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
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Artist Willie Mae Brown lived in Selma during her formative years and witnessed the 1960s Civil Rights era. She talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the galvanizing effect Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had on her and those who heard him speak at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church. Willie Mae Brown is the author of the book, "My Selma,True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement."
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks on The Exchange with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the proliferation of spam in texts and e-mails. He shares advice on how to recognize it and what to do about it.
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
Saturday Feb 25, 2023
Welcome to In Focus: Weekend! On our first episode/weekend conversation, host Carolyn Hutcheson visit's the Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed structure in the state. You'll hear what FLW's homes have in common with the tiny house movement, and just how much the architect loved train travel.
We hope that you'll join us each weekend to bring a little more of your world, In Focus!
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Kyle Gassiott, Troy Public Radio Operations Manager, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the station's new program schedule. By emphasizing news and information on weekdays, music inspiration on weeknights, and more programs on the weekends, Troy Public Radio has responded to requests from listeners and supporters. Schedule information is at www.troypublicradio.org.
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
The Alabama Writers Hall of Fame will induct eight new honorees March 10th, and Jeanie Thompson, Executive Director of the Alabama Writers Forum, a partner organization of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, gives Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, a preview.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
For Arbor Week in Alabama, Grover Plunkett talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about how his north Alabama cattle farm also became a tree farm. The Empress Splendor trees he planted can absorb many times the amount of carbon that other trees absorb.
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host of The Exchange,, about Trusted Contacts, who can be notified in an emergency by brokers and financial advisers if they cannot get in touch with account owners.
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Archaeologist Stephen Carmody, Chair of the Troy University Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Criminology, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the 2016 Field School at Russell Cave, where ancient plant seeds were found. On Feb. 18-19, the Alabama Archaeological Society will hold its Winter Conference at Troy University, including Junior Archaeology Day at the Troy Arboretum.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Nimblewill Nomad, the trail name for retired optometrist Dr. Meredith "Sunny" Eberhart, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his poetry, written on various hikes. He is the oldest hiker, at age 83, to complete the Appalachian Trail and is the former caretaker of Flagg Mountain in the Weogufka State Forest. His book of trail poetry is "Ditties - Whispers, Shadows, and Sunshine."
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Valentine's Day is February 14th, and those looking for love online can be caught up in requests for money from the object of their romantic interest. Monde Donaldson, Vice-President of the Better Business Bureau Foundation Serving Central and South Alabama, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host of The Exchange, about romantic red flags.