Walter Edgar's Journal

Walter Edgar

sbirch@scpublicradio.org

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Booking Overview

Walter Edgar's Journal blends South Carolina and American South history with arts, culture, and regional storytelling, often via authors and local leaders. For PR teams, it’s a strong fit for historians, writers, and cultural/heritage organizations looking to reach an engaged regional audience.

Metrics

Episodes: 360

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

sbirch@scpublicradio.org

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Host

Walter Edgar - Historian and author Walter Edgar covers the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South, ranging from books to contemporary topics and Colonial history.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Published authors (especially history, regional culture, or fiction grounded in local settings), academics/educators/designers with research-based cultural projects, and leaders of South Carolina heritage or commemorative organizations.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Leadership roles in state or regional heritage commissions, Notable creative work tied to South Carolina/Lowcountry/Southern cultural history, Subject-matter expertise (e.g., investigative or academic background) applied to regional storytelling

Recent Guest Discussions

Molly Fortune - Sc250 Work And Mission; Statewide Commemorations And Initiatives For America's 250th Anniversary; Historical Perspectives From South Carolina's Revolutionary Era

Will Grimsley - South Carolina's Role In The American Revolution; Sc250 Mission And Statewide Commemorations

Nathan Spainhour - Design, Place, And Cultural Narrative In Southern Foodways; Visual Culture Of Barbecue; History And Everyday Ephemera Related To South Carolina Barbecue

Brian Thiem - Mudflats Murder Club Novels; Suspense Fiction Set In The South Carolina Lowcountry; Drawing On Investigative Experience

Recent Topics

History, South Carolina, American South, Colonial, Heritage

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Walter Edgar's Journal
:

Revolutionary voices

July 03, 2026

This week we are recording in front of a live audience at part of South Carolina ETV and South Carolina Public Radio’s America 250 celebration. Our guests are Gen. Will Grimsley, Chair of the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250); and Molly Fortune, Chief Executive Officer, of SC250.Among the topics we’ll be covering today are South Carolina's role in the American Revolution, the work and mission of the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commi...

The South Carolina BBQ Project

June 19, 2026

This week we will be talking with Nathan Spainhour, author of The South Carolina BBQ Project (2025, Good Printed Things). Nathan is a designer and educator whose work explores the relationship between design, place, and cultural narrative.His book began as his MFA thesis in Graphic Design and has since evolved into an ongoing documentation of barbecue’s visual culture – from signage and typography to architecture and everyday ephemera – situated within the broader history of Southern foodways...

Murder in the Lowcountry? Call the Mudflats Murder Club

June 05, 2026

This week our guest will be novelist Brian Thiem, from Hilton Head Island, and we'll be talking about his series of novels about the Mudflats Murder Club.Brian draws from his experience as a former detective and cold case investigator, to craft suspenseful stories set on the fictional Spartina Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry. His latest book in the series is A Killer in the Cordgrass (2026, Severn River Publishing/Simon and Schuster).

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