300 Episodes

  1. Episode 200: The Forgotten Dead: Charleston's Public Cemeteries, 1672–1794

    Published: 5/1/2021
  2. Episode 199: The Telegraph: Charleston’s First Information Superhighway

    Published: 4/23/2021
  3. Episode 198: Captain Thomas Hayward’s Poetic Description of 1769 Charles Town

    Published: 4/16/2021
  4. Episode 197: Granville Bastion and the Unfinished Fort of 1697

    Published: 4/9/2021
  5. Episode 196: Charleston County’s Mobile Library Service, 1931–2021

    Published: 4/3/2021
  6. Episode 195: The Bowling Green: Recreational Space in Colonial Charleston

    Published: 3/26/2021
  7. Episode 194: The Fall of Charles Shinner, Irish Chief Justice of South Carolina

    Published: 3/19/2021
  8. Episode 193: The Rise of Charles Shinner, Irish Chief Justice of South Carolina

    Published: 3/12/2021
  9. Episode 192: Freedom Won and Lost: The Story of Catherine in Antebellum Charleston, Part 2

    Published: 2/26/2021
  10. Episode 191: Freedom Won and Lost: The Story of Catherine in Antebellum Charleston, Part 1

    Published: 2/20/2021
  11. Episdoe 190: Doctor Caesar and His Antidote for Poison in 1750

    Published: 2/12/2021
  12. Episode 189: 'An Undeniable Possession of Talent': James Henry Conyers of Charleston

    Published: 2/5/2021
  13. Episode 188: The State Flag of South Carolina: A Banner of Hope and Resilience

    Published: 1/29/2021
  14. Episode 187: Street Auctions and Slave Marts in Antebellum Charleston

    Published: 1/22/2021
  15. Episode 186: George Anson and Charles Codner: Gambling for Real Estate in 1735?

    Published: 1/15/2021
  16. Episode 185: The Other New Years: Regnal, Civil, and Personal

    Published: 1/8/2021
  17. Episode 184: The Christmas Treasure of 1744

    Published: 12/18/2020
  18. Episode 183: The Destruction and Renewal of Charleston’s Street Trees, 1837–1865

    Published: 12/11/2020
  19. Episode 182: Street Trees in Early Charleston: Fountains of Air and Shade

    Published: 12/4/2020
  20. Episode 181: Planning Charleston’s First “Fortress,” 1695–1696

    Published: 11/20/2020

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Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library, explores the less familiar corners of local history with stories that invite audiences to reflect on the enduring presence of the past in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.