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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Episodes
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Our aging population is increasing the need for caregivers, who often must quit work to care for loved ones. Jamie Harding, Communications Director for AARP Alabama, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the challenges of caregiving.
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Alabama native Catherine Burns, Artistic Director of The Moth Radio Hour for more than two decades, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about her retirement from The Moth. Her future plans may include Alabama!
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Alabama's Back-to-School tax free holidays are coming up July 21-23, and Monde Donaldson of the Better Business Bureau Serving Central & South Alabama talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, with a preview and some precautions.
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
In this episode of "In Focus: Weekend," we hear the backstories behind the titles of a podcast and a small town in Florida.
Matthew Teutsch, Director of the Lillian E. Smith Center, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, about the early civil rights activist and writer Lillian Smith. The podcast, "Dope with Lime," named for the sweetness of Coca-Cola cut with lime juice, highlights her legacy. Smith's family opened the first private camp for girls in Georgia in 1920, and today the property is a retreat center for writers, artists and scholars.
And in the second half of the show we hear from historian Dale Cox about Two Egg, Florida, and how it got its unique name. The Florida Panhandle town's colorful history is featured in Cox's classic book, "Two Egg, Florida." This program is part of the In Focus book series, The Storyline.
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Historian Dale Cox talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about Two Egg, Florida, and how it got its unique name. The Florida Panhandle town's colorful history is featured in Cox's classic book, "Two Egg, Florida." This program is part of the In Focus book series, The Storyline.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Matthew Teutsch, Director of the Lillian E. Smith Center, managed by Piedmont University in Clayton, Georgia, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the early civil rights activist and writer Lillian Smith. The podcast, "Dope with Lime," named for the sweetness of CocaCola cut with lime juice, highlights her legacy. Smith's family opened the first private camp for girls in Georgia in 1920, and today the property is a retreat center for writers, artists and scholars.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Linda Gibson-Young chairs the Alabama Asthma Coalition, and she talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about asthma during the summer, as well as summer asthma camps. She is a certified asthma educator.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Elder abuse rose by almost 84% during the pandemic, according to a Yale University study. Amanda Senn, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about physical and financial abuse of elders and what loved ones can do to help the victims. The ASC is a resource for financial and investment fraud information.
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
On The Storyline book series, crime reporter Jeremy Gray talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the Manson family murders in 1969 and convicted killer Patricia Krenwinkel's ties to Mobile. His book is "Wicked Women of Alabama."
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Rick Dildine, Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, talks withCarolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the ASF production of the Broadway hit musical, "Cabaret." He also talked about the ASF summer theater camps.