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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Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
During 2020, WBHM Public Radio in Birmingham undertook a StoryCorps project called Take One Small Step Birmingham. Michelle Little, oral historian, talked with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, during the Thanksgiving holidays about how the project paired 56 people, to explore their views in the midst of a pandemic and contentious political season. StoryCorps is the national oral history project, with interviews stored at the Library of Congress. Michelle's findings were that the participants found more in common than differences.
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
On this episode of In Focus Weekend, we take a trip to a library for the blind and check in with, The Alabama Troubadour.
Karren Pell, author and singer-songwriter, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about her career, writing music for her book, "Alabama Troubadour," featuring songs for communities across Alabama, and the play, "Fair and Tender Ladies." She will appear September 28 at the New SouthBookstore in Montgomery with musician Nils Maaetoft.
And we visit the Alabama Public Library Service Regional Library for the Blind & Physically Disabled on Monticello Drive in Montgomery. Tim Emmons, Senior Librarian and Reader Advisor, and Karl Wade, longtime patron and Consumer Advisory Committee member, talk with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the library's services to 8000 statewide patrons.
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
In the 1920s, America's Black Wall Street, Greenwood, OK, was the scene of a raging fire that resulted from a racial incident. At roughly the same time, Osage Indians were being murdered an hour north of Tulsa, in a land grab scheme. Victor Luckerson, a Montgomery native, moved to Tulsa to research the era, and he shares his findings with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host. His book is "Built From the Fire, the Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street." This program is part of The Storyline Book Series.
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Karren Pell, author and singer-songwriter, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about her career, writing music for her book, "Alabama Troubadour," featuring songs for communities across Alabama, and the play, "Fair and Tender Ladies." She will appear September 28 at the NewSouth Bookstore in Montgomery with musician Nils Maaetoft.
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Recently, In Focus visited the Alabama Public Library Service Regional Library for the Blind & Physically Disabled on Monticello Drive in Montgomery. Tim Emmons, Senior Librarian and Reader Advisor, and Karl Wade, longtime patron and Consumer Advisory Committee member, talk with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the library's services to 8000 statewide patrons.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Sports betting is an issue that many states are grappling with, so Troy University Professor Robert Mathner, a former NCAA Division One Athletics Compliance Officer, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the issue. A future In Focus episode will deal with this topic in greater detail.
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Hybrid Warfare could be a factor in the political polarization griipping the U.S. today, according to the co-editors of the book, "The Challenge to NATO, Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance." Troy University Political Science Professors Michael Slobodchikoff and Doug Davis talk with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about NATO, its mission and its adversaries.Brandon Stewart is the third co-editor of the book, which features chapters by notable contributors. This interview is the second of a two-part program in The Storyline book series on In Focus.
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Kristy Meanor, Artistic Director of the Wetumpka Depot Players, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the upcoming play, "Doubt - A Parable," winner of the Pulitzer Prize. They also discuss the Penguin Project, which will bring children with disabilities starring roles in a Christmas play. The young actors are paired with mentors of the same age.
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Acclaimed author Frye Gaillard talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his years interviewing President Jimmy Carter.
With the former president in hospice, Gaillard reflects on Carter's role in history, as portrayed in his books, "Prophet From Plains - Jimmy Carter and His Legacy," and "With Music and Justice for All - Some Southerners and Their Passions."
This program is part of The Storyline Book Series.
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Hate crimes are getting a lot of attention in the news, and the U.S. Department of Justice has a United Against Hate Initiative to educate communities about hate crimes and hate incidents. Jonathan Ross, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Middle District of Alabama, joins Justin Jones, Special Council to the U.S. Attorney for Civil Rights and Outreach in the Middle District, in a conversation with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the initiative and how to report hate crimes and hate incidents.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Kristy Meanor, Artistic Director of the Wetumpka Depot Players, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the upcoming play, "Doubt - A Parable," winner of the Pulitzer Prize. They also discuss the Penguin Project, which will bring children with disabilities starring roles in a Christmas play. The young actors are paired with mentors of the same age.