Live theater in the time of a pandemic is a challenge. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s Layne Holley and Troy University’s Tori Lee Averett, who chairs the Dept. of Theatre and Dance, discuss how audiences are being served by live theater again, using safety precautions during the pandemic.
On the 55th anniversary of one of the worst fires in US history, Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson speaks with Kyle Gassiott about a new podcast telling the story of the fire and its aftermath. When Dale’s Penthouse Restaurant caught fire on a cold February night in downtown Montgomery, no one knew just how quickly the fire would spread and the devastation it would create. Twenty-five people lost their lives and numerous others were saved by the brave actions of restaurant staff.
Gassiott talks about what he has learned about the fire so far and tells listeners how they can help him in his research.
Inflation continues to impact consumer buying power, so Judson Edwards, Dean of the Troy University Sorrell College of Business, talks about inflation with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, on The Exchange, the Monday program on In Focus.
Troy University is partnering with other international universities to introduce students to Typography through a new seminar, as TROY Public Radio’s Conner Howell reports.
And, we’ll listen back to one of our favorite stories from TROY’s Montgomery campus, as we revisit the Curry Commons Bell Tower.
Archaeologist Teresa Paglione discusses Spanish Conquistador Hernando DeSoto’s place in American history with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson. Archaeologists are closing in on DeSoto’s route through west Alabama in the 1500s and the location of the epic Battle of Mabila. This is a History in Your Hands segment, with input from the Alabama Archaeological Society.
Russia’s military buildup on the borders of Ukraine has the West and NATO on edge. Professor Christopher Shaffer, Dean of Troy University Library Services, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about his experience teaching English in Slovakia, shortly after the country emerged from Communist domination. His book is “Moon Over Sasova, One American’s Experience Teaching in Post-Cold War Slovakia.” Slovakia borders Ukraine.
The Reverend Joseph Rembert, former pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Montgomery, Alabama, remembers presiding at the funeral of Rosa Parks Oct. 30, 2005, at her home church. He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the occasion, as well as the service in Detroit.
