“While I Breathe I Hope.” It’s the state motto of South Carolina. It’s about surviving and fighting and overcoming despair. While I Breathe is a wide-ranging program from the ACLU of South Carolina about the most important civil rights and civil liberties issues of our time. We feature interviews with people living and working on the front lines. We'll learn a few things and get to work building the state we deserve.
While I Breathe
Claim This Podcastby ACLU of South Carolina
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“While I Breathe I Hope.” It’s the state motto of South Carolina. It’s about surviving and fighting and overcoming despair. While I Breathe is a wide-ranging program from the ACLU of South Carolina about the most important civil rights and civil liberties issues of our time. We feature interviews with people living and working on the front lines. We'll learn a few things and get to work building the state we deserve.
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Recent Episodes
June 16, 2026
23: Don’t Rig Our Maps
<p>During the rush to rig Congressional maps in May 2026, South Carolina delivered a rare piece of good news: We stopped the redistricting plan in its tracks (at least for now). </p><p>We’re still processing how it all went down, but we know that South Carolinians from across the state and political spectrum played a part. Beyond the headlines about Trump and national politics, the winners of the redistricting fight were South Carolina voters, first and foremost. </p><p>On today’s episode, Courtney Thomas and Matthew Butler from the ACLU-SC team join us to unpack how it all happened. If you would like to get involved in the struggle for representative democracy, we can always use your help. Fill out our Volunteer Interest Form, and we’ll be in touch: <a href="https://secure.ngpvan.com/LuQWHmPs80eSclAQIkbfKQ2" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.aclusc.org/volunteer</a> </p><p>Music on today's episode is by Daft Hartley.</p>
May 15, 2026
Episode 22: How to Love Your Neighbor
<p>From opening prayers to religious authoritarian laws to the pastors who show up to defend their transgender congregants, religion is an unavoidable fact in the South Carolina Statehouse. What does it mean when people from the same faith traditions find themselves at odds in the political arena?</p><p>We've met some remarkable faith leaders and people of faith who joined us in the pursuit of civil liberties. Two of those people, Ginny Eiwen and the Rev. Alston Lippert, join us on today's episode to share what they have witnessed and how they keep going. </p><p>Interested in joining the Faith & Justice Table? Fill out the interest form at <a href="https://aclusc.org/fj" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">aclusc.org/fj</a> </p><p>The March of Dimes Maternal and Infant Health Report Card mentioned in this episode is available here: <a href="https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/reports/south-carolina/report-card" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/reports/south-carolina/report-card</a></p>
April 2, 2026
21: Reconstruction Radicals
<p>What was Reconstruction, and why was it so radical in South Carolina? Historian Dr. Robert Greene II joins us to discuss the revolutionary expansion of democracy and civil rights that followed the Civil War, how it ended, and how we might pursue a new Reconstruction today.</p><p>Check out Dr. Greene’s podcast <a href="https://www.museumofthenewsouth.org/digital/our-new-south-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Our New South</a> and his work with the <a href="https://www.scpronet.com/modjeskaschool/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Modjeska Simkins School</a>. Find him on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robgreene86/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.threads.com/@robgreene86" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Threads</a> @robgreene86, or on <a href="https://x.com/robgreeneII" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> @robgreeneii</p>
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