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David Rountree of S.P.I.R.I.T. Lab talked about how he investigates hauntings. Poogan's Porch Restaurant Executive Chef Daniel Doyle talks about his encounters with the restaurant's famous ghost, Charleston County Council Chairman Teddy Pryor is mad about how watermelongate ended, and says you should consider voting against the half billion dollars for school construction. School board members Elizabeth Moffly and Todd Garrett talk watermelongate, and why you should give the board the money. And Ed Macy, author Haunted Charleston, talks about Holy City Hauntings. (69:10)

Tom Ervin defends protestors' rights to poop on the state house grounds as the 2014 SC election jumps the shark, illegal immigrants will vote in the SC election Tuesday, and in most other states in the nation, and there's nothing you can do to stop them -- for now. Ladies who fail in the domestic diva department can do this one thing and men will forgive them for everything else. Lindsey Graham says white men will win if he'd president -- win what he doesn't say. Dr. Jane Orient says Nikki Haley is nuts to make Ebola quarantines voluntary in SC for people who have traveled to Ebola hot zones. (67:51)

SC Secretary of State Mark Hammond explained why doesn't spend a lot of time at the office, Former State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel talks about the breakup with the mother of his child, plus, Ebola is so dangerous we have to quarantine troops returning from West African - but not medical workers returning from West Africa. Say what? Plus, Ann Romney goes after Vincent Sheheen, people named after Halloween monster movies, Nancy McGinley could be shown the door because of watermelongate, and local and national media hypocrisy on whoregate coverage, and another episode of forensic journalism. (67:55)

Congressman Mark Sanford talks Washington, SC Secretary of State candidate Ginny Deerin, a Democrat, explains why she voted for Obama twice but can be bipartisan if she wins the race, Sen Lindsey Graham says Washington would work better if politicians were "insulated" from voters, Vincent Shaheen says he really didn't mean to call Nikki Haley a whore. Plus, cheap ways to make other people really happy, Walmart's fat girl costumes and its gotten so bad that the Charleston County School board now won't appear in public, at least not until the election. (68:22)

Democrat Vincent Shaheen calls his GOP opponent Nikki Haley, the governor of SC, a whore -- and the media doesn't find it noteworthy. Plus, you are fat because you don't get enough sun? Your apps are spying on you, perhaps for the Russian mafia, how illegal alien voting could have given us Obamacare, election updates, it now requires drones, a swat team and heavily armed security to hold a simple high school football game in the lowcountry, ebola infectees apparently have a right to infect as many innocent people as they like.

Watermelongate continues, as we examine all the things that could go wrong with public use of this vegetable. Rep. Seth Whipper joins us to explain how even the black kid on the Academic High School Football team is a racist for buying watermelon, and an era in South Carolina politics ends with Bobby Harrell's guilty plea. As part of the plea deal, he'll have to tell them where the bodies are buried in SC politics. Expect a lot more indictments. Plus things that you think will kill you that actually help you to live longer, Ebola comes to New York. (56:18)

Watermelongate continues as the community debates whether smashing a watermelon in public makes you a racist, former speaker Bobby Harrell could soon be wearing a striped jump suit, Another kid brings a loaded gun on the bus, Toys r Us removes some of the drug dealer action figures from its shelves, Chaleston County School Board member Todd Garrett says the Superintendent should apologize for making accusations of racism against a high school coach and football team. And attorney Kerri Kupec with Alliance Defending Freedom warms that if two Idaho ministers are forced to marry gay couples against their will, ministers in South Carolina soon could have the same thing happen to them. (63:10)

Is smashing watermelons with faces drawn on them racist? A Charleston coach was fired because his players did it. Who's to blame, the administrators who fired him, or the coach who should have seen the supposed racism in it? Plus, another governor's debate. And the New York Post says the stock market hasn't crashed because the government is secretly intervening to save it. Plus, why people with children are happier, but more stressed out. And a Berkeley County bus driver gets busted texting, while driving kids on the bus. (64:20)

Will you vote for Bobby Harrell, the indicted Republican who can't even cast a vote at the legislature until his charges are cleared up? Or for the Democrat. Political science professor Kendra Stewart weighs in. Plus, the mom of an Academic Magnet High School football player says the football team had no racist intent when it smashed a watermelon in celebration after it won a game -- and Coach Bud Walpole shouldn't have been fired. And Charleston wins another tourism award. And Toys R Us is now selling drug dealer action figures -- in the form of Breaking Bad stars -- to children. Why is no one outraged? Plus, an example of actual racism in Charleston's justice system -- and why no one cares. (69:25)

Charleston Hospitals are woefully unprepared for Ebola says a national expert on Ebola, just like most across the country. Numbers USA's Rosemary Jenks weighs in on the visa chaos with Ebola flights and how it affects Charleston, plus women still expect men to pay for dates, it turns out ministers can be arrested for not performing gay marriages, will it happen in SC? Feeding ISIS and killing them, at the same time, what does a typical fast food burger look like a month after it is served? And South Carolinians just won't move their cars out of the way after they have accidents, and its killing people. (1:05:12)

FAIR's Bob Dane on why the federal government has increased the number of visas from Ebola nations since the outbreak began. Why is the government trusting the local harbor pilot guys at the Charleston ports to screen for Ebola? The Chuck E. Cheese shooter opened fire because someone disrespected his mom? The jaw dropping thing Obama said at that Ebola press conference that everyone missed, the CDC blew it again on patient #2, what's next after gay marriage becomes legal in SC? Plus, how to make millions of dollars on YouTube. (46:54)

We talked to Dr. Jane Orient, who says that Ebola can really only be safely treated at 4 special facilities. And they only have the capacity to handle 20 cases, total, at a time, for the whole nation. Plus, we talked gubernatorial debate, gas prices diving even lower with our guest from GasBuddy.com, how a local blogger solved the Chuck E. Cheese shooting before the police, the CDC let Texas medical professionals care for Ebola patients knowing full well they didn't have the proper protective suits, former Senate Candidate Bill Connor talks ISIS and more. (71:11)

If south carolina business owners don't want to provide services for gay weddings, what, legally, could happen to them? Plus, more switching of gender roles -- its now men who are doing the grocery shopping in the majority of American homes. And Catherine Templeton, director of the SC health department, says hospitals here are ready for Ebola. Do you believe that? Plus men with children make more money, Americans' favorite foods, ISIS on sex slaves, Derrec Becker with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division talks earthquakes in SC and Brian McGee from College of Charleston on elections. (70:08)

A Texas nurse who wasn't supposed to get Ebola does. SC Governor Nikki Haley doles out incentive cash to companies who dole out campaign cash to her. Shooting at the Chuck E. Cheese -- no wonder no one RSVP'd for Tara's child's birthday party. Plastic pollution in Charleston's waterways. Plus, how many Ebola infections will Americans put up with before they demand the flights stop -- and how to make Kool-Aid Pie. (71:48)

Legalized gay marriage is only the first step. Wait until you hear what gay activists say they plan to do next, and how it will hurt traditional marriage. Will legalized gay marriage impact you personally or not? Callers slug it out on the air. Plus, want to know if your spouse is cheating? Who scientists say you should ask to find out. Obama gives Americans advice on Ebola, the latest evidence that Gweneth Paltrow is nuts, and Charleston Republican Party Chairman John Steinberger on why you shouldn't vote to extend the one cent sales tax. Post and Courier food critic Hanna Raskin gives you tips on where to eat in Charleston. (77:53)

The first valid gay marriage licenses are issued in SC, the Texas Ebola victim died, and now his family is suing ... for discrimination. South Carolina legislators are selling their votes and stealing from the budget. What's on the agenda after gay marriage? Eliminating all reference to gender from our culture, Ghostbusters 3 goes girly, Dr. Don Turley says we'll soon know how Ebola is spread, thanks to the human guinea pigs in Texas -- and Thanksgiving in a bucket. (72:39)

We talked to Charleston County Council member Colleen Condon on her way to the Charleston County courthouse -- to request a marriage license to marry her girlfriend. Dick Morris explains what Obama's masterplan really is. And a big win for the Charleston economy as we get the thumbs up to deepen the port. Plus, the CDC's own Ebola scientists say the CDC is lying, and they don't actually know for sure how Ebola is spread. Plus, Americans flee the workforce at historic rates, money really does make you happy, and Sen. Larry Grooms talks about what the port deepening means for Charleston's economy. (75:30)

Gay marriage is coming to South Carolina. Victoria Middleton of the SC ACLU talks about what is next for gay marriage in South Carolina. And another terrible loss for the City of Charleston in the battle against tourism as a national group names King Street one of the top 10 greatest streets in America. Plus -- crazy soccer parents hit the field in Summerville and what you have to do if you want to hire Bill Murray. And Obama says he's considering doing more at our airports to stop Ebola -- but he hasn't decided yet. (68:24)

You can now get a high school diploma from the Charleston County School system without actually being able to read, or to read well. Senator Lindsey Graham...for president? And a million fewer women are in the workplaces than in 2008. That's the lowest female workforce participation rate in 30 years -- which means more women are home with their kids. Is that a good thing? Plus, gas under $3 comes to the Charleston area. And, what happens if Americans get Ebola -- given that we are out of the most effective medicine available to treat it? Plus, the unemployment rate for milenials is a shocking 15%. Plus interviews with SCPIE's Sheri Few and Public Policy Polling's Tom Jensen. (80:49)

The CDC is making a mess of this Ebola quarantine. And the Charleston accent -- worst in the nation? Gawker.com says it might be. Your kids have your DNA, and that of your wife's ex-boyfriends too? A kitten is tossed into rush hour traffic. Patrick Bryant, Chairman of Yes4Schools, explains why you should vote to keep the one cent sales tax. Dr. Don Hurley of Charleston tells us what scares him on Ebola. (75:45)