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 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.
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Illegal cockfighting is happening in Alabama, and Mobile native Marty Irby,Executive Director of the Animal Wellness Action nonprofit in Washington, D.C., joins Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, to explore the issue. Irby was a source for the Montgomery Advertiser's Dec. 12, 2021, front page article on cockfighting.
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Noted historian and author Dale Cox sat down in June of 2021 with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson at the re-enactment of the last battle of the Creek Indian Wars, to discuss his Uchee Indian heritage. Joining the conversation was frontier re-enactor Tom Garrett. Both men had ancestors who fought in battles of the 1830s era. This event was held in Troy at the Pioneer Museum of Alabama, as a re-enactment of the 1837 "Battle at Hobdy's Bridge - Thunder on the Three Notch."
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Troy University Chair of the Political Science Dept. Professor Michael Slobodchikoff talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his Russian family history. They survived the Bolshevik Revolution, the Japanese invasion of China, and the 1949 Revolution in China. This is part two of his interview, with the first segment available at www.npr.org,; Search for In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson - Nov. 10, 2021 program.
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
On Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, travel journalist Darley Newman, PBS host of "Travels with Darley," talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about her experiences on Alabama's Civil Rights Trail. Darley has visited Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham for upcoming episodes.
Her two-part series that covers Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham will air onAlabama Public Television Jan. 22, 29, and Feb. 19.
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about Covid-19 and the widespread Omicron variant. In this segment, Dr. Harris discusses Covid testing, Omicron's symptoms, and ways to protect children from the virus.
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
As In Focus returns for the New Year, one possible New Year's Resolution could be to "Kick Covid." Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, joins Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, to discuss the latest Omicron developments and how to fight the pandemic. This is part one of a two-part interview, with part two on Jan. 13.
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Don Dailey, the longtime sole political analyst for both the Newswrap and Buzzword on "In Focus" is retiring from that job as well as host of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal." Don will continue to appear occasionally on the Newswrap with other analysts. On this episode we celebrate Don's tenure with the program by listening back to some of his more memorable wild cards! Please join host Carolyn Hutcheson and Kyle Gassiott in celebrating Don's 40-year career in both radio and television!
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Dr. Don Williamson, President and CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about how Alabama hospitals are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic. As we face the holidays, the Delta variant is prevalent, and Dr. Williamson has concerns about the emerging Omicron variant. He urges Covid vaccinations and booster shots, plus mask wearing for indoor gatherings.
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
National Wreaths Across America Day is Sat. Dec. 18, and Susan Waldrop, Troop Coordinator for Millbrook, Alabama's American Heritage Girls Troop ALO125, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the upcoming ceremony at Brookside Memorial Gardens. The girls of the troop have planned the entire ceremony, in which wreaths will be placed on the graves of fallen U.S. veterans.