In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson Troy Public Radio

A 1961 Rolls Royce is at the center of the story of "Zelda in the Backyard," a world premiere play this month at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.  Playwright Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about her semi-autobiographical story.

On The Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, discusses Alabama's expansion of school choice with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus.  He also addresses the violent crime in Montgomery that has citizens concerned.  And the Wildcard is about a kid who stole the spotlight in Congress!

On today's Storyline book series from In Focus, Stuart Eizenstat, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and a top diplomatic negotiator who served under six presidents, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the ongoing war in the Middle East.  In this part two of his interview, he recalls how President Jimmy Carter was hands-on with the Camp David Accords.  Ambassador Eizenstat's new book is "The Art of Diplomacy, How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World."  His previous book is "President Carter: The White House Years."

Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Stuart Eizenstat, who served under six presidents, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about his new book, "The Art of Diplomacy, How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World."This is part one of a two-part interview, to be continued on June 6th for The Storyline book series.

Donna Beisel, Director of Operations at the Troy University Rosa Parks Museum on the Montgomery Campus, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the June 15th Juneteenth celebration commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery when Texas finally received word in 1865.  For almost a decade, the Troy University Rosa Parks Museum has celebrated Juneteenth with a block party and museum presentations.  

On The Storyline book series from In Focus, Katie Lamar Jackson, one of the editors of "Old Enough, Southern Women Artists and Writers on Creativity and Aging," and Suzanne LaRosa, co-founder and former publisher of NewSouth Books, a trade imprint of the University of Georgia Press, discuss with Carolyn Hutcheson the topic of aging and relevance with 21 women essayists who contributed to the book.