In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson
Join the conversation each weekday on ”In Focus” as host Carolyn Hutcheson talks with: artists, historians, experts, environmentalists, musicians, authors, and other big thinkers and change makers. Carolyn brings her three decades of on-air experience, her curious mind, and her warm conversational style to each episode. We hope you join us and take time to bring your world, In Focus.
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Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
On The Newswrap,Todd Stacy, Host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the Republican Presidential Debate in Tuscaloosa this week, as well as Senator Tommy Tuberville's release of his hold-up of military appointments. Todd's Wildcard is a twist on the "Partridge in a Pear Tree."
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Historian and author Dale Cox returns to the In Focus Storyline book series to talk with host Carolyn Hutcheson about his own quest to document the existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the river basin swamps of north Florida and south Alabama. His classic book is "Two Egg, Florida."
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Montgomery's Cloverdale Playhouse is bringing Holiday Improv and Holiday Gifts: Readings and Songs to River Region fans for the next two weekends. Artistic Director Sam Wootten talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the historic theater, as well as its plans for 2024.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Holiday shopping can mean hassles and headaches, so the Better Business Bureau Serving Central and South Alabama is stepping up with tips to help eliminate both. Monde Donaldson of the BBB Mobile office talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about shopping, as well as charitable giving.
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Today on In Focus we preview Troy University's annual "Sounds of the Season: On the Air" holiday show. It's the golden age of radio in the 1940s, on stage at the Claudia Crosby Theatre Tuesday night as the staff of WTSU prepares for a holiday radio broadcast. There's just one problem: the big star is missing!
Director Tori Lee Averett and TPR Director and actor in the show Kyle Gassiott join host Carolyn Hutcheson to talk about the show. Show info at: today.troy.edu
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
On The Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about Senator Tommy Tuberville's holding back military appointments and advancements. The Republican Party also is pressuring him to relent. The Wildcard is a nod to an old soul! Stacy noted today is Rosa Parks Day and an opportunity to acknowledge her Civil Rights work and that of the foot soldiers in the movement.
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Food historian Carolyn Quick Tillery talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about her classic "The African American Heritage Cookbook" in The Storyline book series. When Dr. George Washington Carver came to Tuskegee Institute in the late 1800s, his research into the peanut helped save agriculture in the South through crop rotation practices. Tillery shares several of Carver's recipes and recounts his impact on agricultural science in broadening food availability to poor people.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Archaeologist Teresa Paglione, in the TPR History in Your Hands series with the Alabama Archaeological Society, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the traditional foods we eat and their Native American sources. She traces the cultural heritage of many foods that we enjoy on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Major General Walter Givhan, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), President of the Alabama World Affairs Council and Host of the Speaking Globally podcast, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the "window on the world" provided by both ALWAC and the podcast. On Nov. 30, ALWAC will feature guest speaker Anton LaGuardia, Diplomatic Editor of The Economist newspaper via Zoom from Washington, D.C. He will speak on the Middle East conflict, as well as Ukraine.
More information is at the alwac.org website.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
On this pre-Thanksgiving episode of In Focus, host Carolyn Hutcheson is joined by radio director Kyle Gassiott to interview author Becky L. Diamond.
Diamond's "The Gilded Age Cookbook" is a mixture of recipes and history from a period which saw both tastes and society change. And we learn how celery was the ultimate status symbol for the era!