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Gene Bedell: Three Steps to Yes

Fri, Feb 5 Listen

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...

The Yemassee Rivitalization Corp’s “Railroad Dinner”

Fri, Jan 29 Listen

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,...

Entrepreneur Beezer Molten

Fri, Jan 22 Listen

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.

Camellias

Fri, Jan 15 Listen

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.

John Morgan: sustainable development

Fri, Jan 8 Listen

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 Black Bottom Buscuits

Fri, Jan 1 Listen

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.

Kirk Neely: Comfort and Joy

Fri, Dec 25 Listen

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...

Carolyn Hart: Merry, Merry Ghost

Fri, Dec 18 Listen

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.

The Lee Brothers

Fri, Dec 11 Listen

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...

Jimmy Bailey: YESCarolina

Fri, Dec 4 2009 Listen

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...

Young and living in the new economy—Jack Burg

Fri, Nov 27 2009 Listen

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.

John Sledge, author of The Pillared City: Greek Revival Mobile

Fri, Nov 20 2009 Listen

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...

Special broadcast of Walter Edgar’s Journal at 1pm today

Sun, Nov 15 2009 Listen

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.

Take on the South

Fri, Nov 13 2009 Listen

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...

Mary Alice Monroe: Last Light over Carolina

Fri, Nov 6 2009 Listen

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...

Old-Time Radio

Fri, Oct 30 2009 Listen

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.

From the Pee Dee to the Savannah: Enduring Legacies of South Carolina’s Fal

Fri, Oct 23 2009 Listen

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...

The Tobacco Trail

Fri, Oct 9 2009 Listen

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...

Voices of Our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina

Fri, Oct 2 2009 Listen

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...

Hurricane Preparedness

Fri, Sep 25 2009 Listen

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...

Hugo: A Landmark in Time

Fri, Sep 18 2009 Listen

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."

Dorothea Benton Frank: Return to Sullivans Island

Fri, Sep 11 2009 Listen

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...

Abby Sallenger: Island in a Storm

Fri, Sep 4 2009 Listen

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...

Picturing America

Fri, Aug 28 2009 Listen

(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,...

Greenville Chautauqua

Fri, Aug 21 2009 Listen

(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...

Take on the South: The Most Influential Southern Novel

Fri, Aug 14 2009 Listen

(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?"

Gene Owens, columnist, humorist

Fri, Aug 7 2009 Listen

(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...

Michael Bedenbaugh, the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation

Fri, Jul 31 2009 Listen

(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.

Sarah Hammond, playwright

Fri, Jul 24 2009 Listen

(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...

Dr. Bernard Powers

Fri, Jul 17 2009 Listen

(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...

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