Conversations With Joan

This week Joan interviews Carol Fowler, the first woman selected to chair the South Carolina Democratic Party, and also there is a new segment of TALKING MUSIC with Charleston Symphony Conductor David Stahl.

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.

This week Joan interviews College of Charleston theater professor Joy Vandervort-Cobb and also her former student, actor Julia Burns.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This week Joan interviews master storyteller and flutist Hawk Hurst about the Stories For Life Festival, and also Todd McNerney about the theatre offerings at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival.

This 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.

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.

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.

This week Joan interviews Boyce Blanks about raising alpacas in South Carolina, and composer David Maves about his upcoming retirement from the College of Charleston.

This week 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.

This week 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.

This week 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.