A manhole in Myrtle Beach, SC, with a cable to Argentina at the bottom of the stairs. That is only the first stop. Where the data goes next is the story. Part 2 of Where the Internet Comes Ashore picks up where author Samanth Subramanian left off...
Mini golf. Pancake houses. Kids digging with plastic shovels. And somewhere under the sand at Myrtle Beach, a cable that started nine thousand miles away in Argentina, carrying the internet out of the ocean. We found it on a map, and we zoomed in...
In 1993, Joel Jones had a wildlife biology degree from Clemson, a new fiancée, a pickup truck, and a dream of spending his life in the woods. Then real life happened and he took a night-shift job at a sewer plant. Most people would call that giving...
In June 2013, a maintenance engineer at a Hampton Inn in Duncan, South Carolina noticed something strange: a septic truck kept backing up to a closed Denny’s restaurant. His 911 call would crack open one of the largest environmental crimes in...
The Chattooga River was once a rumor — a hidden stretch of whitewater shared by a few locals, guides, and dreamers. Then Deliverance hit theaters, and a quiet mountain river suddenly belonged to the world. In this episode, Robert sits down with two...
In the conclusion of our Chattooga series, we explore the two events that sealed the river’s fate: a blockbuster movie and a landmark piece of legislation. We explore chaotic set of Deliverance, sharing harrowing stories from the cast and...
This episode concludes our deep dive into the Table Rock Complex Fire with the dramatic final days of firefighting, including the historic deployment of a DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker and over a million gallons of water dropped from aircraft. Special...
What started as a 10-acre fire on Table Rock Mountain quickly escalated into one of the largest wildfire responses in South Carolina history. In this episode, we go inside the firefighting operation as it exploded from a manageable incident to a...
In March 2025, careless teenage hikers ignited what would become the largest mountain wildfire in South Carolina’s recorded history. What started as a 10-acre fire on Table Rock Mountain exploded into nearly 16,000 acres, becoming the number...
Every March, as part of the South Carolina Environmental Conference in Myrtle Beach, an unusual competition takes place—the battle for the best-tasting water in the state. Today, we’re going behind the scenes of this annual water-tasting event...