In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Michael Mullen, Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about one of Alabama's longest free-flowing rivers and the pollutants that affect the Wiregrass waterway.

Troy Public Radio celebrates its Sunday noon music program, "Opus 3," with its host, Catherine Allard, Professor Emerita of the Troy University John M. Long School of Music.  Catherine Allard talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the more than two decades of the program and how it has evolved with input from its loyal listeners. 

Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, kicks off the New Year with a discussion with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about inflation and a possible recession.  He shares advice about saving for Santa's visit in 2023 without the stress.

Stress can wear people down over the holidays, so Julie Waters of Mental Health America - Montgomery, has developed an online toolkit, a handy guide to stress and coping ideas.  She talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the "Be Okay Toolkit," which can be found at the website, www.beoktoolkit.org. The suicide and crisis lifeline is 988.

Cousins Lee and Franky Hatton join In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson at Alabama's Coon Dog Cemetery in Colbert County, northwest Alabama, to talk about this unique cemetery that began as a final resting place for "Troop," Key Underwood's faithful and beloved coon dog.  The annual Labor Day Celebration supports the upkeep of this cemetery of more than 300 coon dogs.

Retired Colonel Bryan Morgan, whose military career included serving as the State Judge Advocate for the Alabama Military Department, tells his family's flag story to Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host.  His father was a page in the U.S. House of Representatives when Pearl Harbor was attacked Dec. 7, and President Roosevelt gave his "Day of Infamy" speech Dec. 8, 1941.  The flag that flew over the House of Representatives was given to Morgan's great uncle, Congressman Luther Patrick, and the family had it preserved.  Today's program is repeated from Flag Day, with an update.

Ancient life in Alabama included dinosaurs, exotic plants, and tropical seas, according to aquatic ecologist Bill Deutsch, who talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his new book, "Ancient Life in Alabama, the Fossils, the Finders, and Why It Matters."

A supply chain slowdown affected commerce during the pandemic, so Mark Colson, President and CEO of the Alabama Trucking Association, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, host of The Exchange from In Focus, about the cost of diesel fuel and how it affects the trucking industry going into the holidays.

Nancy King Dennis, Director of Public Relations for the Alabama Retail Association, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, on The Exchange about the retail outlook for Alabama during the holiday season,  She shares cautions about counterfeit goods.

Austin Toy, Troy Public Radio's Podcast Manager and Audio Producer, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the StoryCorps interview he recorded with his artist father about their family's heritage in rural Tennessee.