In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

In 2020, Queen Elizabeth bestowed on Mobile native Marty Irby an award for his efforts to protect race horses from abuse.
He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about those efforts and other current animal welfare issues addressed by his nonprofit organization, Animal Wellness Action.

Fall is hurricane season, and the aftermath of tropical storms affects homeowners in our radio coverage area.  Monde Donaldson with the Better Business Bureau Serving Central and South Alabama, shares tips with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, for coping with the storms' aftermath.

September 24th is National Public Lands Day, and Alan Spears, Senior Director of Cultural Resources for the National Parks Conservation Association, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the National Park Service's Civil Rights sites in Alabama.  
NPCA is an advocacy nonprofit that works with the National Park Service to interpret America's stories.

Jamie Reeves, Conductor of the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the MSO's blockbuster opening concert, "Jurassic Park," at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center September 23. As the newly named conductor, he also discusses his vision for the orchestra's future.

Playwright Martha Pichey talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about family grief and addiction.  Her play, "Ashes and Ink," will be presented as a world premiere by Nora's Playhouse, a volunteer theatre collective dedicated to creating opportunities for women theatre artists, at The Sanctuary in Montgomery's Cottage Hill district at the Jubilee Community Center Sept. 23 - Oct. 2.

On The Exchange, Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host,   about cyber hygiene, or cybersecurity, and its importance in preventing hackers fromaccessing sensitive consumer information.

Although the Wright Brothers are credited with inventing the first successful airplane, Florida historian Dale Cox has found an alternate account about Dr. Lewis Boswell's earlier invention of a flying machine in Talladega County, Alabama.  Dale Cox, host of Two Egg TV's Off the Beaten Path Travel Channel and author of nineteen books, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson, about Dr. Boswell's patents and his flying machine.  
This program was first broadcast in April, 2021.

Twentieth century novelist Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award in 1953 for "Invisible Man." Tuskegee University English professors Zanice Bond and Caroline Gebhard talk with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson in this 2020 interview about the famed author's ties to Tuskegee University.

Naturalist Sy Montgomery of New Hampshire talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about her experience helping raise two baby hummingbirds.  Sy is a best-selling author of twenty nonfiction books for adults and children.  Her new book is "The Hummingbird's Gift, Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings."

Journalist and pitmaster Jim Auchmutey visits In Focus on Labor Day to talk with host Carolyn Hutcheson about Elvis and his favorite Memphis barbecue joint.  Jim also traces barbecue traditions and the origins of some recipes in dreams.  His book is "Smoke Lore, A Short History of Barbecue in America."