In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

On The Exchange, Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In  Focus host, about economic indicators that point to spiraling inflation leading to stagflation - a stagnant economy plagued by inflation.  

At the Montgomery, Alabama, Zoo, Michelle Johnson, Conservation and Enrichment Manager, and Jen Hamilton, Zoo Keeper, talk about the two resident mother-daughter North American otters, the Lagoon Park cleanup, and World Otter Day festivities planned at the zoo May 25th.  Otters are an indicator species of the environmental water quality in lakes, streams, ponds, and swamps.

In early 2022, James Bullinger was an inaugural  inductee in the new Alabama Sports and Adventure Hall of Fame.  The Level Plains resident talked with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his decision ten years ago to lose weight and get physically active.  The venue he chose was outdoors, with extensive hiking and mountain climbing in the U.S. and abroad.  Bullinger is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, who has raised funds through his treks for the U.S. Army Aviation Museum

Professor Diane Orlofsky, Director of Troy University Choirs, discusses with Carolyn Hutcheon, In Focus host, the power of choral music to affect our emotions and lives. As her career transitions to part-time status, she will resume performing at concerts and working on her next book about psychologist Jerome Bruner's theory of learning. A born teacher, Professor Orlofsky reminisces about the Concert Chorale's performance at Carnegie Hall and the contributions her former students are making as professionals in the field of choral music.

Economist Judson Edwards, Dean of the Sorrell College of Business at Troy University, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about inflation and the economic outlook for vacation travel. Edwards also hosts the podcast, The Double Dome, "where two heads are better than one."

Alabama archaeologist Ben Hoksbergen talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about a prehistoric dugout canoe that was pulled from the Tennessee River in 1948.  The canoe was displayed outside Cathedral Caverns, then gradually disintegrated, and remnants were lost.  This is a History in Your Hands segment in a series with the Alabama Archaeological Society and is a cautionary tale about the mishandling of important artifacts. The dugout canoe was a rare aboriginal watercraft retrieved from the Tennessee River and only the second known canoe of its type from Alabama.

National Public Gardens Day is May 7th, and William Hollman, Executive Director of Dothan Area Botanical Gardens talks about the gardens with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host.  He also discusses the Wiregrass Birding Trail.

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about voter registration deadlines and absentee voting procedures for the May 24th Primary Election.  
Next week, in Part Two of his interview, Secretary Merrill will discuss the Primary Election ballot.

According to the Better Business Bureau, cryptocurrency scams are the second most prevalent scams in the U.S.  Monde Donaldson, Vice-President of the Better Business Bureau, Serving Central and South Alabama, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about how cryptocurrency scams work.

The Moth Radio Hour is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a return to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival on May 7th.  Catherine Burns, Artistic Director, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about how the program got started in coastal Georgia and is now worldwide in its mission to cultivate storytelling.