Skip to content
Understand SC cover art

All Episodes

Understand SC — 150 episodes · page 1 of 2

#
Title
1

Beyond the Headlines: The Saharan Connection

2

Listen again: Two restaurateurs on bringing Pakistani cuisine to Charleston

3

Tim Scott is running for president

4

Introducing the Charleston's Menu podcast

5

A look inside life on death row

6

Introducing: Understand Murdaugh

7

Chapter Four: The Legacy of The Lizard Man

8

Chapter Two: The Lizard Man Gains National Attention

9

Chapter One: The Story of the Lizard Man

10

Chapter Three: The Culture of the Lizard Man

11

A tale of two Trump endorsements

12

Opera 'Omar' makes its world premiere in Charleston

13

The GOP primary showdown in SC-01

14

What SC lawmakers did and didn’t do in 2022

15

What will happen in SC if Roe v. Wade is overturned

16

Gunfire that stopped youth baseball games sparks debate over how to respond

17

The return of Charleston restaurant reviews

18

Listen again: How Greenland contributes to Charleston's flooding problem

19

The state of the COVID pandemic in SC

20

New to Charleston? We have some advice.

21

Gamecocks shooting for a national title

22

Affordable housing in Charleston

23

Former SC factory left behind a toxic legacy

24

SC agency hooked on money from 'Monkey Island'

25

South Carolinians stand with Ukraine

26

In SC, a case of labor trafficking hidden in plain sight

27

Listen again: Who was Omar ibn Said?

28

The SC judge being considered for the Supreme Court

29

Charleston faces 'what's next' for downed Calhoun statue

30

How oysters' 'superpowers' can help the Lowcountry

31

Two restaurateurs on bringing Pakistani cuisine to Charleston

32

What to expect from SC's Statehouse in 2022

33

South Carolina's role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

34

Listen back to these moments from 2021

35

SC's health insurance coverage gap

36

SC's biggest university searches for a president

37

MUSC expert on the omicron variant, future of the pandemic

38

Brewing more unity in Charleston's craft beer community

39

The small SC town 2 war heroes called home

40

Charleston's big decision: Should it build a sea wall?

41

The alleged crimes of Alex Murdaugh, explained

42

What happens when local newspapers stop printing

43

The chaotic first 7 weeks of school in SC

44

A conversation with The Post and Courier's new executive editor

45

How one SC doctor is addressing vaccine hesitancy

46

How Greenland contributes to Charleston's flooding problem

47

What to know about COVID's 3rd surge in SC

48

Creators of 'Gullah Gullah Island' on telling, preserving SC stories

49

SC Supreme Court strikes down school mask mandate

50

The Olympic journey of Charleston native Raven Saunders

51

SC goes back to school amid COVID surge, mask controversy

52

A view of the COVID surge from inside a SC hospital

53

Long-awaited audit shows racial disparities in city's policing

54

The $3 billion question facing SC schools

55

An early look at SC's 2022 race for governor

56

SC's secretive process for disciplining judges

57

Lack of details about Murdaugh homicides leaves questions, rumors

58

In SC, public officials cross ethical lines with little consequences

59

Charleston could change zoning to account for flooding, sea rise

60

Search for USC's next president begins after plagiarism scandal

61

'I Am Omar': How the Post and Courier searched for Omar ibn Said's true identity

62

From guns to abortion to hate crimes, what SC legislators did and didn't do this session

63

How videos of Jamal Sutherland's death in jail led to outcry for change

64

Mask mandates ending in SC as uptake of COVID vaccine slows

65

South Carolina's Santee Cooper saga, explained

66

Bringing SC's first mass transit system to the Lowcountry

67

Waccamaw fight to be federally-recognized tribe

68

SC is one of 3 states without a hate crimes law. That could change soon.

69

Charleston restaurants are busy again. Now, they face a staffing crisis.

70

Residents of historic Phillips Community fight for its survival

71

Why this could be the year Jim Clyburn closes the 'Charleston loophole'

72

How SC-based artist Beeple rocked the art world

73

The barriers to becoming a homeowner in Charleston

74

BONUS: Majority of SC now qualifies for COVID vaccine

75

The rise and decline of SC-born grocery chain Bi-Lo

76

BONUS: Public servants at SC fire district served themselves

77

SC's Civil Rights history, through the lens of Cecil Williams

78

Uncovering corruption in South Carolina

79

SC poised to pass 'heartbeat bill' banning most abortions

80

New, faster-spreading COVID variants in South Carolina

81

South Carolina's quickly evolving COVID vaccine rollout

82

Nancy Mace's 'Hell Week' in Congress & Tom Rice's vote for impeachment

83

The 'moving target' of reaching COVID herd immunity

84

The South Carolina flag design that everyone hated

85

A view from the front line of SC's COVID battle, plus a look back at 2020

86

How COVID-19 changed the holidays in SC

87

Lessons from a year reporting on sea rise and flooding in Charleston

88

COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in SC; first vaccine doses expected soon

89

Columbia police's response to protests sparked by George Floyd's death

90

Listen Again: How the elusive black rail may be threatened by climate change

91

Uncovering untold stories at 4 historic sites in Charleston

92

Charleston's next sheriff talks reform after wave of new sheriffs elected in SC

93

Breaking down Mace, Graham wins and South Carolina's GOP sweep

94

What South Carolinians need to know as Election Day nears

95

A closer look at Cunningham and Mace's race for SC's 1st district

96

Breaking down the Senate race between Graham and Harrison

97

Rising cost of living in Charleston

98

College football during the pandemic

99

State logs over 3,000 COVID deaths, hospital workers feel 'spiritual toll'

100

'There will be teachers that resign': First week back at schools brings questions, stress