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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Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
The Montgomery Symphony Orchestra has been a mainstay in the River Region's artistic community for more than forty years. Jamie Reeves, the Interim Music Director and Conductor, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, with an update on the orchestra's music season, its educational outreach, and the protocol for audience members during the pandemic.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
When Kristy Meanor, Artistic Director of the Wetumpka Depot Players, read Doug Segrest's novel, "A Storm Came Up," she knew it could be adapted to the stage. She and Segrest talk with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about their collaboration, turning a novel about the Jim Crow South into a play.
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Although February is known for Valentine's Day and romance, sweetheart scams are proliferating on the Internet. Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about how the scams work to part vulnerable people from their money.
The Alabama Securities Commission stands ready to help with information and examples of cases on their website, asc.alabama.gov.
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Hummingbird science has changed over the past twenty-five years, thanks to research by master bird banders like Fred Bassett with the nonprofit Hummingbird Research.net organization. He talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the hummingbirds he has banded this winter. Fred credits the help of the "citizen scientists," TPR's radio listeners in the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia coverage area, since he bands winter hummers in their yards.
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
From 1942 to 1946, Camp Gordon Johnston, an Army amphibious training camp in Carrabelle, Florida, trained a quarter of a million soldiers. Two African American amphibious truck companies were deployed from there to Europe and the Pacific, distinguishing themselves in both theaters during World War II. Lisa Keith-Lucas, volunteer archivist, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the companies and the museum's February Black History Month exhibit.
The museum welcomes information about the soldiers to add to the rosters. More information at campgordonjohnston.com.
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
CPA Jeffrey Kintz, a Tax Supervisor at the Wilkins Miller business advisory firm in Mobile, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about tax information for individuals. The Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants maintains a CPA referral list for those needing the help of a CPA.
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
"Leave No Trace" is a principle that campers follow, and so does Bigfoot. Renee Raney, District Manager and Education Coordinator for Alabama State Parks, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about those principles in the context of Cheaha State Park's Peace, Love and Bigfoot Weekend planned for Feb. 19-20.
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Rural Alabamians are at a disadvantage because of a lack of Broadband access. Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about plans by the State of Alabama for broadband expansion into rural areas.
Judson Edwards is host of the new podcast, The Double Dome.
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
George Washington Carver, the famous scientist and educator, had a unique way of improving race relations. He would mentor and befriend white college students with promising careers. Guest John H. Pickle, Jr., talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his father's friendship with Carver. His book is "One of His Boys, the Letters of Johnnie Pickle and His Mentor, George W. Carver."
This is Part Two of his program, with Part One airing on Oct. 19, 2021.
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Reportedly, the Millbrook, AL, Mardi Gras Festival and Parade is the second largest in the Southeast, north of the Gulf Coast. King Charles Oden and Queen Glenda Yarborough talk with Caroyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about Mardi Gras history and plans for the February 19th Festival and Parade at the Millbrook Village Green.
This is a Towns and Byways program in the In Focus series.