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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Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
On this week's Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of
In Focus about the state's poultry crisis caused by Avian Flu. And the Wildcard goes to Washington!
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Rachael Conrad Cox is co-author with Dale Cox of the book, "Fowltown," which describes the 1817 spark that ignited a forty-year war on the Southern frontier. She talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of the In Focus Storyline book series about the Fowltown Lower Creek Indian community in southwest Georgia and the fight to withstand white encroachment. In the Seminole wars that followed, the Indians
never surrendered.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Today is the start of the wintering hummingbird season, and Fred Bassett, Master Bird Bander with the nonprofit HummingbirdResearch.net organization, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the changes in hummingbird science. Fred credits the TPR "citizen scientists" in our radio coverage area for their help documenting winter hummingbird visits each year.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Joe Borg, recently retired Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, serves as Treasurer and Board member of the National White Collar Crime Center. On The Exchange, he talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the nonprofit organization's mission to train state and local law enforcement agencies to combat a wide variety of crimes.
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Author Neal Wooten shares his family story with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus for The Storyline book series. His book is, "With the Devil's Help, A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder." Wooten's grandfather was sent to Kilby Prison for murdering hisson-in-law in 1962, but he escaped and was hunted by law enforcement for the rest of his life. The family lived on Sand Mountain in northeast Alabama.
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Wednesday Nov 08, 2023
Tim Emmons, Reader Advisor and Senior Librarian at the APLS Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled, shares his personal story with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus. In the 1990s, Tim was a member of the University of Alabama Million Dollar Marching Band, and football fans probably had no idea he was blind.
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Independent scholar Donald Davis talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the efforts to bring back the American Chestnut tree, which was decimated in the first half of the 20th century by a fungus introduced from Europe. In the second of his two-part interview, Davis discusses the options. His landmark book is "The American Chestnut, An Environmental History."
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
For this week's Newswrarp, Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about Alabama's efforts to boost the workforce. He also discusses Congresswoman Terri Sewell's commitment to supporting Alabama's capital city, despite the new Congressional district lines.Stacy's Wildcard is a heartwarming tribute to a special dog.
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Carol Connare, Editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac, joins The Storyline book series and talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the popular publication's founding in 1792 by Robert Thomas. She will visit again each season with the Almanac's Deep South weather predictions and share more articles and oddities from the Almanac.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Approximately fourteen Rosenwald Schools remain in Alabama from the early twentieth century and the era of segregation. Gorham Bird, Assistant Professor of Architecture at Auburn University, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about efforts to partner with communities to secure grants to stabilize and preserve the structures. The Alabama Department of Archives and History is featuring an exhibit, "History Lives On: Preserving Alabama's Rosenwald Schools," which can be viewed through May 2024.