In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

In April of 2022, the City of Northport, AL, cited veterinarian Dr. Ellen Newsom for having an organic garden on her lawn. Remarkably, she ended up in criminal court facing a jury.  Investigative journalist Lee Hedgepeth talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the case, which he featured in his Tread online newsletter, treadbylee.com

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.

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

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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.