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#110: Historic Textiles at the Charleston Museum (Interview w/ Virginia Theerman), Stede Bonnet the Gentleman Pirate, and the new CEO of the SC Historical Society

Podcast #3: Historic Textiles of South Carolina

#109: Santa Elena + Early Spanish Settlement of SC, a New Voyage to Carolina, and a 12,000 Year History Park

*Submit a question by 8/11!* Upcoming interview with Virginia Theerman, Curator of Historic Textiles at the Charleston Museum

#108: Interview w/ Trish Smith and Luke Pecoraro of Drayton Hall, the Casique of Kiawah, and SC's Navy during the American Revolution

Podcast #2: The Legacy & Future of Drayton Hall

#107: Surviving Hurricane Hugo, a Textile Tour, and the Combahee River Raid

*Submit a question!* Upcoming interview with Patricia Lowe Smith, Director of Preservation and Archives at Drayton Hall

#106: First Podcast Interview! "A Gamecock Odyssey": Diving into University of South Carolina (USC) Sports History w/ author Alan Piercy

Podcast #1: "A Gamecock Odyssey"

#105: Coca-Cola in SC, Camden Parlor Talk, and Southern Ladies' Civil War and Antebellum Fashions

#104: History of staying cool in SC, The Battle of Huck’s Defeat, and The Slave Dwelling Project

#103: SC Historic Preservation Awards, Independence Day, and Hotel Hartness

#102: Fair Fort Lawn, SC Negro Leagues, and a "ChefScholar" Dinner Series

#101: *We're back!* The history of Spoleto, raising The Hunley submarine, and the Hampton County Watermelon Festival

#100: *We made it!* Charleston College, The Gibbes Museum of Art, and a lecture on Jonathan Jasper Wright

#99: John C. Calhoun, The Liberty Tree, and an Arsenal Hill Walking Tour

#98: Andrew Jackson, Joggling Boards, and a Harriet Tubman Monument Unveiling

#97: South-Carolina Gazette, John Lining, and Drayton Hall at Night

#96: The Legend of Issaqueena, the Stono Rebellion, and a University Hill Walking Tour

#95: Kiawah Island, Sullivan's Island, and a Modernism in Greenville Walking Tour

#94: Governor James Hamilton, Jr., Scipio Vaughn, and The History of Black Baseball

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#93: The Firing on Fort Sumter, James Byrnes, and Biking Through History

#92: History of Camden, Carpetbaggers & Scalawags, and Pirates Take Charlestown!

#91: The Nullification Crisis, The Carolina Housewife Cookbook, and Jazz Concert at Fort Moultrie

#90: Confederate soldiers States Rights Gist and Manse Jolley, and a lecture on Modernism in Historic Charleston

#89: The Battle of Camden, The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner, and Teatime at Hightower

#88: Hootie and the Blowfish, the "Holy City", and a Walking Tour of Downtown Newberry

#87: Charleston Renaissance, Solomon Guggenheim, and Life and Times of Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

#86: Strom Thurmond, the Willie Earle Lynching Case, and a new book on Confederate General James Longstreet

#85: Enslaved children, the Pollitzer Sisters, and a Bike Tour of Columbia's African American History

#84: Siege of Charleston (1780), SC Female Collegiate Institute, and a Revolutionary War Siege Lines Walking Tour

#83: The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, the burning of Middleton Place, and Mapping Charleston's Black Burial Grounds

#82: Septima Poinsette Clark, Creation of SC State Parks, and a lecture on the History of Dorchester County

#81: Joel Poinsett, Songs of the Civil War, and Hero Tales from the American Revolution

#80: The Lords Proprietors, Mary Boykin Chesnut, and a Colonial Tea Tasting

#79: Edwin Harleston, the "Best Friend of Charleston", and a lecture on the Churchyards of Charleston

#78: The Great Wagon Road, The Jenkins Orphanage Band, and the Rice Kings

#77: The Rebel Yell, Plantation Rice Recipes, and a Juneteenth Celebration Sleepover

#76: Carolina Gold Rice, Sea Island Cotton, and a lecture on South Carolina Food, Recipes, & Stories

#75: Freedman's town of Mitchelville, Chicora College for Young Ladies, and a lecture on "the fascinating life of William Hix"

#74: General Wade Hampton, S.C. State Hospital for the Insane, and Pee Dee Back County Day

#73: Thomas Green Clemson, the Chiquola Mill Massacre, and Revolutionary War Trivia Night

#72: Robert Smalls, Kudzu, and a lecture on The Revolutionary War in Horry County

#71: 1901 Charleston Exposition, the Swamp Rabbit Trail, and Thunder In The Harbor

#70: Moonshine & Prohibition, the Florence Stockade, and annual Living History Day at Hampton Plantation

#69: Medicine on antebellum plantations, Hampton Plantation, and the "Toll of War" exhibit

#68: Underground Railroad in SC, Stateburg, and a lecture on the Cuba-Hilton Head Connection

#67: Thomas Sumter, Hell Hole Swamp, and a lecture on the Fighters of Calhoun County

#66: Thomas Jefferson's grandson, Columbia Duck Mill, and photographer Cecil Williams

#65: Susan Pringle Frost, the 2nd Great Awakening in SC, and a lecture exploring Charleston's fashion history

#64: Clemson's founding, Dorn Gold Mine, and a lecture on The Battle of Kings Mountain

#63: Darlington Raceway, SC's first "Publick Library," and a symposium on the 1st South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent

#62: Magnolia Plantation, Dock Street Theatre, and an evening exploration

#61: Grand hotels of Myrtle Beach, the Washington Park Racetrack, and the Historic Rock Hill antique car show

#60: The Burning of Columbia, Emma LeConte's diary, and archaeological findings at USC

#59: The Grimké sisters, Sewee Shell Ring, and a Colonial Dinner

#58: Winyah Indigo Society, Robert Mills buildings, and a lecture on the Heroes of Cowpens

#57: The first Memorial Day, Beaufort National Cemetary, and a Park Day volunteer event at Battle of Rivers Bridge State Historic Site

#56: The founding of USC, Abbeville Opera House, and Family Day at Middleton Place

#55: "Scoundrel" Richard Pearis, tabby architecture, and medical practices of the Revolutionary War

#54: Drayton Hall, Paris Mountain, and Children’s Day on the Farm at Historic Brattonsville

#53: Harriet Tubman, Guignard Brick Works, and a SC Revolutionary War Essay + Poster contest

#52: South Carolina BBQ, Ravenel Bridge, and a Hilton Head Island Land Trust dinner

#51: Charleston Tea Garden, antebellum women's fashions, and a lecture on Harriet Tubman's daring raid

#50: Charles Pinckney, life in textile mill villages, and a Fort Mill history walking tour

#49: Porgy & Bess, early Charleston silversmiths, and a lecture on the Waccamaw Indian People

#48: Frogmore Stew, the "Merci" Train, and an archaeology camp for kids

#47: A nuclear bomb in Mars Bluff, William Henry Drayton's fireworks, and the Lowcountry Strawberry Festival

#46: The "miracle" of Parker High School, the history of SC horse racing, and a lecture on The Santee Canal

#45: The Old Citadel, the Hunley submarine, and a "plants in history" spring break program

#44: The Santee Canal, Claflin University, and the Zion Cemetery Costumed Cemetery Tour

#43: The Highland Park Hotel, Aiken's nuclear fallout shelter, and a workshop on "Early Spring Wild Edibles & Medicinals"

#42: Charleston's 3 Tea Parties, Hessian Troops, and a Lecture on "Race, Rice, and Rebellion in South Carolina"

#41: Textile capital of the world, Saluda Dam, and the Family History Club

#40: The Iodine State, Columbia Marionette Theatre, and an archaeological excavation at Walnut Grove Plantation

#39: Jehu Jones Sr., the Brown Fellowship Society, and a lecture on the 1706 French and Spanish Invasion

#38: Delicious Duke's mayonnaise, Gullah sweetgrass baskets, and a workshop on quilting history

#37: How SC landed BMW, a "4-sneeze" ginger ale, and a lecture from the Slave Dwelling Project

#36: Dave the Potter, Kate Fowler's Branch, and a lecture on "Unconventional Warfare in the Colonies"

#35: The Father of Modern Greenville, a vintage Krispy Kreme, and a lecture on Eliza Pinckney and her sons

#34: A 500 mile flight, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and 1700s Frontier New Years Eve Party

#33: A lady Patriot who set her house on fire, 96 golf clubs from Scotland, and a Civil War Italian banquet

#32: The "Southern Paul Revere," the Cherokee Nation, and the SC Historical Society's annual meeting

#31: The Greenville native who invented the laser + the many lives of the USS Yorktown

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#30: The heroine of the Battle of Cowpens, a Jewish patriot, and I want your opinion!

#29: Giant trees near Columbia, a self-taught topiary artist, and volunteering at the Coastal Discovery Museum

#28: The architect of the Washington Monument, a master blacksmith, and a Redcliffe Plantation Open House

#27: When Blackbeard blockaded Charleston, an Indian interpreter, and a hike at Charles Towne Landing

#26: German POWs eating SC BBQ, a doomed Gothic church, and a multi-generational work day

#25: A groundbreaking doctor, the country's first public sculpture garden, and a Gamecocks odyssey

#24: A controversial Pulitzer Prize, the day it rained fish in Tiller's Ferry, and a concert in the gardens

#23: A hero & astronaut from Lake City, Charleston's first botanist, and Captain Percival Drayton

#22: The lady who saved Mount Vernon, Washington's only trip to Charleston, and a lecture on Eliza Lucas Pinckney

#21: A 7-magnitude earthquake in Charleston, The Peachoid's cameo on House of Cards, and a rare SC wildflower

#20: The designer of Black Barbie, the illustrator of Rice Krispies, and an antique car show

#19: A Hollywood star at Greenville Little Theatre, movies filmed in SC, and a tour of Congaree Creek Civil War Battlefield

#18: Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones, a Spartan dog, and Women’s History Tour at the Joseph Manigault House

#17: Charleston's pineapple fountain, the first orchestra in British America, and the Charleston Time Machine

#16: Henry Laurens in the Tower, a Hollywood producer saves a modern icon in Yemassee, and Kids Fest at Hagood Mill

#15: Forgotten tapes of Martin Luther King, Jr., a Coke plant with an animal menagerie, and the SC250

#14: "Shaking a leg" in Mosquito Beach, healing waters in Blackville, and heroines of Charleston's past

#13: A woolly mammoth tooth, early SC currency, and British-occupied Charleston

#12: Nikola Tesla's influence on Anderson, SC, the founding of Hilton Head Island, and the legacy of The Black Panther

#11: The origins of the term "Sandlapper", founding mothers at Historic Brattonsville, and a beloved SC song

#10: A colonial game night, how "The Swamp Fox" got his name, and an African American patriot recognized 230 years late

#9: A concert at Woodrow Wilson's childhood home, eating historically-ground oatmeal, and ancient rock art

#8: A community fish fry, a nearly extinct Lowcountry horse breed, and a Gullah hero keeping tradition alive

#7: A "historic" new podcast, a great migration of Huguenots, and the last covered bridge in SC

#6: The asparagus capital of the world, a tunnel full of blue cheese, and Dizzy Gillespie

3-2-1: Happy belated Valentine's, an interactive love map, and the lover of Edgar Allen Poe

3-2-1: Black History Month highlights, a dance like a cold beer, and the origins of She-Crab soup

3-2-1: The mother of indigo, a stray dog named "Dumpy", and a "sip & stroll" at Drayton Hall

3-2-1: SC players in Super Bowl LVIII, a "shoeless" baseball player, and a galloping breakfast

3-2-1: Historic house tours, the Roman goddess of hope, and deflecting cannonballs

3-2-1: Army women, a 500 yr old tree, and a trusted advisor of FDR