CONVERSATIONS

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.

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.

This week Joan features a conversation with filmmaker Portia Cobb and also Elease Amos-Goodwin about the Moja Arts Festival.

This week Joan features a profile on the GRASS ROOTS sweetgrass basket project through

conversations with filmmaker Dana Sardet and project director Dale Rosengarten.

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.

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.

This week Joan features a conversation Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler

about the Democratic National Convention, and also local author Mary Alice Monroe.

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.

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.

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.