# Frank Knapp

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New report sheds negative light on South Carolina transparency on data center incentives

Anthony Elmo, Public Education Defender for Good Jobs First, a national organization founded in 1998 that fights for transparency around public money used for economic development purposes. His organization pushes back on corporate welfare, he told podcast host Frank Knapp. Elmo’s organization cite…

Gubernatorial candidate Nancy Mace ready to take on data centers

SC Congresswoman Nancy Mace spoke with Small Business “Backbone” Podcast host Frank Knapp about what she intends to do about data centers if she is elected Governor. She says that she has heard from a lot of people across South Carolina that they are against data centers and that they don’t think t…

GOP Gubernatorial candidate, Rom Reddy, warns of the danger of corporate money in elections

Rom Reddy said that he has lived the true American dream. He immigrated from India as a teenager, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, working in the corporate world, becoming a business owner and ran for Governor of South Carolina this year. While he was not …

Many SC small towns are on a "Roster of Shame" for corruption, mismanagement and infighting

Tony Bartelme, senior projects reporter for the Charleston Post and Courier talked with podcast host Frank Knapp about his latest series of investigative reports called Townfall. He created a Roster of Shame list of 120 South Carolina towns and municipalities that have experienced various problems …

Small business warned about AI tools liability

Wesley Henderson, Charleston-based business attorney, talks with podcast the host, Frank Knapp, about the need for small businesses to realize that they can be held legally responsible for the AI tools that they use. Henderson points out that Chatbots are not perfect and businesses will be held leg…

Energy expert expresses concerns about Santee Cooper's proposed rate hikes

Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned utility, is proposing rate increases for all its customers. Those increases for residential customers would be 4.7% in 2027 and 4.8% in 2018. Taylor Allred, State Energy & Climate Program Director at the S.C. Coastal Conservation League, talks with podca…

Tired of high electric bills? Expert talks about plug-in solar.

Cora Stryker, co-founder of the non-profit Bright Saver, talked with podcast host Frank Knapp about how rooftop solar is not possible for 70% of Americans. That means that they can’t lower their electric bills by tapping into solar. Bright Saver has a solution—plug-in (balcony) solar—which can low…

Is NextEra/Dominion merger good for low-income residents? Appleseed says no.

Adam Protheroe is the Energy Justice Attorney at the S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center, a nonprofit that has intervened in the SC Public Service Commission review of the NextEra/Dominion merger proposal. Protheroe talks with podcast host Frank Knapp about Appleseed actively raising objections to …

Professor’s research reveals “brain rot” associated with social media use

Professor Maxi Heitmayer talks with podcast host Frank Knapp about his research on how the young users of social media are aware of how they are being impacted. He describes brain rot as a state of being fogged out, overwhelmed, exhausted and not fully in control of what one is doing; characterist…

SBA wants larger businesses to receive its benefits

The U.S. Small Business Administration wants to raise the size standard for the businesses that can receive SBA-backed loans and federal contracts. The result will be fewer private loans and federal contracts to the nation’s real small businesses. Alexis D’Amato Falvey is the Senior Director of Fed…