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Walter Edgar's Journal

From books to barbecue, from current events to colonial history, Walter Edgar's Journal delves into the arts, culture, history of South Carolina and the American South.

Friday at noon on all ETV Radio stations. Repeats Sunday at 4:00 pm on ETV Radio’s News Stations. Podcasts are published each Friday. Stream the podcasts below or subscribe to the podcast OR subscribe with iTunes.

Conversations on the Civil War - 1863: Mary Chesnut’s Civil War

Friday - May 17, 2013

Julia Stern, professor of English and American Studies at Northwestern University and author of Mary Chesnut's Civil War Epic, will "unpack the way in which at levels domestic, historical and epic, Chesnut's literary genius uniquely illuminated the greatest conflict of the American 19th century." Her conversation with Dr. Edgar was recorded before an audience at the University of South Carolina, part of the series Conversations on the Civil War, 1863, sponsored by USC's College of Arts and Sciences, and by USC's Office of the President.

Man and Moment: T. Moffatt Burriss and the Crossing

Friday - May 24, 2013

(Originally broadcast 06/29/12) - Anderson native T. Moffatt Burris is a WWII veteran and concentration camp liberator who also participated in the invasions of Sicily and Italy. During Operation Market Garden in Holland, he led the amphibious assault across the Waal River made famous in the movie, A Bridge Too Far. Burriss is the subject of the upcoming ETV special Man and Moment: T. Moffatt Burriss and the Crossing. He joins Dr. Edgar, State newspaper reporter Jeff Wilkinson, and documentary producer Lee Ann Kornegay, to talk about the war and about making the film.

Upstate Forever

Friday - May 31, 2013

Upstate Forever is a non-profit organization which envisions an "environmentally and economically prosperous region, with a high quality of life for all."  Executive Director Brad Wyche talks with Dr. Edgar about how group works to promote sensible growth while protecting the special places in the 10 counties of Upstate South Carolina.


South Carolina from A to Z


Bernardin, Joseph Louis
Friday - May 17, 2013

Santa Elena
Friday - June 24, 2011

Rice, James Henry, Jr.
Thursday - June 23, 2011

Pember, Phoebe Yates
Wednesday - June 22, 2011



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E-mail: alfturner@scetv.org

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