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June 27, 2009	On this final episode of CONVERSATIONS, Joan highlights many of her past guests.
June 20, 2009	This week Joan features a special segment on the Charleston Area Childrens Garden Project, interviewing project director Darlena Goodwin.
June 13, 2009	This week Joan interviews local musician Charlton Singleton and also Jermaine Husser, Executive Director of the Lowcountry Food Bank.
June 6, 2009	This week Joan interviews local journalist and author Ken Burger and also Leroy Lewis and Al Miller about the annual Island Heritage Festival on James Island.
May 30, 2009	This week Joan interviews Neesah Patel and Atiya McPherson about the Trident Area Boys and Girls Clubs and also sociologist and author Andrew Cherlin about his book, THE MARRIAGE GO ROUND.
May 23, 2009	This week Joan interviews Ellen Dressler-Moryl, founder and director of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and also Todd McNerney, director of the Stelle Di Domani Theatre Series.
May 16, 2009	This week Joan interviews Bill Schlitt about his upcoming theater productions and also founder/President of the CSO Gospel Choir Lee Pringle and director Sandra Barnhardt.
May 9, 2009	This week Joan interviews Sloan Cooper, director of Pattison's Academy in Charleston, and musician Jacqueline Schwab.
May 2, 2009	This week Joan interviews Dan Kindlon an expert on child psychology and Hank Cordello, author of STUFFED.
December 25, 2008	This week Joan features a special holiday show of music.
December 18, 2008	This week Joan interviews local author Kate Jerome and also Ron Tschetter, director of the Peace Corps.
December 11, 2008	This week Joan features a special segment on caring for the elderly in South Carolina.
December 4, 2008	This week Joan interviews Rev. Tony McDade about holiday carriage rides in Greenville to assist the homeless, and also author Andrew Bridge on his memoirs about growing up in foster care.
November 27, 2008	This week Joan interviews author Antoinette Bosco about coping with grief and also has a conversation with musician Suzanne McDermott.
November 20, 2008	This week Joan features conversations with local author Nicole Seitz, jazz personality Lorraine Gordon, and opera instructor Dave Templeton.
November 13, 2008	This week Joan features conversations with local veterans in recognition of National Veterans Awareness Week.
November 6, 2008	This week Joan features conversations with Eileen Chepenik, executive director of the Trident Literacy Association, and Bobby Cremins, head coach of the College of Charleston basketball team.
October 30, 2008	This week Joan features conversations with Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain and also Scott Huffman about the Winthrop ETV poll initiative.
October 23, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with Carolyn Lecque from South Carolina's Foreclosure task force and also musician Hope Nunnery, originally from South Carolina.
October 16, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with Paula Juras about the sister study, one of the largest breast cancer research efforts in the nation, and also author and cancer survivor Marissa Marchetto about her personal experiences.
October 9, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd, and also talks to Subi Mathur about the Toastmasters Club.
October 2, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with Patricia Ferguson, coordinator of the statewide initiative Personal Pathways to Success. Also featured is Enrique Graff, founder and artistic director of the International Piano Series at the College of Charleston and also Bill Schlit, who tells about the annual interfaith event, Hymnfest.
September 25, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with NY TIMES foreign correspondent and author Dexter Philkins, and also a segment with maestro David Stahl on his 25th year with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
September 18, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with filmmaker Portia Cobb and also Elease Amos-Goodwin about the Moja Arts Festival.
September 11, 2008	This week Joan features a profile on the GRASS ROOTS sweetgrass basket project through conversations with filmmaker Dana Sardet and project director Dale Rosengarten.
September 4, 2008	This week Joan features Todd Sedmak from the U.S. Department of Commerce about the upcoming analog to digital television conversion, Barbarba Austin, state coordinator for the BOLD initiative, and Anita Zucker about Trident United Way's Day of Caring.
August 28, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with Joanna Burgos, Press Secretary for the Republican National Convention, and also author Andrew Bridge on his memoirs about growing up in foster care.
August 21, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler about the Democratic National Convention, and also local author Mary Alice Monroe.
August 14, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with political cartoonist Ann Telnaes and also Alia Sabur, a genius recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest college professor in history.
August 7, 2008	This week Joan features a conversation with William "Buck" Godfrey, author and former member of the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Stars baseball team.
July 31, 2008	This week Joan features re-broadcasts of conversations with Pulitzer-nominated author and speaker Clifton Taulbert, about building community, and also CofC professor and author Chris Lamb.
July 24, 2008	This week Joan features re-broadcasts of conversations with local writer Bryan Penberthy, marine biologist Jason Crichton, and Bobby Bellah and Marty Richard about their pluff mud t-shirts.
July 17, 2008	This week Joan features a special segment on Charlestonian Thomalind Martin Polite and how research led her to discover her ancestor named Priscilla, a child brought from Africa to America as a slave.
July 10, 2008	This week Joan features a re-broadcast of a conversation with local jazz singer Ann Caldwell.
July 3, 2008	This week Joan features a re-broadcast of last year's special segment on WWII veterans.
June 26, 2008	This week Joan has a discussion about epilepsy with Dr. Braxton Wannamaker and Erin Davis.
June 19, 2008	This week Joan interviews local author Nicole Seitz. Also featured on the program is Calvin Reginald Greene and Henry Clay Middleton, Sr. with information about the Island Heritage Festival.
June 12, 2008	This week Joan interviews Ron Tschetter, director of the Peace Corps, and Otha Meadows, director of the Charleston Trident Urban League, Incorporated.
June 5, 2008	This week Joan interviews professional photographer Jack Alterman and also College of Charleston Theatre Department Chair Todd McNerney about the theatre offerings of Piccolo Spoleto.
May 29, 2008	This week Joan concludes her four-part series, WILL YOU STILL NEED ME WHEN I'M 64, examining numerous topics related to aging in South Carolina.
May 22, 2008	This week Joan continues her four-part series, WILL YOU STILL NEED ME WHEN I'M 64, with part three, examining numerous topics related to aging in South Carolina. Also featured is a conversation with Ellen Dressler-Moryl about Piccolo Spoleto.
May 15, 2008	This week Joan continues her four-part series, WILL YOU STILL NEED ME WHEN I'M 64, with part two, examining numerous topics related to aging in South Carolina.
May 8, 2008	This week Joan begins a four-part series, WILL YOU STILL NEED ME WHEN I'M 64, examining numerous topics related to aging in South Carolina.
May 1, 2008	This week Joan features a rebroadcast of a special documentary entitled A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM about foster mother Claudia Bing.
April 24, 2008	This week Joan interviews Tom Sweeny and Elizabeth Willis about the upcoming CONVERSATIONS series on aging in South Carolina. In the happenings segment, Joan has a conversation with Summer Spooner and Brian Peacher about the Charleston International Film Festival, and also Leon Patterson about a special exhibit at the Spartanburg Art Museum.
April 17, 2008	This week Joan interviews local author Beth Webb Hart and also ETV's Beryl Dakers about the week long series of programming about homelessness titled GIVE ME SHELTER.
April 10, 2008	This week Joan interviews Michael White, author of the book THE SOUL CATCHER and John Cameron of the Treasury Department about the new design for the five dollar bill. Also included is a brief profile of jazz musician Rick Simerly.
April 3, 2008	This week Joan interviews award-winning actress Jane Alexander and also composer Meira Warshauer about her album STREAMS IN THE DESERT.
March 27, 2008	This week Joan interviews Pulitzer-nomimated author and speaker Clifton Taulbert about building community, and the Honorable Lucille Whipper about a benefit for the organization Lowcountry Aid to Africa.
March 20, 2008	This week Joan interviews Carrie Ben-Yisrael, Program Coordinator and Academic Advisor for the Upward Bound Program at the College of Charletson, local singer "Soulful Sam" Singleton, and College of Charleston music student Andrew Walker about his original arrangements of the music of Radiohead.
March 13, 2008	This week Joan interviews Osei Chandler, Director of the Educational Opportunity Center at Trident Technical College. Also on the show is an informative segment on pluff mud featuring Jason Crichton from the South Carolina Aquarium and mud handlers Bobby Bellah and Marty Richard who are using pluff mud to market shirts.
March 6, 2008	This week Joan interviews Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir founder Lee Pringle and conductor Glenn Nixon, and also Tacy Edwards and Carol Lou Yeager about the Charleston Symphony Orchestra League's designer showhouse fundraiser.
February 28, 2008	This week Joan interviews Todd Sedmak, Director of Communications with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration about the coupons for digital to analog convertor boxes for televisions. Also on the show is Kristi Arledge talking about the Activate South Carolina initiative to promote health education and fitness, and Jason Nichols, Director of the Charleston Concert Association.
February 21, 2008	This week Joan interviews author Orville Vernon Burton about his book THE AGE OF LINCOLN, and also Trevor Weston and Jack McCray about some of the musical offerings during the week-long tribute to lowcountry artist Jonathan Greene.
February 14, 2008	This week Joan interviews author Sherman Pyatt about his book BURKE HIGH SHCOOL 1894 to 2006, Simon Lewis about upcoming Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World events, and Subi Mathur and Joyce Mennon about the India Association of Greater Charleston.
February 7, 2008	This week Joan interviews Cleveland Sellers and Jack Bass about the Orangeburg Massacre and also filmmaker Marco Williams about his documentary BANISHED.
January 31, 2008	This week Joan interviews state democratic party chairwoman Carol Fowler about the Presidential race and musician Gary Irwin about the Lowcountry Blues Bash.
January 24, 2008	This week Joan interviews Brian McGee about politics and the ongoing bully pulpit series at the College of Charleston, and also musicians Lee Chin and Natalia Khoma about the Charleston Music Fest Chamber Music Celebration.
January 17, 2008	This week Joan interviews Dr. Carolyn Thiedke and Dr. Paul DeMarco about the organization South Carolinians for Universal Health Care. Also on the show is CofC professor Chris Lamb discussing his humorous book "I'll Be Sober in the Morning," and Sister Mary Joseph Ritter to tell about the Our Lady of Mercy Outreach's annual fundraising event.
January 10, 2008	This week Joan interviews Dr. Braxton Wannamaker and Erin Davis about epilepsy.
January 3, 2008	This week Joan interviews Dr. Patrick O'Neal about making and keeping new years' resolutions.
December 27, 2007	This week Joan features a special documentary entitled A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM about foster mother Claudia Bing.
December 20, 2007	This week Joan features a special holiday show of music.
December 13, 2007	This week Joan interviews pianist Leon Fleisher and also actor Clarence Felder and musician Sandra Nikolajevs. There is also another segment of TALKING MUSIC with Charleston Symphony conductor David Stahl.
December 6, 2007	This week Joan interviews author Liza Mundy about her book EVERYTHING CONCEIVABLE: HOW ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IS CHANGING MEN, WOMEN AND THE WORLD, and also Gail Kitch and Nancy Banov about the PBS special DIALOGUES IN DEMOCRACY.
November 29, 2007	This week Joan interviews Lorraine Gordon, owner of the legendary Village Vanguard jazz club in New York City, and local filmmaker Brad Jayne.
November 22, 2007	This week Joan interviews best-selling local author Mary Alice Monroe, internationally reknowned local percussionist Quentin Baxter, and Ellen Dressler-Moryl from the City of Charleston's Office of Cultural Affairs.
November 15, 2007	This week Joan continues her series of interviews with the spouses of the presidential candidates, with Cindy McCain. Joan also speaks with Boyce Blanks about alpaca farming in South Carolina, and Tony McDade about holiday carriage rides in Greenville to assist the homeless.
November 8, 2007	This week Joan continues her series of interviews with the spouses of the presidential candidates, with Ann Romney. Joan also speaks with retired Charleston physician Dr. Charles Banov about the book he wrote, THE OFFICE UPSTAIRS. Also, there is another segment of TALKING MUSIC with Charleston Symphony conductor David Stahl.
November 1, 2007	This week Joan begins a series of interviews with the spouses of the presidential candidates, starting with Michelle Obama. Joan also profiles WWII ace pilot John Truluck along with information about the National Veteran's Day celebration to be held in Charleston from Tracey Irwin.
October 25, 2007	This week Joan interviews Dr. Adolphus Belk, designer of a groundbreaking poll of S.C. African-American voters, Jermaine Husser, Executive Director of the Lowcountry Food Bank, and Sarh Koch, co-founder of the Development In Gardening Project.
October 18, 2007	This week Joan interviews Paula Scarborough-Juras of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences about the breast cancer research effort called the SISTER STUDY. Also on the show is Rossie Coulter from the Philip Simmons Foundation.
October 11, 2007	This week Joan interviews internationally-renowned pianist Leon Fleisher and Wevonneda Minis about the ROOTS AND BRANCHES geneaological conference. There is also a new segment of TALKING MUSIC with Charleston Symphony Orchestra conductor David Stahl.
October 4, 2007	This week Joan interviews a domestic violence survivor for National Domestic Violence Awareness month, Dr. Michael Vinson, Director of Counseling and Substance Abuse Services at the College of Charleston about adolescent suicide prevention, and Morgan Smoak about the Out of the Darkness Community Walks to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
September 27, 2007	This week Joan interviews Annalyn Swann, co-author of the book ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD: HOW THE FORBES 400 MAKE AND SPEND THEIR FORTUNES, and also Elease Amos-Goodwin about the MOJA Arts Festival.
September 20, 2007	This week Joan presents a special program on WWII veterans in support of Ken Burns' series THE WAR.
September 13, 2007	This week Joan interviews Cynthia Bledsoe and Carol Ann Davis about THE BIG READ, and Riddick Lynch about Chazzfest. Also featured is a new segment of TALKING MUSIC with David Stahl of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
September 6, 2007	This week Joan interviews Charleston County School Superintendent Nancy McGinley, Terry Helwig founder of the Thread Project, and Bernie Price about the Red Rose Tea Day, an annual tribute to foster grandparents.
August 30, 2007	This week Joan interviews singer/songwriter Suzanne McDermott and also Carl Sobocinski about the Southern Exposure event in Greenville, SC.
August 23, 2007	This week Joan interviews local poet and winner of the National Poetry Review Book Prize, Bryan Penberthy, and also Robert Dickson, Charleston's "Singing Chef."
August 16, 2007	This week Joan interviews nationally-known local author Brett Lott, and Catherine Malloy from the Charleston area League of Women Voters.
August 9, 2007	This week Joan interviews Carol Fowler, the first woman selected to chair the S.C. Democratic Party, and also there is a new segment of TALKING MUSIC with Charleston Symphony Conductor David Stahl.
August 2, 2007	This week Joan interviews veteran political reporter Al May and also Carol Dar, Director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet at Georgetown University, about political reporting on the internet.
July 26, 2007	This week Joan interviews College of Charletson theater professor, Joy Vandervort-Cobb, and her former student, actor Julia Burns.
July 19, 2007	This week Joan interviews Osei Chandler, project director of the Education Opportunity Center at Trident Technical College, and also Mark Thomas, choir director for the Cathedral Girls' Chorus in Charleston.
July 12, 2007	This week Joan interviews Harriett Grady-Thomas about the beach music and shag festival, and also there is another segment of the monthly series TALKING MUSIC with Charleston Symphony Orchestra conductor David Stahl.
July 5, 2007	This week Joan interviews Parnessa Seele about the Balm in Gilead, an organization she founded to educate people about the AIDS virus. Joan also speaks with Ryan Cockrell and Shannon Smith from Pour it Now, a group working to get a skateboarding park in the Charleston area. Lese Corrigan is also interviewed about the annual Palette and Palate Stroll fundraiser.
June 28, 2007	This week Joan profiles the newly realigned Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina with Jane Locke and Nina Sossaman-Pogue and also interviews Gibbes Museum curator Angela Mack.
June 21, 2007	This week Joan interviews Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley and City of Charleston employee Teresa Tabor about the Diabetes Ten City Challenge initiative. Also, Joan has a conversation with Eleanor Kinlaw-Ross, founder and executive producer of the 2007 Island Heritage Festival.
June 14, 2007	This week Joan interviews Cole Miller, founder of No More Victims about helping children that are victims from the war in Iraq. Also there is a new segment of TALKING MUSIC.
June 7, 2007	This week Joan interviews Charleston County School Superintendant Maria Goodloe-Johnson before she says goodbye, filmmaker Len Morris about his documentary STOLEN CHILDHOODS, and Gwen Baker about the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregancy.
May 31, 2007	This week Joan interviews Lorraine Gordon, the eighty-four year old owner of New York's famous jazz club, the Village Vanguard. Also on the the show, a conversation with composers Edward Hart and Trevor Weston.
May 24, 2007	This week Joan interviews Mel Rauton about the Diabetes Ten City Challenge program, Mitch Carnell about Say Something Nice Day, and Art Gilliard about his production of IT AINT NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES.
May 17, 2007	This week Joan interviews master storyteller and flutist Hawk Hurst about the Stories For Life Festival, and CofC theatre professor Todd McNerney about theatre performances during Piccolo Spoleto.
May 10, 2007	TThis week Joan interviews South Carolina authour Clemmie Webber, and in this month's segment of TALKING MUSIC with CSO conductor David Stahl, guest Ellen Dressler-Moryl discusses events at Piccolo Spoleto.
May 03, 2007	This week Joan interviews psychologist Dr. Barbara Steinberg about Parental Alienation Syndrome, and author Liza Mundy about her book EVERYTHING CONCEIVABLE: HOW ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IS CHANGING MEN, WOMEN, AND THE WORLD.
April 26, 2007	This week Joan interviews Scott Bono, founder of the National Autism Association, Marcia Atkinson and Barbara Gathers from the YWCA about their skills building program, Working Opportunities for Women, and John Rogers, President of Walterboro's Rice Festival Board of Directors.
April 19, 2007	Joan interviews Boyce Blanks about raising alpacas in South Carolina, and composer David Maves about his upcoming retirement from the College of Charleston.
April 12, 2007	Joan interviews playwright John Culbertson from Greenville, composer Meira Warshauer from Columbia, and there is a new segment of the monthly series "Talking Music" with Charleston Symphony Orchestra conductor David Stahl.
April 5, 2007	Joan interviews South Carolina Superintendent of Education Dr. Jim Rex, and also local filmmaker Mike Kirk about his new documentary, AMERICA'S ILIAD, THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
March 29, 2007	Joan interviews local author Mary Alice Monroe, author Ann Zemke on the subject of orphan train riders, and Mandi Starnes about upcoming events in the Charleston County Parks.
March 22, 2007	Joan interviews Dr. Bertha Madras, Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Policy Control on the topic of random student drug testing, and also Dr. Steven Hooker on obesity prevention in South Carolina.
March 15, 2007	Joan interviews Skip Johnson, Vice President for the group South Carolinians For Drug Law Reform about random student drug testing, and also filmmaker Rachel Lyon, co-producer of RACE TO EXECUTION, a documentary examining racial discrimination in the justice system.
March 8, 2007	Joan interviews jazz percussionist Quentin Baxter, and there is a new segment of the monthly series "Talking Music" with Charleston Symphony Orchestra conductor David Stahl.
March 1, 2007	Joan interviews House Majority Whip, Congressman James Clyburn.
February 22, 2007	Joan features a special segment on preparing for the next pandemic influenza, interviewing Dr. Linda Bell, Director of Clinical Services for the Department of Health and Environmental Control Health Services, and Phyllis Beasley, the State Pandemic Influenza Response Coordinator with the Office of Public Health Preparedness.
February 15, 2007	Joan interviews Lawrence Wright, author of THE LOOMING TOWER: AL QAEDA AND THE ROAD TO 9-11. Joan also talks with blues and soul musician Johnny Rawls.
February 8, 2007	Joan Mack interviews Michael Feldman, the host of NPR's popular show, Whad'ya Know? Joan also talks with professional violinist and Charleston native Samuel Thompson, known internationally as "the Katrina violinist." And there is a new segment of the monthly series "Talking Music" with Charleston Symphony Orchestra conductor David Stahl.
February 1, 2007	Joan interviews skipper Pete Bethune of the Earthrace team, local bluesman Gary Irwin about the Lowcountry Blues Bash, and Steve Lepre about the Philip Simmons Project.
January 25, 2007	Joan interviews children's librarian Catherine Threadgill about Born to Read, Scott Baddley about Shrinkdown South Carolina, and Art Galliard about his production of August Wilson's play JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE.
January 18, 2007	Joan interviews Sister Mary Joseph, director of the Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach, Lorraine McDermott about the OLM fund-raising auction, and internationally known pianist Marina Lomazov.
January 11, 2007	Joan goes on location to Robert's of Charleston, to interview the SINGING CHEF, Robert Dickson. Also featured is the first episode of the new monthly series, TALKING MUSIC, hosted by Charleston Symphony conductor David Stahl.
January 4, 2007	Joan features a special segment on keeping New Year's Resolutions, interviewing Patrick O'Neal from MUSC's Weight Management Center.
December 28, 2006	Joan interviews author Karinna Gore-Schiff about her book LIGHTING THE WAY: NINE WOMEN WHO CHANGED MODERN AMERICA, and also local author Subi Mathur, about the children's books that she writes.
December 21, 2006	Joan features a special musical segment on Charleston's Cathedral Girls Chorus, and interviews their director, Mark Thomas.
December 14, 2006	Joan interviews local novelist Beth Webb Hart, and also Ann Irwin, owner of Charleston's only winery and vineyard.
December 7, 2006	Joan interviews Rev. Tony McDade about carriage rides in Greenville to help the homeless. Also featured is this month's segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS. Host Jack McCray talks with Goose Creek native Bob Belden about his experiences in the world of jazz music.
November 30, 2006	Joan interviews Barbara Diligard, project director of the statewide initiative, Take Back Our Youth, and CofC choral professor Robert Taylor about the annual Yuletide Madrigal Feast.
November 23, 2006	Joan interviews Todd Smith, executive director of the Gibbes Museum of Art. Also featured is a segment on Charleston's legendary blacksmith, Philip Simmons.
November 16, 2006	Joan interviews Mitch Carnell about effective communication, and also Leroy Lewis about Upward Bound's Books for Kids project.
November 9, 2006	Joan interviews Jermaine Husser, executive director of the Lowcountry Food Bank, and resident director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Scott Terrell.
November 2, 2006	Joan interviews James Bradley, author of the book FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Also featured on the show, this month's segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS. Host Jack McCray talks with local avant garde composer Richard Moryl.
October 26, 2006	Joan interviews Carolyn Mataline, co-editor of the book COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON VOICES, jazz pianist Kevin Bales, and College of Charleston professor Simon Lewis about the symposium on Lowcountry Camp Meetings.
October 19, 2006	Joan features a segment on domestic violence awareness. Also on the show, Joan talks with violinist Lee-Chin about the Charleston Music Fest, and also to Tim Carter about the annual Sphinx Runfest in Greenville.
October 12, 2006	Joan devotes the show to breast cancer awareness, interviewing several survivors.
October 5, 2006	Joan has a conversation with two members of the Terranova Trio at the College of Charleston. Also featured is this month's segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS. Host Jack McCray talks with South Carolina blues, jazz, and spirituals vocalist Ann Caldwell.
September 28, 2006	Joan interviews Elease Amos-Goodwin, about the 13th annual MOJA Arts Festival, Art Galliard about the play, LITTLE HAM being performed during the MOJA Arts Festival, and Mandi Starnes about the Hispana Festival in Charleston.
September 21, 2006	Joan interviews conductor David Stahl of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and also College of Charleston music and voice professor, Deanna McBroom.
September 14, 2006	Joan interviews Charleston County School Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and College of Charleston education professor Paula Egelson.
September 7, 2006	Joan interviews former CofC director of Public Safety Donald Cronin about the firefighter nephew that he lost on September 11th. Also featured is a new segment of the monthly series SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS. Host Jack McCray interviews Patterson Hood of the Drive By Truckers, Drink Small, and festival promoter Riddick Lynch from the 1st Annual Charleston Music and Heritage Festival.
August 31, 2006	Joan interviews author Antoinette Bosco about coping with grief and also has a conversation with musician Suzanne McDermott.
August 24, 2006	Joan has a conversation with artist and South Carolina native Jonathan Green about the painting he created for A CELEBRATION OF PLACE at Mepkin Abbey to recongize the slaves buried there and their contributions.
August 17, 2006	Joan interviews various teens and college employees for a segment about how one can make a successful transition from high school to college.
August 10, 2006	Joan interviews author Lawrence Wright about his book THE LOOMING TOWER: AL QAEDA AND THE ROAD TO 9-11. Also featured is a conversation with College of Charleston theatre professor Todd McNerney about the production of KING LEAR at the college.
August 3, 2006	Joan interviews local artist and author Mary Whyte, and Jack McCray continues his conversation with legendary jazz percussionist Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim in this segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS.
July 27, 2006	Joan interviews former Negro League Baseball athlete Clifford Layton, and also Charleston Riverdogs Director of Sales Harold Kraw about the ceremony to recognize him.
July 20, 2006	Joan interviews Karen Hurley, the first woman from the U.S. to head the World Union of Catholic Women's Organization. Also a segment on pet therapy explores the important role that pets can play in healing.
July 13, 2006	Joan interviews two outstanding nonagenarians: legendary classical pianist Earl Wilde and South Carolina author Dr. Clemmie Weber.
July 6, 2006	Joan interviews Joe Sylvan about a fundrasier sponsored by the Charleston Fine Arts Dealers' Assn. Also included is a segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS featuring South Carolina blues guitarist Shane Pruitt.
June 29, 2006	This week features an entire show dedicated to Charleston's legendary blacksmith, Philip Simmons.
June 22, 2006	Joan interviews local novelist Beth Webb Hart, and also Ann Irwin, owner of Charleston's only winery and vineyard.
June 15, 2006	Joan interviews Julia Reichart, the producer of A LION IN THE HOUSE, a documentary about children battling cancer, and also Eleanor Kinlow-Ross about the Island Heritage Festival.
June 8, 2006	Joan interviews author Larry Smith about his book on Marine drill instructors, and also journalists Larry Smith and Marvin Kalb about embedded journalists.
June 1, 2006	Joan interviews author Beverly Poitier-Henderson. Also included is a segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS featuring part one of a conversation that host Jack McCray had with legendary jazz percussionist Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim.
May 25, 2006	Joan interviews the founder of the most successful marketing firm in the Carolinas, David Rawle. Also featured is South Carolina musician Shane Clark.
May 18, 2006	Joan interviews Ellen Dressler Moryl and Todd McNerney about the many events featured during the Piccolo Spoleto arts festival in Charleston.
May 11, 2006	Joan interviews Lavoya Rhodes and Claudia Bing for a program about foster care.
May 4, 2006	Joan interviews political cartoonist Ann Telnaes. Also included is a segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS featuring musician Rob Savoy.
April 27, 2006	Joan interviews Jennifer Owensby on her documentary of her brother, THE TEACHINGS OF JON. brother.
April 20, 2006	Joan interviews Antonio Richardson, a spouse of a cancer victim, and Mike McCurrey, former White House Press Secretary.
April 13, 2006	Joan interviews childrens' librarian Catherine Threadgill about the Born to Read Program, and Byron Rucker about the Main Street Jazz festival in Greenville.
April 6, 2006	Joan interviews David Walsh, an expert on understanding teenagers. Also included is a segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS, featuring zydeco musician Chubby Carrier.
March 30, 2006	Joan interviews College of Charleston President Lee Higdon and author James Bradley.
March 23, 2006	Joan interviews Gary Small, an expert on memory, and also Lee Pringle and Brad Jayne about a documentary featuring the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir.
March 16, 2006	Joan interviews filmmaker Liz Oakley and cancer survivor Linda Rock about cancer survivors competing in Dragon Boat racing.
March 9, 2006	Joan interviews author Karinna Gore-Schiff about her book LIGHTING THE WAY: 9 WOMEN WHO CHANGED MODERN AMERICA, and also College of Charleston education professor Paula Egelson.
March 2, 2006	Joan interviews Mitch Carnell on the subject of effective communication. Also included is a segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS, featuring South Carolina musician Danielle Howle.
February 23, 2006	Joan interviews local author Joyce Coakley about her book on sweetgrass basket traditions. Also featured is an interview with Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward P. Jones about his book, THE KNOWN WORLD.
February 16, 2006	Joan interviews author Eric Peterson about his book on Thomas Jefferson, and also College of Charleston music professor Edward Hart about an upcoming concert.
February 9, 2006	Joan interviews local childrens' book author Subi Mathur and also Gary Irwin about the Lowcountry Blues Bash.
January 26, 2006	Joan interviews Theresa Norris, director of the Center for Capital Litigation on the subject of capital punishment. Also interviewed is College of Charleston music Professor William Gudger about the Mozart Project, celebrating the 250th anniversary of this composer's birth.
January 19, 2006	Joan interviews author, songwriter and College of Charleston English professor Paul Allen, and also Martha Stevenot about the Gifts from the Heart auction, a fundraiser for the Our Lady of Mercy Outreach on John's Island.
January 12, 2006	Joan interviews College of Charleston English professor Dr.Sara Powell about standards and accountability in teaching, and also Joyce Nesmith about Beyond Our Walls, a project to help get parents involved with schools.
January 5, 2006	Joan interviews Dr. Patrick O Neal about effective weight management. Also included is a segment of SOUTHERN ROOTS AND NEW OFFSHOOTS, featuring South Carolina musician Quentin Baxter.

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