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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Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Journalist Jim Auchmutey comes from a long line of pitmasters. He talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about how barbecue is intertwined with politics. His book is "Smoke Lore: A Short History of Barbecue in America."
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
On The Exchange from In Focus, economist Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks with host Carolyn Hutcheson about the decline of Alabama's textile industry. The decline parallels the decline of local wrestling, a popular sport with mill workers. His podcast, The Double Dome, explores the topic further in "The Business of Wrestling" episode.
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Summertime is when children head to camp, so Linda Gibson-Young, Chair of the Alabama Asthma Coalition, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about asthma and asthma camps. The cost of attending camp is covered by sponsors.
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Dr. Karen Landers, a Board-certified pediatrician with 45 years of experience, is the new Chief Medical Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health. She discusses with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, the authorization for Covid-19 vaccinations for young children. She also talks about Covid complications in children and long-Covid in adults. The high temperatures Alabama is currently experiencing bear watching for signs of heat illness when citizens are outdoors, according to Dr. Landers.
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Dr. Karen Landers, a Board-certified pediatrician with 45 years of experience, is the new Chief Medical Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health. She discusses with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, the authorization for Covid-19 vaccinations for young children. She also talks about Covid complications in children and long-Covid in adults. The high temperatures Alabama is currently experiencing bear watching for signs of heat illness when citizens are outdoors, according to Dr. Landers.
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Conditions inside Alabama prisons are being monitored by the Department of Justice, and Alabama officials are hoping to avoid a federal takeover. Mary Scott Hodgin, health and science reporter with WBHM public radio, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about her investigation into Alabama prison conditions, resulting in a seven-episode podcast called "Deliberate Indifference: Inside Alabama's Prison Crisis."
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
With gun violence in the daily news, Montgomery County, Alabama, Sheriff Derrick Cunningham weighs in from his perspective as immediate past president of the Alabama Sheriffs Association. He talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the proliferation of guns on the streets, especially available to young people. His office offers several programs to citizens and a summer camp for children ages 9 to 11.
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Today, in observance of Juneteenth, food historian Carolyn Quick Tillery traces the story from the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation forward through the Juneteenth writings of "Invisible Man" author Ralph Ellison. She discusses with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson the meaning of red foods in historic African American recipes, and she shares the recipe for Strawberry Champagne Punch. Her books include "The African American Heritage Cookbook" and "Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes and Remembrances."
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Alabama's gasoline tax continues to be higher than our Georgia neighbors, so Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business and host of the Double Dome podcast, talks about his research into the Alabama bond issue and gasoline tax with Carolyn Hutcheson, host of The Exchange.
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Commissioner Kent Davis of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the new Enterprise, Alabama, State Veterans Home, to be named in memory of Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins, Medal of Honor recipient. The groundbreaking ceremony takes place later this week.