Walter Edgar's Journal

Brian Hicks and Gene Owens

Brian Hicks is a weekly columnist who never really set out to be a weekly columnist. However, his column for the Post and Courier newspaper of Charleston has a following of loyal readers who enjoy his irreverent style. He talks with Dr. Edgar about how he wound up being a columnist and how he finds topics.

And, we’ll have an encore of an earlier visit with Gene Owens, columnist, journalist, and story teller.

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Friday - September 03, 2010 at 12:00pm
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Clayton Hunt and The Graphic Cow

Back when Clayton Hunt was at USC in Columbia he supported himself by designing and printing custom t-shirts for campus organizations. He joins Dr. Edgar to talk about how he turned that side line into a successful business, The Graphic Cow.

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Friday - September 10, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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Two lowcountry mysteries

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) 

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Friday - August 27, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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Hurricane preparedness and the legacy of Hugo

(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.

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Friday - August 20, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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Dorothea Benton Frank: Lowcountry Summer

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!”

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Friday - August 13, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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Small newspapers work to stay relevant in the age of the smart phone

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.

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Friday - August 06, 2010 at 12:00pm
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Green Development

(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.

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Friday - July 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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A century and a half of the law

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.)

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Friday - July 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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