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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Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Retired Birmingham Police Captain T.K. Thorne talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about her research and documentation of early 1960s Civil Rights incidents in Alabama. The incidents have become legendary, yet the truth of the story is captured in her book, "Behind the Magic Curtain, Secrets, Spies, and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham's Civil Rights Days."
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
The Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery, AL, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Artistic Director Sarah Walker Thornton talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about ways the theater survived the pandemic and how the Playhouse is bringing live theater back to audiences with a lighthearted fall and holiday season.
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Mt. Sinai Rosenwald School was established in Autauga County, Alabama, in 1919, to educate African American children. Mrs. Zenobia Marshall, President of the Mt. Sinai Community Center Rosenwald School, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the history of the school. The National Trust estimates that only about ten percent of the 5000 Rosenwald Schoolbuildings still exist across the South today.
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the Coronavirus pandemic tops the list.
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about the Attorney General's concerns over the Prison Reform Bill. And the wildcard is about a fat bear!
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
The ACF (Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint) Water Wars involve the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. At stake is the amount of water allotted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to flow into Florida to sustain the Apalachicola River and Bay. Georgia Ackerman, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, tells Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, why the river and bay ecosystem is worth saving.
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Picturesque Mentone, Alabama, is located on the west brow of Lookout Mountain, and its centerpiece is the Mentone Arts and Cultural Center. Board Chairman Ben Shurett sits down with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson to talk about the qualities that attract artists and visitors to the Mentone area, for our Towns and Byways series.
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
The Southern Longleaf Pine is the State Tree of Alabama. Jon Kressuk, a graduate student researcher in forestry science at the University of Arkansas, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the Montane Longleaf Pines found on Flagg Mountain in the Weogufka State Forest, which is administered by the Alabama Forestry Commission. Several of the pines date back to the 1600s and 1700s.
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, Reapportionment tops the agenda for the next Special Session of the Alabama Legislature.
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about the Special Session of the Alabama Legislature that dealt with prisons. And the wildcard is about a scooter team's world record!