Hummingbird science has changed over the past twenty-five years, thanks to research by master bird banders like Fred Bassett with the nonprofit Hummingbird Research.net organization. He talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the hummingbirds he has banded this winter. Fred credits the help of the “citizen scientists,” TPR’s radio listeners in the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia coverage area, since he bands winter hummers in their yards.
From 1942 to 1946, Camp Gordon Johnston, an Army amphibious training camp in Carrabelle, Florida, trained a quarter of a million soldiers. Two African American amphibious truck companies were deployed from there to Europe and the Pacific, distinguishing themselves in both theaters during World War II. Lisa Keith-Lucas, volunteer archivist, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the companies and the museum’s February Black History Month exhibit.
The museum welcomes information about the soldiers to add to the rosters. More information at campgordonjohnston.com.
CPA Jeffrey Kintz, a Tax Supervisor at the Wilkins Miller business advisory firm in Mobile, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about tax information for individuals. The Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants maintains a CPA referral list for those needing the help of a CPA.
“Leave No Trace” is a principle that campers follow, and so does Bigfoot. Renee Raney, District Manager and Education Coordinator for Alabama State Parks, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about those principles in the context of Cheaha State Park’s Peace, Love and Bigfoot Weekend planned for Feb. 19-20.
Rural Alabamians are at a disadvantage because of a lack of Broadband access. Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about plans by the State of Alabama for broadband expansion into rural areas.
Judson Edwards is host of the new podcast, The Double Dome.
Dr. Dan Sutter, of the Manuel Johnson Center for Political Economy, hosts EconVersations, a program that explores the role of free markets in promoting prosperity through conversations with Manuel Johnson Center faculty and guests. In this episode, Dr. Sutter interviews Dr. Phil Magness of the American Institute for Economic Research. as they discuss Capitalism and Slavery.
Ms. Troy University 2022 has been crowned! But it’s not all glitz and glamour. Being pageant queen comes with important duties as well, as Producer Jaelanne Thomas reports.
And, we listen back to one of our favorite stories about TROY’s army of Chinese warrior statues on the main campus. Producer Hans Ng reports.
On this episode of Speaking Globally, host Major Gen (Ret) Walter Givhan speaks with Dr. Ralph Clem, Emeritus Professor and Senior Fellow at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. The episode’s topic: the standoff between the United States and Russia over the future of Ukraine.
Clem holds the MA and PhD from Columbia University, in geography, with a concentration in Soviet studies. A geographer, he is the co-editor of seven books, including, most recently, Political Geographies of the Post-Soviet Union. He also frequently publishes blog posts, recently concentrated on Russia, Ukraine and international security issues.
Clem has testified on over 75 occasions as an expert witness in United States Immigration Courts in matters involving asylum-seekers from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
Related Links:
TROY University Global Leadership PhD: troy.edu/globalleadership
Alabama World Affairs Council: alwac.org
TROY Public Radio: troypublicradio.org
George Washington Carver, the famous scientist and educator, had a unique way of improving race relations. He would mentor and befriend white college students with promising careers. Guest John H. Pickle, Jr., talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his father’s friendship with Carver. His book is “One of His Boys, the Letters of Johnnie Pickle and His Mentor, George W. Carver.”
This is Part Two of his program, with Part One airing on Oct. 19, 2021.
Reportedly, the Millbrook, AL, Mardi Gras Festival and Parade is the second largest in the Southeast, north of the Gulf Coast. King Charles Oden and Queen Glenda Yarborough talk with Caroyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about Mardi Gras history and plans for the February 19th Festival and Parade at the Millbrook Village Green.
This is a Towns and Byways program in the In Focus series.
