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Understand SC is a weekly podcast from The Post and Courier bringing you the biggest stories shaping our state. Featuring in-depth conversations with reporters and original interviews with newsmakers,... more
FAQs about Understand SC:How many episodes does Understand SC have?The podcast currently has 150 episodes available.
June 25, 2019Conversion therapyGay conversion therapy – which aims to suppress or eradicate a person’s LGBTQ identity – has been condemned by most major medical groups. Fourteen states have barred professionals from offering it. Majcrowicz and Wildeman identified 22 ministries, churches and practitioners across the Southeast, with at least nine operating in South Carolina....more35minPlay
June 11, 2019Hurricanes and forecastingHow do we interpret hurricane forecasts and what are the factors at play going into 2019's season?...more39minPlay
June 04, 2019GentrificationIf you live in downtown Charleston, you know about gentrification. Particularly in the 2010s, we've seen gentrification accelerate faster than ever on the upper peninsula as families sell homes they've had for decades and developers transform these neighborhoods....more31minPlay
May 28, 2019EducationSouth Carolina is struggling to retain teachers, and our test scores, benchmarks and education system as a whole consistently rank toward the bottom of nearly every list out there. Jennifer Berry Hawes, one of The Post and Courier’s reporters behind the “Minimally Adequate” project, is on the show this week to help make sense of it all....more28minPlay
May 21, 2019Changing demographicsSouth Carolina’s population has about doubled what it was in 1970. It’s now the 9th fastest growing state in the U.S. How are we experiencing these changes in the state and what does it mean for the future?...more24minPlay
May 14, 2019Interstate 526It's a big, expensive highway project designed to ease congestion. But it also might not. And does it encourage the further suburbanization of our community?...more23minPlay
May 07, 2019Plastic bag bansAt least 17 jurisdictions in South Carolina have some sort of ban in place on single-use plastic bags, mostly up and down the coast. But they may not stay that way for long....more22minPlay
April 30, 2019Housing affordabilityFinding a home or apartment you can afford in Charleston and its neighboring counties indeed feels like a crisis to its many, many newcomers. But for those who have owned a home for a long time, there is no affordable housing crisis....more30minPlay
April 18, 2019Corrupt sheriffsSheriffs in South Carolina spend thousands of dollars in public money on things like first-class flights, private chauffeurs, and even $10,000 at a single Golden Corral since 2015. It’s not clear whether or not many of these charges are totally legal....more26minPlay
FAQs about Understand SC:How many episodes does Understand SC have?The podcast currently has 150 episodes available.