these dwellings in a way that interpret African-American history from slavery to freedom and beyond. Craig Hadley, Executive Director of The Living History Group, and Rick Owens, of Carolina Preservation Associates talk with Dr. Edgar about the unique challenges they faced creating From Slavery to Freedom: The Magnolia Slave Cabin Project. Magnolia Plantation's slave cabins have a unique history, in that they have been utilized from the time of antebellum slavery through emancipation and into the late 20th century by African-Americans. Magnolia Plantation, in Charleston, has partnered with The Living History Group to restore these dwellings in a way that interpret African-American history from slavery to freedom and beyond. Craig Hadley, Executive Director of The Living History Group, and Rick Owens, of Carolina Preservation Associates talk with Dr. Edgar about the unique challenges they faced creating From Slavery to Freedom: The Magnolia Slave Cabin Project. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/slavery_to_freedom_the_magnolia_slave_cabin_project/ Fri, 1 May 2009 16:00:17 +00:00 0:54:33 Established in 2007, the Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art honors an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of the South. The Prize is accompanied by a cash prize of $10,000 and is administered and presented by the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina. Elizabeth and Mallory Factor join Dr. Edgar along with Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Gibbes Museum, Angela Mack, to talk about the prize and past winners, and about the 2009 competition. Established in 2007, the Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art honors an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of the South. The Prize is accompanied by a cash prize of $10,000 and is administered and presented by the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina. Elizabeth and Mallory Factor join Dr. Edgar along with Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Gibbes Museum, Angela Mack, to talk about the prize and past winners, and about the 2009 competition. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_factor_prize_for_southern_art/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:00:06 +00:00 0:53:10 In February 1722, Mark Catesby, a 40-year old Englishman with an enigmatic past and an insatiable curiosity for the wondrous serendipity of nature, set sail on a three-month voyage to the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His sojourn in the New World was taken under the auspices of London’s Royal Society. Catesby was to spend the next four years exploring the natural habitat of the southeast colonies and the Bahamas, and the subsequent 20 years writing and illustrating his exhaustive two-volume Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands. Producer David Elliot joins Dr. Edgar to talk about "The Curious Mr. Catesby," a documentary that will air on ETV in April. (Go to myetv.org for listings.) In February 1722, Mark Catesby, a 40-year old Englishman with an enigmatic past and an insatiable curiosity for the wondrous serendipity of nature, set sail on a three-month voyage to the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His sojourn in the New World was taken under the auspices of London’s Royal Society. Catesby was to spend the next four years exploring the natural habitat of the southeast colonies and the Bahamas, and the subsequent 20 years writing and illustrating his exhaustive two-volume Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands. Producer David Elliot joins Dr. Edgar to talk about "The Curious Mr. Catesby," a documentary that will air on ETV in April. (Go to myetv.org for listings.) http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_curious_mr._catesby/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:59:10 +00:00 0:53:35 Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility -- the Body Farm -- a quarter-century ago. He is the author or coauthor of more than two hundred scientific publications, as well as a critically acclaimed memoir about his career, Death's Acre. Dr. Bass is also a dedicated teacher, honored as National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. His writings have been published in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Popular Science and broadcast on National Public Radio. The coauthor of Death's Acre, he is also the writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm. The join Dr. Edgar for a discussion about their latest novel, Bones of Betrayal as well as the history of the Body Farm, and the forensic advances it has fostered. Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility -- the Body Farm -- a quarter-century ago. He is the author or coauthor of more than two hundred scientific publications, as well as a critically acclaimed memoir about his career, Death's Acre. Dr. Bass is also a dedicated teacher, honored as National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. His writings have been published in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Popular Science and broadcast on National Public Radio. The coauthor of Death's Acre, he is also the writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm. The join Dr. Edgar for a discussion about their latest novel, Bones of Betrayal as well as the history of the Body Farm, and the forensic advances it has fostered. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/bones_of_betrayal/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:00:44 +00:00 0:53:28 Martha Severens, Curator of the Greenville County Museum of Art, has been asked by the SC Humanities Council to present a series of lectures around the state on the The National Endowment for the Humanities’ initiative "Picturing America" is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the broader world of the humanities through visual imagery. The NEH has selected 40 iconic pieces (art, artifacts, architecture), made high quality reproductions, developed a resource book, and is making them available to schools and libraries. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about this exciting initiative. Martha Severens, Curator of the Greenville County Museum of Art, has been asked by the SC Humanities Council to present a series of lectures around the state on the The National Endowment for the Humanities’ initiative "Picturing America" is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the broader world of the humanities through visual imagery. The NEH has selected 40 iconic pieces (art, artifacts, architecture), made high quality reproductions, developed a resource book, and is making them available to schools and libraries. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about this exciting initiative. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/picturing_america/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:00:33 +00:00 0:53:30 Journalist, writer, and raconteur Gene Owens is back! You’ve read his commentary in the “Greasepit Grammar" columns at USADeepSouth.com. You’ve heard him from time to time on The Journal. Now Gene and Walter Edgar spend a fun-filled hour talking about all things Southern, including: “Southernisms” in the language, books and films about the region, journalism, and the Southern economy. Gene Owens has been around the Southern journalistic scene for over 40 years. His wit and wisdom is apparent as he rails about the state of American life and language. Journalist, writer, and raconteur Gene Owens is back! You’ve read his commentary in the “Greasepit Grammar" columns at USADeepSouth.com. You’ve heard him from time to time on The Journal. Now Gene and Walter Edgar spend a fun-filled hour talking about all things Southern, including: “Southernisms” in the language, books and films about the region, journalism, and the Southern economy. Gene Owens has been around the Southern journalistic scene for over 40 years. His wit and wisdom is apparent as he rails about the state of American life and language. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/gene_owens_greasepit_grammar_and_other_musings/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:00:09 +00:00 0:53:30 National Museum Wales, known for having one of the finest Impressionist art collections in Europe, is sending to the U.S. highlights from its remarkable Davies Collection. The first stop in the U.S. for this extraordinary group of 19th and early 20th-century paintings will be The Columbia Museum of Art. Todd Herman, Chief Curator and Curator for European Art, tells about the museum's exhibition, "Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales." National Museum Wales, known for having one of the finest Impressionist art collections in Europe, is sending to the U.S. highlights from its remarkable Davies Collection. The first stop in the U.S. for this extraordinary group of 19th and early 20th-century paintings will be The Columbia Museum of Art. Todd Herman, Chief Curator and Curator for European Art, tells about the museum's exhibition, "Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales." http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/from_turner_to_cezanne1/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:00:19 +00:00 0:53:29 On November 16th, 2008, a dream came true for Columbia restaurateur Bill Dukes as he and about 90 World War II veterans began a flight to Washington, DC, to see the WWII Memorial. For many of the veterans, a visit to the Memorial, dedicated in 2004, was something they would probably never have dreamed of, much less done. Honor Flight South Carolina is a non-profit organization dedicated to flying South Carolina WWII vets to see “their monument,” free of charge. Their next flight is in April. Honor Flight chairman Bill Dukes talks with Dr. Edgar about Honor Flight, about that first trip, and about the importance of honoring our veterans for there service in “the good war” while we still have them with us. We will also hear an encore of an interview with Columbian T. Moffatt Burriss, WWII veteran and author of "Strike and Hold." On November 16th, 2008, a dream came true for Columbia restaurateur Bill Dukes as he and about 90 World War II veterans began a flight to Washington, DC, to see the WWII Memorial. For many of the veterans, a visit to the Memorial, dedicated in 2004, was something they would probably never have dreamed of, much less done. Honor Flight South Carolina is a non-profit organization dedicated to flying South Carolina WWII vets to see “their monument,” free of charge. Their next flight is in April. Honor Flight chairman Bill Dukes talks with Dr. Edgar about Honor Flight, about that first trip, and about the importance of honoring our veterans for there service in “the good war” while we still have them with us. We will also hear an encore of an interview with Columbian T. Moffatt Burriss, WWII veteran and author of "Strike and Hold." http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/from_turner_to_cezanne/ Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:00:09 +00:00 00:52:58 (Originally broadcast 01/11/08) - The mission of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission is to identify and promote the preservation of historic sites, structures, buildings, and culture of the African American experience in South Carolina and to assist and enhance the efforts of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. The 15-member commission includes representatives from all regions of the state. Commission Chair Jannie Harriot joins Dr. Edgar to talk about its work and its goals for the future. (Originally broadcast 01/11/08) - The mission of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission is to identify and promote the preservation of historic sites, structures, buildings, and culture of the African American experience in South Carolina and to assist and enhance the efforts of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. The 15-member commission includes representatives from all regions of the state. Commission Chair Jannie Harriot joins Dr. Edgar to talk about its work and its goals for the future. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_african-american_heritage_commission/ Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:00:23 +00:00 00:52:59 South Carolinian Michael Sullivan, an Episcopal priest, is the rector of a large congregation in Lynchburg, Virginia. A former attorney, he is a frequent speaker and workshop leader. Building on the interest generated by Sullivan’s previous book about art and spirituality, "Windows into the Soul," he has published a new book, "Windows into the Light: A Lenten Journey of Stories and Art" which focuses on the journey from darkness to light inherent in the Christian observance of the season of Lent. He joins to Dr. Edgar to talk about the book and its very personal origins. South Carolinian Michael Sullivan, an Episcopal priest, is the rector of a large congregation in Lynchburg, Virginia. A former attorney, he is a frequent speaker and workshop leader. Building on the interest generated by Sullivan’s previous book about art and spirituality, "Windows into the Soul," he has published a new book, "Windows into the Light: A Lenten Journey of Stories and Art" which focuses on the journey from darkness to light inherent in the Christian observance of the season of Lent. He joins to Dr. Edgar to talk about the book and its very personal origins. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/rev._michael_sullivan_author_of_windows_into_the_light_a_lenten_journey_of_/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:00:22 +00:00 0:53:35 Ron Rash's family has lived in the southern Appalachian Mountains since the mid-1700's, and it is this region that is the primary focus of his writing. In his latest novel, Serena, a newly wedded couple, George and Serena Pemberton arrive in the mountains of North Carolina in 1929 and set about to create a timber empire. They use ruthless, even murderous, tactics to vanquish all opposition. Eventually, they turn those tactics on each other. Rash grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and graduated from Gardner-Webb College and Clemson University. He holds the John Parris Chair in Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University. Rash is the author of 8 books. He talks with Dr. Edgar about Serena and about the significance of the southern Appalachian’s in his life and work. Ron Rash's family has lived in the southern Appalachian Mountains since the mid-1700's, and it is this region that is the primary focus of his writing. In his latest novel, Serena, a newly wedded couple, George and Serena Pemberton arrive in the mountains of North Carolina in 1929 and set about to create a timber empire. They use ruthless, even murderous, tactics to vanquish all opposition. Eventually, they turn those tactics on each other. Rash grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and graduated from Gardner-Webb College and Clemson University. He holds the John Parris Chair in Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University. Rash is the author of 8 books. He talks with Dr. Edgar about Serena and about the significance of the southern Appalachian’s in his life and work. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/ron_rash_author_of_serena/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:34:53 +00:00 00:52:59 If you ask Lake City native Jay Cook what he does for a living he’ll tell you he is a chicken rancher—although he doesn’t mind if you call him chicken grower or chicken farmer. This West Point graduate came back to his home town after a number of years and started his ranch in Williamsburg. He talks with Walter about what it takes to raise chickens and about the state of South Carolina agriculture in uncertain economic times. If you ask Lake City native Jay Cook what he does for a living he’ll tell you he is a chicken rancher—although he doesn’t mind if you call him chicken grower or chicken farmer. This West Point graduate came back to his home town after a number of years and started his ranch in Williamsburg. He talks with Walter about what it takes to raise chickens and about the state of South Carolina agriculture in uncertain economic times. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/february_6/ Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:00:50 +00:00 0:53:36 Ed Madden is the author/editor of several books, including Signals, a collection of poems which won the SC Poetry Book Prize. He is also Associate Professor of English language and Literature and Associate Director of Women’s Studies at USC’s College of Arts and Humanities. He talks with Walter about Signals, as well as other works, and his work in Women’s Studies. Ed Madden is the author/editor of several books, including Signals, a collection of poems which won the SC Poetry Book Prize. He is also Associate Professor of English language and Literature and Associate Director of Women’s Studies at USC’s College of Arts and Humanities. He talks with Walter about Signals, as well as other works, and his work in Women’s Studies. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/uscs_ed_madden_poet/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:00:26 +00:00 0:52:00 The Once-A-Week Club of Seneca, SC, was started in 1896 and is the mother of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, which was organized in Seneca in June of 1898. Woman’s clubs have been an important force for civic and cultural growth in South Carolina, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. Members of the Once-a-Week Club talk with Dr. Edgar about that history and the difference their club has made in Seneca. The Once-A-Week Club of Seneca, SC, was started in 1896 and is the mother of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, which was organized in Seneca in June of 1898. Woman’s clubs have been an important force for civic and cultural growth in South Carolina, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. Members of the Once-a-Week Club talk with Dr. Edgar about that history and the difference their club has made in Seneca. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/the_once-a-week_club_of_seneca/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:00:53 +00:00 0:51:53 Mary Alice Monroe has written stories for as long as she can remember. As a child she could always be found curled up with a book or writing. Although she currently rights fiction, she began as a journalist. It was during months of bed rest during a difficult pregnancy that she began fiction and now has written more than a dozen novels. Although known for her intimate portrayals of women's lives, her writing has gained added purpose and depth with her move to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Mary Alice is involved with several environmental groups and is on the board of the South Carolina Aquarium. She joins Walter to talk about her latest book, Time is a River, her love of the Lowcountry, and he passion for environmental work. Mary Alice Monroe has written stories for as long as she can remember. As a child she could always be found curled up with a book or writing. Although she currently rights fiction, she began as a journalist. It was during months of bed rest during a difficult pregnancy that she began fiction and now has written more than a dozen novels. Although known for her intimate portrayals of women's lives, her writing has gained added purpose and depth with her move to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Mary Alice is involved with several environmental groups and is on the board of the South Carolina Aquarium. She joins Walter to talk about her latest book, Time is a River, her love of the Lowcountry, and he passion for environmental work. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/lowcountry_author_mary_alice_monroe/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:00:06 +00:00 0:52:01 Miles Hoffman is renowned violist and artistic director of the American Chamber Players, with whom he regularly tours the United States and Canada. . He has also appeared as a soloist with many orchestras around the country, performing a broad repertoire that ranges from baroque to contemporary compositions, and he has been a featured lecturer for orchestras, universities, chamber music series, festivals, and various other organizations. Before joining Morning Edition as a commentator in 2002, Hoffman entertained and enlightened the nationwide audience of NPR's Performance Today every week for 13 years with his musical commentary, "Coming to Terms," a listener-friendly tour through the many foreign words and technical terms peculiar to the world of classical music. That segment eventually led to a book by Hoffman, "The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z." Miles is currently dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and author of The NPR Classical Music Companion, now in its ninth printing from the Houghton Mifflin Company. He joins Dr. Edgar for a delightful conversation about the Petrie School, as well as music in general. Miles Hoffman is renowned violist and artistic director of the American Chamber Players, with whom he regularly tours the United States and Canada. . He has also appeared as a soloist with many orchestras around the country, performing a broad repertoire that ranges from baroque to contemporary compositions, and he has been a featured lecturer for orchestras, universities, chamber music series, festivals, and various other organizations. Before joining Morning Edition as a commentator in 2002, Hoffman entertained and enlightened the nationwide audience of NPR's Performance Today every week for 13 years with his musical commentary, "Coming to Terms," a listener-friendly tour through the many foreign words and technical terms peculiar to the world of classical music. That segment eventually led to a book by Hoffman, "The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z." Miles is currently dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and author of The NPR Classical Music Companion, now in its ninth printing from the Houghton Mifflin Company. He joins Dr. Edgar for a delightful conversation about the Petrie School, as well as music in general. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/miles_hoffman_dean_of_the_petrie_school_of_music_at_converse_college/ Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:00:02 +00:00 0:52:06 (Originally broadcast 09/02/2008) - Judy Russell had no idea that trying to put names with faces in old family photos would lead her to an overgrown Quaker cemetery, a book and some 300 family members - including a friend. A casual query to a genealogical internet listserv back in 1996 started her on a journey which eventually led her and acquaintance Pam Armstrong to an overgrown cemetery in Newberry, SC, where members of a Revolutionary-era Quaker community, and their descendants, were buried. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the restoration of the cemetery, the uniting of living descendants of that early community to reconstruct and preserve their family's history. (Originally broadcast 09/02/2008) - Judy Russell had no idea that trying to put names with faces in old family photos would lead her to an overgrown Quaker cemetery, a book and some 300 family members - including a friend. A casual query to a genealogical internet listserv back in 1996 started her on a journey which eventually led her and acquaintance Pam Armstrong to an overgrown cemetery in Newberry, SC, where members of a Revolutionary-era Quaker community, and their descendants, were buried. She joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the restoration of the cemetery, the uniting of living descendants of that early community to reconstruct and preserve their family's history. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/restoring_the_bush_river_quaker_cemetery/ Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:00:23 +00:00 0:52:05 (Originally broadcast 12/16/05) - Dr. Edgar has a chat with Joanne Martell …author of the book “American Christmases- Firsthand Accounts from Early Days to Modern Times”. Although the traditional celebrations have changed over the years, we find that the emotional attachments to this time of year stay strong. (Originally broadcast 12/16/05) - Dr. Edgar has a chat with Joanne Martell …author of the book “American Christmases- Firsthand Accounts from Early Days to Modern Times”. Although the traditional celebrations have changed over the years, we find that the emotional attachments to this time of year stay strong. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/12_26_08/ Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:00:19 +00:00 0:52:06 Charleston’s Middleton Place was established early in the life of the Carolina colony and served as a base of operations for a great Low Country planter family and was home to a dynamic African-American slave community. Today Middleton Place is a thriving restoration or eighteenth and nineteenth century plantation life with many educational programs offered to the public. As one might expect, the Christmas season at Middleton Place is replete with holiday decorations and recreations of 19th century holiday traditions. Charles Duell, President of the Middleton Place Foundation, and Tracey Todd, Vice President of Museums for the Foundation, talk with Dr. Edgar about the history and future of Middleton Place. Charleston’s Middleton Place was established early in the life of the Carolina colony and served as a base of operations for a great Low Country planter family and was home to a dynamic African-American slave community. Today Middleton Place is a thriving restoration or eighteenth and nineteenth century plantation life with many educational programs offered to the public. As one might expect, the Christmas season at Middleton Place is replete with holiday decorations and recreations of 19th century holiday traditions. Charles Duell, President of the Middleton Place Foundation, and Tracey Todd, Vice President of Museums for the Foundation, talk with Dr. Edgar about the history and future of Middleton Place. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/sc_lowcountry_christmases_middleton_place_and_edmond-alston_house/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:47:02 +00:00 0:52:05 Logan Ward and his wife, Heather, had traveled the world—Kenya, France, Peru. But nothing compared to their next adventure: a trip back in time, living the life of dirt farmers in rural Virginia circa 1900. Disillusioned by city life, the Wards pulled their son out of daycare and traded skyscrapers for silos in search of simpler times. Adopting strict rules that limited them to only the tools that were available at the turn of the century, they faced a year of struggles, where unremarkable feats—putting food on the table, attending a neighbor’s 4th of July party—became the worthiest accomplishments of their lives. Logan Ward shares this life changing experience, chronicled in his book See You in a Hundred Years. Publishers Weekly says of the book, "This lyrical account of keeping the 21st century at bay is more real, and more rewarding, than any survival TV show." Logan talks with Dr. Edgar about his family's journey back in time, and how he and his wife found a new love and respect for their Southern roots. Logan Ward and his wife, Heather, had traveled the world—Kenya, France, Peru. But nothing compared to their next adventure: a trip back in time, living the life of dirt farmers in rural Virginia circa 1900. Disillusioned by city life, the Wards pulled their son out of daycare and traded skyscrapers for silos in search of simpler times. Adopting strict rules that limited them to only the tools that were available at the turn of the century, they faced a year of struggles, where unremarkable feats—putting food on the table, attending a neighbor’s 4th of July party—became the worthiest accomplishments of their lives. Logan Ward shares this life changing experience, chronicled in his book See You in a Hundred Years. Publishers Weekly says of the book, "This lyrical account of keeping the 21st century at bay is more real, and more rewarding, than any survival TV show." Logan talks with Dr. Edgar about his family's journey back in time, and how he and his wife found a new love and respect for their Southern roots. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/see_you_in_100_years/ Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:00:20 +00:00 0:52:06 (Originally broadcast 12/15/06) - Ron Edge is a retired a physicist and retired USC professor. He hails from England and is a life long devotee of “ringing.” If you’ve never heard about the art of ringing steeple and tower bells in England you are in for a treat. Find out the difference between a “ring” and a “peal,” how P.T. Barnum introduced hand bells this country, and why Charleston, SC, is the Mecca for American ringers. (Originally broadcast 12/15/06) - Ron Edge is a retired a physicist and retired USC professor. He hails from England and is a life long devotee of “ringing.” If you’ve never heard about the art of ringing steeple and tower bells in England you are in for a treat. Find out the difference between a “ring” and a “peal,” how P.T. Barnum introduced hand bells this country, and why Charleston, SC, is the Mecca for American ringers. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/campanology_ring_those_bells/ Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:00:16 +00:00 0:52:06 Playwright Sarah Hammond is the daughter of journalists who are South Carolina natives. She has been a Dramatists Guild Fellow and a Princess Grace Award runner-up. A proud graduate of the University of South Carolina (BA) and the University of Iowa (MFA), she has taught play writing at both schools. She is now based in Brooklyn, and has become a member of New Dramatists, the nation’s oldest nonprofit center for the development of talented playwrights. She stops by our studios while home for a visit and talks with Dr. Edgar about her plays and her career. Playwright Sarah Hammond is the daughter of journalists who are South Carolina natives. She has been a Dramatists Guild Fellow and a Princess Grace Award runner-up. A proud graduate of the University of South Carolina (BA) and the University of Iowa (MFA), she has taught play writing at both schools. She is now based in Brooklyn, and has become a member of New Dramatists, the nation’s oldest nonprofit center for the development of talented playwrights. She stops by our studios while home for a visit and talks with Dr. Edgar about her plays and her career. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/sarah_hammond_south_carolina_playwright/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:00:20 +00:00 0:52:06 This is an encore of a 2006 interview. This is an encore of a 2006 interview. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/james_cobb_the_day_it_rained_militia/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:34 +00:00 0:51:17 Josephine McNair from archive - 11-23-07 Josephine McNair from archive - 11-23-07 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/josephine_mcnair_from_archive_11-23-07/ Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:48:39 +00:00 0:51:19 As part of ETV’s Foothills Roadshow we travel to the upstate for a live broadcast featuring the presidents of two of South Carolina's centers of higher learning. Dr. Benjamin Dunlap of Wofford College and Betsy Fleming of Converse College will talk with Dr. Edgar about the growth of higher education in the Upstate. As part of ETV’s Foothills Roadshow we travel to the upstate for a live broadcast featuring the presidents of two of South Carolina's centers of higher learning. Dr. Benjamin Dunlap of Wofford College and Betsy Fleming of Converse College will talk with Dr. Edgar about the growth of higher education in the Upstate. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/etv_roadshow_upstate/ Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:00:27 +00:00 0:58:34 Ron Rash, 11-11-05 Ron Rash, 11-11-05 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/ron_rash_from_archive_11-15-05/ Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:07:54 +00:00 0:58:30 03-19-04, Judge Matthew Perry, from archive 03-19-04, Judge Matthew Perry, from archive http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/03-19-04_judge_matthew_perry_from_archive/ Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:20:12 +00:00 0:53:31 Moffatt Burriss from Archive 11-28-03 Moffatt Burriss from Archive 11-28-03 http://www.scetv.org/index.php/walter_edgars_journal/show/moffatt_burriss_from_archive_11-28-03/ Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:20:53 +00:00 0:51:29