Walter Edgar's Journal

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From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.

  1. Revolutionary voices

    3일 전

    Revolutionary voices

    This week we are recording in front of a live audience at part of South Carolina ETV and South Carolina Public Radio’s America 250 celebration. Our guests are Gen. Will Grimsley, Chair of the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250); and Molly Fortune, Chief Executive Officer, of SC250. Among the topics we’ll be covering today are South Carolina's role in the American Revolution, the work and mission of the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission, statewide commemorations and initiatives surrounding America's 250th anniversary, and historical perspectives and stories from South Carolina's Revolutionary era. Today's episode was recorded July 1, 2026.

    50분
  2. The South Carolina BBQ Project

    6월 19일

    The South Carolina BBQ Project

    This week we will be talking with Nathan Spainhour, author of The South Carolina BBQ Project (2025, Good Printed Things). Nathan is a designer and educator whose work explores the relationship between design, place, and cultural narrative. His book began as his MFA thesis in Graphic Design and has since evolved into an ongoing documentation of barbecue’s visual culture – from signage and typography to architecture and everyday ephemera – situated within the broader history of Southern foodways. The South Carolina BBQ Project is a lot of fun. Part history, part design study, and part love letter to the state’s most treasured foodway, the book explores the culture of barbecue across the Palmetto state.

    42분
  3. Murder in the Lowcountry? Call the Mudflats Murder Club

    6월 5일

    Murder in the Lowcountry? Call the Mudflats Murder Club

    This week our guest will be novelist Brian Thiem, from Hilton Head Island, and we'll be talking about his series of novels about the Mudflats Murder Club. Brian draws from his experience as a former detective and cold case investigator, to craft suspenseful stories set on the fictional Spartina Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry. His latest book in the series is A Killer in the Cordgrass (2026, Severn River Publishing/Simon and Schuster).

    33분

  4. 5월 15일

    South Carolina from A-Z in Depth - The Scrabble episode!

    This week our we are bringing you another episode in our occasional series which explores “South Carolina from A to Z” in depth. South Carolina from A to Z is our sister podcast that brings you “bite-sized,”one-minute topics from the South Carolina Encyclopedia.  Listeners Virgil and Mary Ann Hobbs suggested that our next episode of A-Z in depth focus on topics that begin with the letters that give Scrabble players their highest scores - what a great idea! So, today's topics begin with Q, X, or Z.

    31분
  5. Revelations: The Art of Leo Twiggs

    5월 1일

    Revelations: The Art of Leo Twiggs

    This week we will be talking with Sara from the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, art historian Frank Martin, and with artist Leo Twiggs about his exhibition at the Gibbes called Revelations: The Art of Leo Twiggs. At 92 years of age, Leo Twiggs has a perspective on life in South Carolina that covers fundamental changes in our state and our nation. His art is both intensely personal and a commentary of the struggles that both Black and White South Carolinians share. The show ends May 3rd at the Gibbes and opens at the Florence Museum June 1 for an extended run.

    44분
  6. Liberty is Sweet: The hidden history of the American Revolution

    4월 17일

    Liberty is Sweet: The hidden history of the American Revolution

    This week we are digging into our broadcast archives to bring you an encore of an episode that is perfect in this 250th-annivesary year of the start of the American Revolution.  Walter’s guest is Dr. Woody Holton of the University of South Carolina, and they will be talking about Horton’s book, Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution. (2021, Simon & Schuster). Liberty is Sweet has been described as a “deeply researched and bracing retelling” of the Revolution, which shows how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.

    47분
  7. Mary Whyte: An artist's life

    4월 3일

    Mary Whyte: An artist's life

    This week we will be talking with South Carolina watercolor artist Mary Whyte.  A traditionalist preferring a representational style, and the author of seven published books, Mary has earned awards for her large-scale watercolors. Today we’ll look back on Mary’s career and talk with her about her new book, An Artist's Life: Unlocking Creative Expression.

    30분
  8. Exploring "South Carolina from A to Z" - In depth,  redux

    3월 20일

    Exploring "South Carolina from A to Z" - In depth,  redux

    We had so much fun last time out, exploring topics featured in “South Carolina from A to Z,” that we decided to do it again! South Carolina from A to Z is our sister podcast – also broadcast each weekday on South Carolina Public Radio – that brings you “bite-sized," one-minute topics from the South Carolina Encyclopedia. This episode we have selected five new topics to explore

    27분
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From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.

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