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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Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
In Part Two of artist Laura Murray's interview with In Focus host, Carolyn Hutcheson, she discusses three women of diverse backgrounds who helped sustain early American Independence. Laura's coloring book for adults and children, "Our Patriots, the Men and Women Who Achieved American Independence," was created at the request of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Laura Hill, Communications Editor of the Encyclopedia of Alabama, discusses with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, two women who figured in Alabama and national history in the Gilded Age.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
In this third of a three-part series, Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, talks with Carolyn Hutcheon, In Focus host, about his grandfather's views of religion and the separation of India and Pakistan when British colonial rule ended in 1947. Dr. Gandhi is the author of several books - "The Gift of Anger and Other Lessons from My Grandfather" and "Legacy of Love, My Education in the Path of Nonviolence."
Troy Public Radio will feature a one-hour special with Arun Gandhi in the summer of 2022.
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
On The Exchange, Kendra James, CPA licensed in both Alabama and Florida, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about what is called "the great resignation," with people leaving their jobs to start their own businesses. In this part one of a two-part interview, Kendra James discusses how to start a business, including online. She is controller for Caddell Construction and a board member of The Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Stephan Bisaha, wealth and poverty reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his recent visit to investigate the impact of high gasoline prices on rural citizens in the west Alabama Blackbelt.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
On The Exchange, economist Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about state and local taxes on groceries, adding to concerns over inflation. His podcast, The Double Dome, delves further into economic issues affecting consumers.
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
On St. Patrick's Day, we acknowledge F. Scott Fitzgerald's Irish roots and the places in Montgomery, AL, that figured in his life with his wife Zelda. Author Maire Martello talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about her research into those places and the book that resulted - "Stepping Out with Scott and Zelda, Touring the Fitzgeralds' Montgomery."
This is part two of a two-part interview.
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
The life of deaf-blind activist Helen Keller is the subject of an opera under development and commissioned by Opera Birmingham. Composer and co-librettist Carla Lucero and Opera Birmingham General Director Keith Wolfe-Hughes talk with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the story of this groundbreaking opera, which will be accessible to people with disabilities.
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi's methods of nonviolent civil disobedience led to India's independence. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., used Gandhi's methods to achieve civil rights in the United States. Gandhi's grandson, Arun Gandhi, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his grandfather.
This is part two of a series that will become an hour-long special.
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Pain at the pump is hitting Alabamians harder everyday, but elected officials have yet to address the issue with any plans for relief to consumers. Economist Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about federal, state, and local gasoline taxes.