In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

"Prattville Installs Baby Box to Save Infants" - TPR's In Focus - March 12, 2024

Deputy Fire Chief Josh Bingham of the Prattville, AL, Fire Department, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus on location at Fire Station #4 near I-65 North about Safe Haven Baby Boxes.  The Prattville Fire Department was the second in the state to install a Baby Box, in which a newborn can be placed if the mother is unable to care for the infant.  More information is at the website, www.shbb.org.

"Newswrap Brings A Wildcard From Wisconsin" - TPR's In Focus - March 8, 2024

On The Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about recent IVF and School Choice legislation, as well as legislators' conflict over gambling proposals.  And the Wildcard hams it up in Wisconsin!

"Author Edith Powell Details Tuskegee's Fight Against Polio"- TPR's In focus - March 7, 2024

For The Storyline book series on In Focus, Dr. Edith Powell, author of "A Black Oasis, Tuskegee Institute's Fight Against Infantile Paralysis, 1941-1975," shares with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus the story of how Tuskegee Institute became a treatment center for African American polio victims.

"Troy Public Radio Debuts New Arts Program" - TPR's In Focus - March 5, 2024

Troy Public Radio is celebrating a new program that explores the Arts across the state of Alabama - "Art Fell on Alabama," produced by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.  Hosts of the program Annemarie Anderson and Stefani Priskos talk with Carolyn Hutcheson about the topics and guests on the Arts program, which airs Mondays at 3:44 p.m., Wednesdays at 8:44 a.m., and Sundays at 8:35 a.m. on Troy Public Radio.

"Genealogical Research Leads to More Family Stories" - TPR's In Focus - March 6, 2024

Lynn Schlick, President of the Alabama Genealogical Society, shares a poem her grandmother wrote during the Great Depression, as she talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the March 16th Spring Seminar at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.Website:  algensoc.org

"Todd Stacy Previews Alabama's SuperTuesday" - TPR's In Focus - Mar. 4, 2024

Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the March 5th Primary Election in Alabama. He discusses the new District 2 Congressional race, as well as Amendment One on the ballot.

"IVF Issue Leads This Week's Newswrap" - TPR's In Focus - Mar. 1, 2024

This week on the Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about Alabama's priority to address the IVF In Vitro Fertilization issue, which is getting national attention.

"ADT Celebrates Women's History Month With Cinderella" - TPR's In Focus - Feb 29, 2024

In a nod to Women's History Month, the Alabama Dance Theatre brings back the ballet, "Cinderella," March 7th -10th, at the historic Troy University Davis Theatre in Montgomery.  Kate Seale Smith, Artistic Director, and Emily Flowers, Managing Director, talk with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the 2020 performance of the beloved ballet as the pandemic emerged.  The Alabama Dance Theatre continues the legacy of founder Kitty Seale in serving the River Region community.

"A New Look At Africatown's Orgins" - TPR's In Focus - Feb. 28, 2024

In 2018, the remains of the Clotilda, the last ship carrying enslaved people in1860 from west Africa to the U.S. were discovered in the Mobile River.  The survivors established Africatown, although some were shipped to Wilcox, Dallas, and Clarke counties, Alabama.  Laura Hill, Communications Editor of the online Encyclopedia of Alabama, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about what she's learned about the descendants.
Website:  encyclopediaofalabama.org.Look under "Africatown."

Professor Unveils Digital Photography Exhibit On Ukraine - TPR's In Focus - Feb. 27, 2024

Stephen Humphreys, a Georgia-based attorney who teaches law and history at a university in Kiev, Ukraine, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about his February digital photography exhibit, "Broken Bridges Over Ukraine," at the Johnson Center for the Arts in Troy. He has spent a decade investigating corruption and war crimes, and he discusses U.S. election interference by Russians.  More information about foreign influence in the U.S. is at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence website, dni.gov.  This is part one of a two-part interview.