In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

"Leave No Trace" is a principle that campers follow, and so does Bigfoot.  Renee Raney, District Manager and Education Coordinator for Alabama State Parks, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about those principles in the context of Cheaha State Park's Peace, Love and Bigfoot Weekend planned for Feb. 19-20.

Rural Alabamians are at a disadvantage because of a lack of Broadband access. Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about plans by the State of Alabama for broadband expansion into rural areas. 
Judson Edwards is host of the new podcast, The Double Dome.

George Washington Carver, the famous scientist and educator, had a unique way of improving race relations.  He would mentor and befriend white college students with promising careers.  Guest John H. Pickle, Jr., talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his father's friendship with Carver. His book is "One of His Boys, the Letters of Johnnie Pickle and His Mentor, George W. Carver."
This is Part Two of his program, with Part One airing on Oct. 19, 2021.

Reportedly, the Millbrook, AL, Mardi Gras Festival and Parade is the second largest in the Southeast, north of the Gulf Coast.  King Charles Oden and Queen Glenda Yarborough talk with Caroyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about Mardi Gras history and plans for the February 19th Festival and Parade at the Millbrook Village Green.  
This is a Towns and Byways program in the In Focus series.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.