In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Naturalist Sy Montgomery of New Hampshire talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about her experience helping raise two baby hummingbirds.  Sy is a best-selling author of twenty nonfiction books for adults and children.  Her new book is "The Hummingbird's Gift, Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings."

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Television's Carolyn Hutcheson, concern over a possible spike in Covid-19 cases following the Memorial Day weekend tops the list.

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 passing of former Alabama Governor John Patterson. The wildcard is about a hero African rat, whose service locating land mines in Cambodia earned him a medal upon retirement.

Larry Caver, President of the Old Autauga Historical Society, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about Autauga County, a county that is older that the state of Alabama. This is part one of a two-part interview for our Towns and Byways series.

Third World countries lack clean water and adequate sanitation. Surprisingly, in places across rural America, adequate sanitation is lacking. Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the lack of rural sanitation in Lowndes County, Alabama. Her research and activism in bringing awareness to the issue resulted in her book, "Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret." This is part one of a two-part interview.

Florida historian and documentary film producer Dale Cox talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the last major battle of the Creek Indian Wars of 1836-37 at Hobdy's Bridge in south Alabama. A re-enactment of that battle will take place on June 11 and 12 at the Pioneer Museum of Alabama in Troy. Dale Cox will portray his Uchee ancestor at the event. Two Egg TV is a source of further information on that era.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the Alabama prison project comes to the forefront. Don Dailey also reports that Alabama has one of the lowest Covid vaccination rates in the nation, with only 35% of the population vaccinated.

On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about political leaders throwing their hats in the ring for reelection. And the wildcard is about a dog with a new perspective on planet earth.

The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Law goes into effect in 2022, and the Big Cat Public Safety Act is making its way through Congress. Mobile native Marty Irby, Executive Director of the nonprofit Animal Wellness Action, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the intent of these two pieces of legislation.

In a repeat program from an interview in 2018 when writer Dayton Duncan visited Montgomery, In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson talks with the author about his longtime collaboration with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and their Country Music series for PBS.