Opening (0:00:00)Happy Birthday to Us! (0:00:51)

• An Acapella Happy Birthday Song (by Sonny Vande Putte on YouTube)
• Our very first episode: Let 'em ALL debate President Biden?
• The All About Nothing Podcast
• What the Pod Was That?

On the Campaign Trail (0:17:57)

• Francie Kleckley for SC Senate
• Jessicka Spearman for SC Senate
• Clemson Turregano for SC State House
• SC Festival of Discovery in Greenwood, SC
• Buena Vista Latin Cafe

Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump (0:28:30 )

• Here's what we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter (Reuters)
• Biden campaign pulling ads in wake of Trump rally shooting (Fox News)
• Biden says ‘everybody must condemn’ attack on Trump and later speaks with ex-president (AP)
• Donald Trump shooting video: US Secret Service in focus over security lapse after video goes viral (Economic Times)
• Trump tells supporters 'we have to get over it' after Iowa school shooting (NBC News)

 Non-certified Teachers in the Classroom (0:47:38)

• SC House advances bill to address teacher shortages with non-certified instructors (WLTX News19)
• Program of Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE)
• More than 1,600 teacher vacancies at start of school year in SC, report shows (WCNC)

South Carolina Implement Statewide Book Ban Policy (0:57:50)

• The cost of runoffs and ranked choice voting (FairChoice)
• S.C. book ban denounced by free speech advocates (Statehouse Report)
• South Carolina enacts strict book ban (The National Desk)

Ascent Classical Academy Charter School (1:05:36)

• 'Confusion, shock and frustration' | Parents outraged as permit issue delays Irmo school opening by a year (WTLX News19)
• Proposed SC charter schools with religious ties would focus on 'Western tradition' (Post & Courier)
• Hillsdale College campus has high risk of rape due to its failed response, lawsuit says (The Detroit News)
• Sex, lies and suicide (Salon.com)
• Ascent Classical Receives Unanimous Approval for Three Additional Campuses in South Carolina (Newswire.com)
• Erskine College stiffed on $1M loan to charter school operator, lawsuit claims (The State)

Greenwood, SC - The Murder Capital of the US? (1:17:17)

• Why Greenwood, S.C., Is Not U.S. Murder Capital (National Criminal Justice Association)
• The Curious Case of Greenwood, South Carolina (Jeff-alytics)

Closing (1:22:30)

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