South Carolina Business Review
Business & Economics Podcasts
The South Carolina Business Review, with host Mike Switzer, focuses on news from South Carolina's business community with interviews of many small business owners and business leaders from around the state. South Carolina's nonprofits, including its colleges and universities are also regularly featured on the program, as well as many of the state's small business support organizations. Click here to contact the South Carolina Business Review by email.The South Carolina Business Review is a production of Magnolia Media for South Carolina Public Radio.DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed on The South Carolina Business Review are not necessarily those of South Carolina Public Radio.
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The South Carolina Business Review, with host Mike Switzer, focuses on news from South Carolina's business community with interviews of many small business owners and business leaders from around the state. South Carolina's nonprofits, including its colleges and universities are also regularly featured on the program, as well as many of the state's small business support organizations. Click here to contact the South Carolina Business Review by email.The South Carolina Business Review is a production of Magnolia Media for South Carolina Public Radio.DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed on The South Carolina Business Review are not necessarily those of South Carolina Public Radio.
Language:
English
Episodes
Breakthrough business model still working after 40 years
9/10/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Russ Seamon, president of SeamonWhiteside in Charleston, SC.
Duration:00:05:50
Identifying and managing risk in your financial plan
9/9/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Noel Swain, a certified financial planner in Spartanburg, SC.
Duration:00:05:49
Infrastructure growth fuels SC economy
9/8/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Alan Cooper, founder and editor of three online business news websites in South Carolina.
Duration:00:05:49
Upstate university nurturing economic engines in agriculture and more
9/5/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Kirby Player with the Palmetto Leadership for the Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (PLEAF) program at Clemson University.
Duration:00:05:49
Commercial construction in the age of tariffs
9/4/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Tim Kennedy, president of Trident Construction in Charleston, SC.
Duration:00:05:50
Battery research in high gear at USC
9/3/2025
A Swiss company specializing in battery technology has announced plans to open their US headquarters in Columbia, SC.
Duration:00:05:50
SC economy thrives while US 'hunkers down'
9/2/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Clemson University's Bruce Yandle, Dean Emeritus at the College of Business & Behavioral Science and Alumni Professor of Economics Emeritus.
Duration:00:05:49
SC Ports CEO resigns, tariffs bring more manufacturing jobs to SC, and a new gas line map is revealed
9/1/2025
Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC.
Duration:00:05:49
Lowcountry sewing business expanding
8/29/2025
Like many of the small companies we interview, our next guest’s business also started in her home, but it's now grown into a storefront with 14 employees.
Duration:00:05:50
Inaugural music festival tries again after Hurricane Helene
8/28/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Bob Durkin, co-founder of Southern Entertainment and organizer of the Field & Stream Music Fest coming to Winnsboro, SC, October 3-5.
Duration:00:05:50
Lowcountry printer honored by SBA
8/27/2025
This year’s US Small Business Administration Female Small Business Person of the Year for our state has built her success by helping other small businesses with their printing needs.
Duration:00:05:50
Financial literacy and the value of financial planning: Part 2
8/26/2025
Mike Switzer continues his conversation about financial literacy and financial planning with Dave Turner, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC.
Duration:00:05:49
Surprise stats show SC manufacturing labor force numbers drop dramatically
8/25/2025
Get an update of the news, events, and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community as Mike Switzer interviews Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews.
Duration:00:05:49
Resources for industry in SC
8/22/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Catherine Hayes, director of industry solutions with the South Carolina Research Authority in Summerville, SC.
Duration:00:05:49
Wild game featured at new Midlands restaurant
8/21/2025
As competitive as the restaurant business is, sometimes it takes thinking outside the box in order to stand out.
Duration:00:05:50
A new SC business addresses incontinence
8/20/2025
As our population ages, health issues increase. One of these is incontinence, which at least to some degree, will affect almost everyone eventually.
Duration:00:05:50
What is a target date mutual fund?
8/19/2025
If you have or had a 401k plan, you may have seen choices known as target date funds. They’ve become very popular, but our next guest says there is still a lot of confusion about how they are supposed to be used.
Duration:00:05:49
SC celebrates 50 years of Euro trade; Savannah River site and USC collaborate; and more
8/18/2025
Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette in Columbia, SC.
Duration:00:05:49
Supporting veteran entrepreneurship
8/15/2025
We’ve recently learned about a large new veterans center in the Upstate, which has a mission of providing supportive services for veterans and first responders, including an entrepreneurship program.
Duration:00:05:50
Infrastructure is big business in SC
8/14/2025
A new study reveals that infrastructure investments in South Carolina are expected to generate $56.2 billion in economic output and support over 45,000 jobs annually over the next six years.
Duration:00:05:50