Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast

Remembering the Days: A USC Podcast


Latest Episodes

Remembering the heroes: a Memorial Day tribute
May 24, 2022

Scores of University of South Carolina graduates have died in military service since the Spanish-American War at the close of the 19th century. In observance of Memorial Day, we remember three, who di

High-rise hijinks: Life in the Towers
May 10, 2022

Pranks and pratfalls are part of life in any college residence hall, but one dormitory complex at the University of South Carolina seemed to have more than its fair share. Stories about life in the To

The grass whisperer, Sarge Frye
April 26, 2022

Sarge Frye knew how to make grass grow, and for five decades he made sure the University of South Carolina's athletic fields were green and trimmed. But much more than that, Sarge had a heart for peop

Man for all seasons: President Tom Jones
April 12, 2022

The third-longest serving president in the history of the university, Tom Jones led Carolina during a period of unprecedented growth, both in student enrollment and campus expansion. And he did it dur

Sweet friends: Arpad Darazs and the Concert Choir
March 29, 2022

Nearly 60 years ago, a Hungarian-born choral conductor named Arpad Darazs launched the University of South Carolina's  Concert Choir, which quickly earned a reputation for its musical prowess. Darazs

Homesick, lovesick and out of money: student letters from yesteryear
March 15, 2022

No one writes letters much anymore, but back in the day, University of South Carolina students wrote letters to home as frequently as today's students send texts on their phones. Technology changes, b

Once and future treasure: the South Caroliniana Library
March 01, 2022

Built in 1840 as the nation's first freestanding collegiate library, the South Caroliniana Library is now the repository for a vast collection of materials that capture the culture and history of the

Small-town girl makes big-time history
February 15, 2022

When Jotaka Eaddy arrived at the university from her rural dirt-road home in the Pee Dee, she quickly joined several organizations, including Student Government. By her junior year, the small-town gir

#UofSCLove: A Valentine’s Day edition of campus love
February 01, 2022

Cupid's arrows find their mark in this special Valentine's Day episode about eight couples who fell in love on the University of South Carolina campus. 

The lecture hall that never was
January 18, 2022

Intended as a large lecture hall when it was built in 1855, the building we now know as Longstreet Theater never lived up to its intended purpose. Poor acoustics turned it into an echo chamber that wa