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Understand SC

Understand SC is a weekly podcast from The Post and Courier bringing you the biggest stories shaping our state. Featuring in-depth conversations with reporters and original interviews with newsmakers,... Read more

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CBD and Hemp

CBD and Hemp

You’ve likely seen CBD products popping up everywhere and heard about farmers growing hemp all over the state. In Septem... Read more

23 Oct 2019

51mins

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Changing demographics

Changing demographics

South Carolina’s population has about doubled what it was in 1970. It’s now the 9th fastest growing state in the U.S. Ho... Read more

21 May 2019

23mins

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Gentrification

Gentrification

If you live in downtown Charleston, you know about gentrification. Particularly in the 2010s, we've seen gentrification ... Read more

4 Jun 2019

30mins

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Education

Education

The landmark Brown v. Board of Education court decision, which banned racial segregation in public schools across the co... Read more

28 May 2019

27mins

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Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford is considering mounting a primary challenge against President Trump. We explore the history of one one of S... Read more

23 Jul 2019

40mins

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Flooding

Flooding

For this week’s episode, we thought it was high time to talk about the specific challenges Charleston and the coast as a... Read more

20 Aug 2019

47mins

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Interstate 526

Interstate 526

A highway extension seems like a pretty simple thing. But between growth anxiety, traffic woes and a whopping $725 milli... Read more

14 May 2019

22mins

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How the news works

How the news works

Explaining how we make the news and why journalists do things the way they do.

16 Jul 2019

49mins

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Controlling hotel development

Controlling hotel development

If you ask our tourism reporter Emily Williams, who’s joining us on this week’s episode, “overconcentration on the penin... Read more

13 Aug 2019

47mins

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Palmetto roses

Palmetto roses

6 Aug 2019

33mins

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Hurricanes and forecasting

Hurricanes and forecasting

In the digital age, there are too many forecast models and contradicting voices that all seem to come at you at once the... Read more

11 Jun 2019

38mins

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Why SC's presidential primary matters so much

Why SC's presidential primary matters so much

SC's presidential primary is the first in the south and one of the first nationwide. Here's how that came to be and why ... Read more

9 Oct 2019

45mins

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SC's plutonium problem

SC's plutonium problem

9 Jul 2019

35mins

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Plastic bag bans

Plastic bag bans

At least 17 jurisdictions in South Carolina have some sort of ban in place on single-use plastic bags, mostly up and dow... Read more

7 May 2019

21mins

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Why a major museum project left SC

Why a major museum project left SC

After acrimony and distrust, organizers decided not to build the $100 million National Medal of Honor Museum here in Sou... Read more

17 Sep 2019

36mins

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Emergency Dorian Update

Emergency Dorian Update

SPECIAL EMERGENCY EPISODE: Latest on Dorian and Evacuations.

2 Sep 2019

31mins

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Hate crimes

Hate crimes

18 Jun 2019

28mins

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Tiny checks from SCANA

Tiny checks from SCANA

What's the deal with the tiny checks folks are getting in the mail from SCE&G parent company SCANA?

27 Aug 2019

40mins

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Conversion therapy

Conversion therapy

Last October, reporters Michael Majchrowicz and Mary Katherine Wildeman published ‘Taught hate to myself,’ revealing how... Read more

25 Jun 2019

34mins

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Abortion laws in SC

Abortion laws in SC

2 Jul 2019

26mins

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