Simple Civics: Greenville County

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South Carolina House District 22: Meet your 2026 Candidates

Who's running for South Carolina House of Representatives in District 22? Meet Josh Kendrick and Paul Wickensimer, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 ge

Oct 7
19 min

South Carolina House District 21: Meet your 2026 Candidates

Who's running for South Carolina House of Representatives in District 21? Meet Dexter Reaves, one of the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election

Oct 6
7 min

Area 26: Meet Your 2026 Greenville County School Board Candidates

Who's running for Greenville County School Board in Area 26? Meet Amanda Brett and Stephanie Meek, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election.

Oct 1
23 min

South Carolina House District 18: Meet your 2026 Candidates

Who's running for South Carolina House of Representatives in District 18? Meet Virginia Maclure, one of the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general elect

Sep 30
8 min

South Carolina House District 17: Meet your 2026 Candidates

Who's running for South Carolina House of Representatives in District 17? Meet Mike Burns and Rich Nicoloff, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general

Sep 29
20 min

Area 22: Meet Your 2026 Greenville County School Board Candidates

Who's running for Greenville County School Board in Area 22? Meet Leslie Fatum and Lynda Leventis-Wells, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general elec

Sep 24
21 min

South Carolina House District 16: Meet your 2026 Candidate

Who's running for South Carolina House of Representatives in District 16? Meet Lynn Ramirez, one of the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election.

Sep 23
12 min

South Carolina House District 5: Meet your 2026 Candidates

Who's running for South Carolina House of Representatives in District 5? Meet Neal Collins and David Jones, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general e

Sep 22
13 min

Area 20: Meet Your 2026 Greenville County School Board Candidates

Who's running for Greenville County School Board in Area 20? Meet Robert Giles and Chuck Saylors, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election. H

Sep 17
22 min

County Council District 28: Meet your 2026 Candidates

Who's running for Greenville County Council in District 28? Meet Kyle Long and Thomas Sanders, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election. Hear

Sep 16
15 min

County Council District 19: Meet your 2026 Candidates

Who's running for Greenville County Council in District 19? Meet Benton Blount and Cody Dean, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election. Hear

Sep 15
12 min

Area 18: Meet Your 2026 Greenville County School Board Candidates

Who's running for Greenville County School Board in Area 18? Meet Becky McLaughlin and Ann Marie Middleton, the candidates on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general e

Sep 10
20 min

Poll Workers Needed: How to Serve on Election Day in Greenville County

Greenville County needs 2,000 poll workers to run the November 2026 election. Dennis Stone of the county elections board explains what poll managers actually do, who can

Sep 8
16 min

[EdTalks] What to Know About Greenville's November School Board Races

Six Greenville County School Board seats are up this November, and with no primary and no runoff, the most votes wins. Catherine Schumacher and Derek Lewis map out which

Sep 3
7 min

Honoring Dolly Parton: How Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Changed Greenville, One Free Book at a Time

Dolly Parton's treasured legacy lives on in Greenville County. In this tribute episode, we explore how her Imagination Library has mailed 95,000 free books to local child

Sep 2
15 min

Keeping the Green in Greenville: How a County Trust Turns $7M into $43M of Protected Land

How does a fast-growing county protect its farms, parks, and historic places before they disappear? Carlton Owen of the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources T

Sep 1
21 min

From the Statehouse to City Hall: Vincent Sheheen on Growth, Sprawl, and Small-Town Comebacks

Vincent Sheheen spent twenty years in the statehouse before coming home to be mayor of Camden. He joins Katy Smith to talk about the growth worries that unite South Carol

Aug 25
15 min

[EdTalks] Availability Isn't Access: Helping the People Who Help Greenville's Parents

Greenville County has no shortage of services for parents. What it lacks is the connective tissue that helps families actually reach them. Derek Lewis talks with Dr. Tim

Aug 20
21 min

Lords Proprietors to Home Rule: How History Built SC Government

Vincent Sheheen, Mayor of Camden and former state Senator, House member, and gubernatorial candidate on why South Carolina elects a coroner, why the state owns nearly eve

Aug 18
22 min

Greenville's Urban Forest Comprehensive Plan: What It Is and How to Take Part

Urban forester Mindy Mohrman joins Kelly Byers to walk through Greenville's Urban Forest Comprehensive Plan: what it covers, what the canopy data and tree inventory show,

Aug 11
17 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

This series of short podcasts is valuable for anyone living or working in Greenville, South Carolina. It provides interesting content with a behind the scenes look into a wide variety of issues and functions of our region.

Craig/Peeve · Jul 2024

What a great way to stay informed about your home. Podcast is professionally produced and informative. Every resident should listen to this podcast and connect with the world around you. Thanks for what you do.

beantruthpurple1234 · Feb 2023

This podcast has such great information on it. It’s easy to understand, entertaining, but more importantly it is informative. The information that is presented is digestible and bite sized. Anyone living in Greenville County should be listening to this.

SaraDeSantis · Dec 2022

This podcast provides educational content from a wide range of people and policymakers who live and work in Greenville and it is easy to digest. Listening to the episodes helps me see how connected we all are to each other. The format is also easy to share with others who live and work in Greenville County.

Sue baby bird · Mar 2022

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