MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011
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Considering the sin tax. Dr. Bob Becker, former director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs talks with Dr. Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, an Alumna Professor Emerita of Economics at Clemson University and Senior Fellow at the Strom Thurmond Institute. Dr. Ulbrich is the author or co-author of a number of Citizen’s Guides including: Local Governments and Home Rule in South Carolina and Paying for Government in South Carolina. This conversation first aired on June 15, 2009.
Roots music of South Carolina. Bob McAnally speaks with John Fowler, New Harmonies scholar and co-producer with artist Glen Miller of Story, Song and Image, an exhibition on SC traditional music currently on display along with the Smithsonian's New Harmonies traveling exhibit at the Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery. Listen to an earlier conversation on Fowler’s work with New Harmonies in the Archives for Thursday, April 7, 2011.
The ecosystems within and beyond the National Parks. Peter Kent talks with Tanya Shenk, a landscape ecologist with the National Park Service Biological Resource Management Division about her work on biological issues arising from climate change, energy development, habitat fragmentation, and migratory species within and beyond the National Parks borders. Dr. Shenk was a participant in an international Sea Eagle Conference held in February 2011 at the Madren Conference Center in Clemson, SC.
Pianist Alon Goldstein. Mickey Harder, director of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts and NPR music commentator Miles Hoffman visit with Alon Goldstein following his solo recital of works by Chopin, Beethoven, Ligeti, and Janacek at Clemson University. The concert was part of the University’s awarding-winning Utsey Chamber Music Series, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this season.
Pests in the pantry. Dr. Eric Benson, Clemson Extension Urban Entomologist in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences compares notes on the Indian Meal Moth and other stored product pests with Cam Lay, assistant head of the Department of Pesticide Regulation. More information is available at the Clemson Entomology website.
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2011
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Cicada Alert! A live call-in opportunity to ask about cicadas and other insects, spiders and household pests. Charlotte Holt fields listener questions to Dr. Eric Benson, Clemson Extension Urban Entomologist in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences. Listeners may call in with questions or observations via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859. Additional insect information is available at the Clemson Entomology website. The 13-year periodical cicadas (Brood XIX) which went underground in 1998 has recently emerged. To learn more and to serve as a citizen scientist by reporting your sightings of this red-eyed insect, visit the ClemsonCicada site, USC's Cicadas in South Carolina or the SC Forestry Commission 13-Year Cicada page. View Dr. Benson among the Lake Murray cicadas.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011
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A live call-in hour on pet healthcare issues. Dr. Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences hosts Dr. Nathan Craddock of Tiger Town Animal Hospital in Clemson and Dr. Tony Holtzclaw of Pickens Animal Hospital. Listeners may call in with questions about their pets' medical care, nutritional needs, or preventive treatments via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011
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Trends in Southern growth and development. Donna London, director of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Ted Abernathy, executive director of the Southern Growth Policy Board about what the 2010 US Census reveals about the South and its projected future.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Life History Center. Bob Schuster talks with Ret. Major General Charles Bolden, current NASA Administrator and former space shuttle astronaut, who spoke about the life of South Carolina native and Challenger astronaut Ron McNair at the January 28 dedication of the Ronald E. McNair Life History Center in Lake City, SC on the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
The SC State Farmers Markets. Clemson University professor emerita Libby Hoyle visits with David Tompkins, director of the SC State Farmers Markets at the new Market facility in West Columbia, the largest of the three regional State Farmers Markets operated by the SC Department of Agriculture. For more information on choosing, preparing, and preserving produce, visit the Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center (HGIC). Additional discussions of the SC State Farmers Markets can be found in the 2011 Your Day Archives for Thursday, May 5, Thursday, April 21, and Thursday, March 3.
Reducing dependency on the oil market. Kathy Kegley of Synchora, LLC, speaks with Dr. David Bodde, professor of innovation at CU-ICAR and a senior fellow in the Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership, about the automotive industry's transition to more sustainable mobility.
