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Listen with purpose. NiA! - Episode 16

Pamela and Katie chat with local artist and advocate Darion McCloud about his current and upcoming projects (and reminisce about some old ones, too). They discuss the NiA Company's production of Together We Are Making a Poem in Honor of Life, showing this weekend, and reminisce over Pamela and Darion's days together in the Richland County Library children's room. Be prepared: After this podcast episode, you'll be itching to go to the theatre.

LINKS:
Together We Are Making a Poem in Honor of Life:
At EdVenture: http://tinyurl.com/nia-edv-com  
At Tapps Arts Center: http://tinyurl.com/nia-tapps-com 

Keep up with Darion's projects:
Friends of African American Art and Culture: https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-African-American-Art-and-Culture-at-CMA-260875844007097/ 
The NiA Company: https://www.facebook.com/niacompany/ 
Darion's website: http://www.darionmccloud.com/ 
http://www.columbiachildrenstheatre.com/ 

 

 

 

Cyber Safety with Joe Ryan of the Attorney General's Office - Episode 15

Katie and co-host Andersen chat with Joe Ryan of the SC Attorney General's Office about cyber bullying, internet crimes, and general cyber safety.

LINKS:
scsafetynet.com

A [Thursday] Afternoon with T.D. Johnston - Episode 14

Katie and Pamela sit down to interview T.D. Johnston of Short Story America on October 26, 2016 at Speaker @ the Center. Johnston's short stories have appeared in numerous acclaimed magazines and anthologies, including Hobart, PineStraw Magazine, Mulberry Fork Review, Literary Juice, Civil War Camp Chest, Rod Serling Books' inaugural anthology Submitted for Your Approval, and Short Story America anthologies of contemporary short fiction, where he serves as Publisher and Editor.

LINKS:
Speaker @ the Center: http://readsc.org/events
Johnston's Website: http://www.tdjohnston.com/
Short Story America: http://shortstoryamerica.com/

Wintertime Botany with Curator John Nelson - Episode 13

Pamela Hoppock and guest hosts Sean Gruber and Andersen Cook chat with Dr. John Nelson, curator of USC's A.C. Moore Herbarium. The interview touches on the herbarium's history, Dr. Nelson's winter botany talk, his discovery of a new species of hedge nettle, and, of course, the smelling of sticks.

LINKS:
A.C. Moore Herbarium homepage: http://herbarium.biol.sc.edu/
Herbarium contact information: http://herbarium.biol.sc.edu/contact.html
Browse the herbarium's digitized collections: http://herbarium.biol.sc.edu/floracaroliniana/
Read about the discovery of Stachys caroliniana: http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2014/11_stachys_caroliniana_john_nelson.php#.WK3M0W8rKUk

An Interview with Cecil Williams - Episode 12

Pamela Hoppock, Katie Simmons and guest host Monique Walker talk with the multitalented Cecil Williams about his history and experiences as a photographer during the American Civil Rights Movement, and he shares the stories behind some of his incredible photographs. 

Cecil Williams' wesbite: http://www.cecilwilliams.com/
Learn about the FilmToaster: http://www.filmtoaster.photography/
State Library Black History Month events: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/news/come-celebrate-black-history-month-south-carolina-state-library 

Music credit: https://www.freesound.org/people/Tristan_Lohengrin/sounds/257845/