In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

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."

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.

This 4th of July, Carolyn Hutcheson talks to Romay Davis who last year was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her service in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in World War II.

Enjoy this excerpt of The Declaration of Independence read by Troy University Associate Professor of Performance, Quinton Cockrell.
 

Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins of the U.S. Army Special Forces was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014 by President Obama for his heroic actions in Vietnam.
In 2020, Adkins died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.
On today’s show we remember a true American hero: Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins.
Carolyn Hutcheson spoke with Adkins in 2014 at his Opelika home.

Military historian Daniel Haulman is challenging a lot of what we think we know about the Tuskegee Airmen.
Haulman has recently published a book on the subject, titled Misconceptions About the Tuskegee Airmen: Refuting Myths About America's First Black Military Pilots.
In 2019, Daniel Haulman retired as head of The Organizational Histories Branch at The United States Air Force Historical Research Agency
He has authored many books and published dozens of articles on aviation history and is considered a foremost expert on the subject of the Tuskegee Airmen.

In a program first broadcast on Memorial Day, we remember the Gold Star Families of military members who have died in the line of duty during war. James Edward Brown, the father of John Eli Brown, who died while serving as a member of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his son and his service.  Bicentennial Park in Troy has a monument honoring John Eli Brown. 

Dr. Bill Dean, Associate Professor of History at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, helps us understand the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in this episode on In Focus on Troy Public Radio. 

In Part Two of his family story, Professor Michael Slobodchikoff, Chair of the Political Science Division of Troy University and a commentator for BBC World News,talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his maternal and paternal great-grandparents surviving revolutions in both Russia and China.

Dr. Michael Slobodchikoff is Chair of the Political Science Department at Troy University. He shares the story of how his family survived the Bolshevik Revolution with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host.  This program originally aired on Nov. 10, 2021, and with Russia in the news this week, the story is relevant.