Episodes

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Reconstruction at USC: Christian Anderson
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25 minutes ago
The Reconstruction Era after America's Civil War brought about big changes as the former Confederate states were readmitted to the United States. Education professor and director of the Museum of Education Christian Anderson studies the history of higher education and is leading efforts to remember the changes that took place at USC 150 years ago during Reconsruction.

Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
A Touch of Faith: A gospel choir marks 50 years on campus
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
In the decade after USC desegregated, the small but growing number of Black students wanted to establish a sense of belonging on a big campus that was growing bigger every year. In 1975, they established the Southern Christian Fellowship student group with a gospel choir called A Touch of Faith.

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Digging in the dirt: Kelly Goldberg
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
When USC's historic Horseshoe underwent major renovations in the 1970s, a series of archaeological digs uncovered 19th century water wells and other artifacts from a bygone era. Now Kelly Goldberg, an Honors College instructor of archaeology, is leading a series of excavations with students on the Horseshoe to find more artifacts that help tell the story of USC's past.

Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Mr. South Carolina: Walter Edgar
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
For nearly 40 years, Walter Edgar taught the history of South Carolina as a member of USC's history department faculty and continues to illuminate the history of the Palmetto State on his podcast, Walter Edgar's Journal. In this conversation, he remembers his early days as a graduate student and young faculty member at the university.

Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
The legacy of slavery at South Carolina College: Jill Found
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Ph.D. graduate Jill Found wrote a dissertation on the history of enslaved people at South Carolina College, which helped tell the story of some of the university's overshadowed people from the past.

Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
More than 25 years ago, Harry Lesesne was a doctoral history student at USC, tasked with writing a new history about the university that would cover the years 1940 to 2000. He recounts how he took on the assignment to narrate the six decades that transformed Carolina into a modern research university.

Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Remembering the Days will launch its spring 2025 season with a new co-host — university historian Evan Faulkenbury. Join us Jan. 21 for a new season of the podcast featuring short conversations with those who uncover stories about USC history and those who have been a part of it.

Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Earth, wind and fire: natural and manmade disasters on campus
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Almost from the beginning in the early 19th century, the Carolina campus has had its share of natural and manmade disasters, including earthquakes, windstorms, fires and floods. Those threats persist in the 21st century, but the modern campus has a facilities team that works around the clock to prevent or at least mitigate the effects of those threats.

Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Gamecock Jeopardy!
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Imagine if all of the clues in the popular TV gameshow Jeopardy! were related to the University of South Carolina. USC archivist Elizabeth West's new book, The University of South Carolina Trivia Book, provides plenty of material — more than 500 questions and answers — for a "Gamecock" Jeopardy version of the show. Tune in to see who wins!

Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
The British are coming! How the Rugby Club beat the Brits at their own game
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
The USC Rugby Club has been on the field for more than 50 years, and the squad's success in its early years included a dramatic match and rematch with British naval personnel in 1973.