As holiday shopping ramps up, Monde Donaldson, Vice-President of the Educational Foundation of the Better Business Bureau Serving Central and South Alabama, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of The Exchange from In Focus about the difference between frauds and scams. She shares consumer tips for safe holiday shopping.

Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, summarizes the political year in his conversation with  Carolyn Hutcheson for The Newswrap. And the Wildcard is about Art and low-hanging fruit!

Today In Focus welcomes Quin Gresham, the new Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival,. He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson about the holiday favorite, "A Christmas Carol," playing through Dec. 29, and about his vision for broad community involvement in ASF, Alabama's State Theater. 

Clare Weil, First Vice-President of the Montgomery Gem and Mineral Society, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about Geodes and other minerals, as well as the December 6th - 8th Montgomery Gem and Mineral Show at Garrett Coliseum.  Information is at www.mgms.club.

A famous love story is at the center of the holiday play, "Shadowlands," at the Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery. Artistic Director Sam Wootten talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about C.S. Lewis and his wife, Joy, and the deeper message of the play.

The Holidays have arrived at Dothan Area Botanical Gardens, with "Gardens Aglow" and a sparkling tunnel with thousands of lights. William Holman, Executive Director, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about Gardens Aglow and the February Great Backyard Bird Count.

On the Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the leadership change in the Alabama Senate, with Greg Reed assuming a new role as head of Workforce Development in Governor Ivey's Cabinet.  And the Wildcard is about a lot of fur flying high!

Portrait and mural artist Sarah Painter Hayes of Tallahassee talks with Carolyn

Professor Martin Olliff of the Troy University Dothan Campus is a historian, Director of the Wiregrass Archives, and Host of the podcast, "It Came From the Archives."  He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about a new grant to document Black history in the Alabama Wiregrass during the Civil Rights era.

In November of 2023, Marielle Segarra of NPR's Life Kit podcast was diagnosed with breast cancer.  She talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about how her research and second medical opinions helped guide her path to healing.  The Life Kit podcast is available to new subscribers and features an array of helpful topics.