Columbia Calls

Columbia Calls


Latest Episodes

10 – Della Watkins
September 29, 2018

We're proud to announce that this week's episode was brought to you by Silver Spoon Bake Shop! For this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with the executive director of the Columbia Museum of Art, Della Watkins.

09 – The Eugenes
September 07, 2018

This week's guests are Rosa & Winton Eugene, the husband-and-wife team behind Pottery by Eugene. I chatted with the Eugenes at the McKissick Museum just before the opening reception of their 30-year retrospective exhibition called Place It/Face It.

08 – Councilman Sam Davis
August 24, 2018

This week, City Councilman Sam Davis chatted about his time serving the City of Columbia. Since joining the city council in 1998, he has seen Columbia grow and develop quite a bit! Download the episode wherever you get your podcasts (iTunes, Spotify,

07 – Jodi and Grace Salter
August 16, 2018

The delightful mother-daughter duo Jodi & Grace Salter came by SOCO BullStreet this week to chat with me about their experience living and working in Columbia. Jodi, president of the Columbia Design League, and Grace,

06 – Fred Delk and Scott Garvin
August 09, 2018

This week, Fred Delk and Scott Garvin sat down to talk about building Columbia. Fred is the director of Columbia Development Corporation. Scott, president of Garvin Design Group, is an architect and developer.

05 – Melanie Huggins
August 02, 2018

Melanie Huggins stopped by to talk about her experience as the Executive Director of Richland Library. Join us this week to hear how the library grew into a pillar of the community through innovative facility renovations and outreach programs.

04 – John Sherrer
July 26, 2018

This week's guest is John Sherrer, Director of Cultural Resources for Historic Columbia and author of "Remembering Columbia." Join me to hear John delve into Columbia's rich, complex history and to hear him explain why historic preservation is so impor...

03 – Amy Beth Franks
July 19, 2018

This week's episode is all about Five Points! Amy Beth Franks, Executive Director of the Five Points Association, stopped by to talk about Columbia's original village neighborhood. Download the episode on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher,

02 – Phill Blair
July 12, 2018

This week, I got to chat with the one and only Phill Blair! Phill is a co-owner of The Whig, but he's also worked tirelessly for over a decade to help transform Main Street from a total ghost town to a kinda cool place to be.

01 – Lee Snelgrove and Margie Johnson Reese
July 05, 2018

The inaugural episode of 'Columbia Calls' is about all things Amplify Columbia, the city's cultural plan for the Columbia area. Join host Laura McGuinn for a conversation with Lee Snelgrove, Executive Director of One Columbia for Arts and History,