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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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
On The Exchange, Amanda Senn, Chief Deputy Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about teens who help their elders with cell phone and internet technology issues. However, because teens tend to put a lot of personal information online, it increases the chances of being victimized by fraud.
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
On this Earth Day Weekend, In Focus brings you an on-location interview at Herb Day in April 2022. James Jones talks with Carolyn Hutcheson about blending herbal teas.
Also, Carolyn goes on a wildflower hike with Verna Gates, executive director of Fresh Air Family and past president of the Birmingham Wildflower Society
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Freelance journalist Nick Tabor moved to Mobile while he researched the history of the last slave ship, Clotilda, and interviewed the survivors' descendants. He talked iwth In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about Africatown today and its prospects as a heritage tourism site. Tabor's book is "Africatown, America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created."
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
On the show today, host Carolyn Hutcheson speaks with TPR's Operations Manager Kyle Gassiott about his experiences covering the mass shooting in Dadeville, Alabama, for NPR.
NOTE: This program was taped on Tuesday before news of the arrest of two suspects in the shooting
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
In observance of Earth Week, Verna Gates, Executive Director of Fresh Air Family and Past-President of the Birmingham Wildflower Society, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about their wildflower hike at Shoal Creek Park in Shelby County, Alabama. Fresh Air Family will celebrate Earth Day April 22 at Oak Mountain State Park.
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
One of the lessons of the Silicon Valley Bank failure is the importance of diversifying investments. Amanda Senn, Chief Deputy Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about that lesson on The Exchange from In Focus.
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
In 1889, tensions between farmers and officials in the young town of Dothan, Alabama, led to a riot, shootout, murder, and a trial. Historian Scotty Kirkland talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about how the arrival of the Alabama Midland Railroad precipitated the conflict.On April 20, he presents a lecture at noon in Malone Hall on the Troy University Dothan Campus about the historic incident.
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
For the past three years, Covid-19 has been part of our vocabulary. Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the status of the pandemic. ADPH currently has a campaign to educate the public about deadly Fentanyl, and Dr. Harris includes that alert, as well as mentioning Monkeypox and Candida Auris in his conversation.
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Saudi Arabia and other oil producing OPEC countries recently announced a surprising production cut of 1.15 million barrels a day until the end of the year. Scott Angelle, former Director of the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Management in the U.S. Department of the Interior, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the implications for American drivers and the economy.
Angelle, the former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, also is founder of USA Energy Workers. Currently, the Biden Administration is tightening safety regulations for offshore oil and gas production.
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Recently the Alabama Secretary of State's office contacted the Alabama Securities Commission for help alerting the public about imposter scams. Amanda Senn, Chief Deputy Director of the ASC talks with host Carolyn Hutcheson on The Exchange from In Focus about the scams that are targeting the business community.