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 May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
On today's In Focus we remember Lamar Higgins, Troy University's first African-American President of Student Government and the institutions first Black member of the Board of Trustees. Guest host Kyle Gassiott shares parts of an interview with Higgins where he remembers his early years in a one room schoolhouse, his first impressions of Troy's campus, and getting to meet and work with his idol, Rosa Parks.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Retired homicide detective Lt. Joe Kenda, who commanded the major crimes unit of the Colorado Springs Police Department, joins his niece, Troy Public Radio's Ann Kenda, and In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson, to talk about his two television shows, "Homicide Hunter" and "American Detective," as well as his new book, "Killer Triggers." Kenda has devoted his career to standing up for crime victims. April 18-24 is National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
This week, when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, several bills are on the list - the amended Monuments bill, the Aniah Blanchard bill, and a Gender bill addressing public school sports.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 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 gambling bill and medical marijuana bill under consideration in the state legislature. And the wildcard is about a four-legged intruder.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
With the transition of the Trump U.S. presidency to the Biden presidency, foreign policy changes are examined by Troy University associate professors and political scientists Doug Davis and Michael Slobidchikoff in a conversation with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson. The guests are co-authors of the book, "Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order."
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Tuscaloosa attorney and historian Chris McIlwain talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about Alabama politics in the Civil War era. His new book is "The South's Forgotten Fire-eater, David Hubbard and North Alabama's Long Road to Disunion."
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Sylacauga marble is known worldwide, and Ruth Beaumonst Cook, author of the book,"Magic in Stone: The Sylacauga Marble Story," talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the artists who have used the Alabama marble. The Magic of Marble Festival in Sylacauga continues through April 17.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the proposed Alabama Lottery and Medical Marijuana top the legislative list.
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 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 political future of Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, as well as Governor Ivey's new Safer Apart order, which discontinues the mandatory mask order. And a noisy wildcard will be with us for weeks to come.
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Dr. Tika Benveniste, Senior Vice Dean for Research at the UAB School of Medicine, shares her parents' Holocaust survival story with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host. The guest also discusses how scientific resesearch, such as that offered in STEM education, played a role in developing the successful vaccines against Covid-19. Dr. Benveniste's mother, who trained as a dentist in Greece, inspired her to become a scientist.