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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Episodes
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Live theater in the time of a pandemic is a challenge. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Layne Holley and Troy University's Tori Lee Averett, who chairs the Dept. of Theatre and Dance, discuss how audiences are being served by live theater again, using safety precautions during the pandemic.
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
On the 55th anniversary of one of the worst fires in US history, Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson speaks with Kyle Gassiott about a new podcast telling the story of the fire and its aftermath. When Dale's Penthouse Restaurant caught fire on a cold February night in downtown Montgomery, no one knew just how quickly the fire would spread and the devastation it would create. Twenty-five people lost their lives and numerous others were saved by the brave actions of restaurant staff.
Gassiott talks about what he has learned about the fire so far and tells listeners how they can help him in his research.
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Inflation continues to impact consumer buying power, so Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks about inflation with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, on The Exchange, the Monday program on In Focus.
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Archaeologist Teresa Paglione discusses Spanish Conquistador Hernando DeSoto's place in American history with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson. Archaeologists are closing in on DeSoto's route through west Alabama in the 1500s and the location of the epic Battle of Mabila. This is a History in Your Hands segment, with input from the Alabama Archaeological Society.
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Russia's military buildup on the borders of Ukraine has the West and NATO on edge. Professor Christopher Shaffer, Dean of Troy University Library Services, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his experience teaching English in Slovakia, shortly after the country emerged from Communist domination. His book is "Moon Over Sasova, One American's Experience Teaching in Post-Cold War Slovakia." Slovakia borders Ukraine.
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
The Reverend Joseph Rembert, former pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Montgomery, Alabama, remembers presiding at the funeral of Rosa Parks Oct. 30, 2005, at her home church. He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the occasion, as well as the service in Detroit.
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
A centuries-old mystery is the route of Spanish Conquistador Hernando DeSoto through Alabama, as well as the location of the Battle of Mabila. Archaeologist Ashley Dumas, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of West Alabama, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about Marengo County Native American settlements, which also feature Spanish artifacts from the 1500s.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Gorham Bird, Auburn University Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, and Junshan Liu, Associate Professor of Building Science, talk with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about their quest to document the remaining Rosenwald Schools in Alabama. The schools were a joint project of philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington to build schools to educate African American children in the rural South in the early 1900s. Many of the schools were still in use until the advent of school integration.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
The Alabama Sports and Adventure Hall of Fame inducts its Class of 2022 honorees tonight in Dothan. Chairman Mike Schmitz, former mayor of Dothan, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the organization's mission to recognize Adventure Sports achievers, especially those who use their sport to support community causes.
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
"The Exchange" returns to In Focus on Mondays, with business and financial topics for consumers. Today Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about current investment scams.