Alabama native Patricia Foster returns to her home state next week for speaking engagements in Auburn.  She talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about her parents' mining/sharecropping roots in the Depression, which influenced her views of class, race, and what she terms the Southern caste system.  Professor Emerita Foster teaches in the University of Iowa MFA program, and her book is "Written in the Sky, Lessons of a Southern Daughter."

Jonathan Ross, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the Oct. 18th  Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence.  The DOJ is working with schools to implement a SAFE Student Pledge to "Stand Against Firearm Endangerment."  Schools can find out more about the student certificates by contacting the DOJ Middle District of Alabama office.

The Alabama Trails Foundation is bringing the Arts to Flagg Mountain.  Cindy Ragland, Executive Director, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the mountain's history, the Pinhoti Trail, and the "Pines, Poets, and Plein Air Painting" event Oct. 22.

On The Newswrap, Alabama Public Television's Todd Stacy, host of Capitol Journal, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the status of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, as well as the quest to elect a new U.S. House of Representatives Speaker.

In this special edition of In Focus, guest host Joey Hudson and Troy University Theatre Professor Quinton Cockrell talk about the eagerly-anticipated staging of The Diviners. Cockrell also talks about his career as an actor and playwright, including the MLK speech that got him to start acting in the 7th grade.

October has several observances set aside to honor cats.  Ti Ortega, President of That Animal Group - TAG, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the nonprofit's service to Montgomery and other counties to control the cat and dog overpopulation.

From the Alabama Securities Commission case files, Amanda Senn, Director, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the tomato-growing fraud case she prosecuted in north Alabama - the Lawhorne case.  The Exchange from In Focus is expanding to a nine-minute format with in-depth coverage of issues that affect consumers, investors, and the marketplace.

An upcoming Fraud Summit is planned for the public on Oct. 17 at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.

On The Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the Alabama Legislature's latest Redistricting Map, as well as the recent ouster of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The Newswrap returns to In Focus on Fridays at 7:45 a.m., 12:35 p.m., and 4:44 p.m. Central time.

Retired Birmingham Police Captain T.K. Thorne talked with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson in October 2021 about her research and documentation of early 1960s Civil Rights incidents in Alabama.  The stories have become legendary, yet the facts of the incidents were captured by eyewitnesses, as documented in her book, "Behind the Magic Curtain, Secrets, Spies, and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham's Civil Rights Days."  This is a re-broadcast of the 2021 program and is part of The Storyline book series.

When this interview was initially broadcast in August 2020, people were getting accustomed to the word “pandemic.” Archaeologist Teresa Paglione researched the spread of diseases brought from Europe to the New World, decimating the native populations. She talked with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson in this "History in Your Hands" segment, with input from the Alabama Archaeological Society.