“In Focus Political Buzzword” – TPR’s In Focus – July 26, 2021
As Host Marissa Lacey reports, Troy University is cosponsoring the first Yellowhammer Film Fest, inviting high school and college students to create and watch films in a virtual celebration.
And, in the final installment of The Trojan Minute, Troy University’s Kate Price-Howard, Assistant Professor of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic affected theme parks and other resorts.
The Pioneer Museum of Alabama, formerly the Pike Pioneer Museum, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Located on Hwy. 231 N in Troy, it houses some 20,000 artifacts. Barbara Tatom, Museum Director, sat down with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, to talk about the notable museums within the complex that reflect Native American and early pioneer life in southeast Alabama.
In this second of a three-part conversation about NATO, Camille Grand, Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about NATO’s goals for the decade and its concerns about the implications of climate change. The Alabama World Affairs Council at Troy University sponsored Camille Grand’s virtual address in May, and this conversation followed.
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. Dan Smith. as they discuss “Money and the Rule of Law”
On this week’s Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about Kenneth Pascal becoming the first African American Republican elected to the Alabama House of Representatives since Reconstruction. And the wild card is about communicating with amphibians.
“America’s Original Sin” is Willie Little’s new art exhibit tackling the subject of slavery in the United States and issues of social justice. And as Host Marissa Lacey reports, it is currently on display at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery.
And, in this week’s Trojan Minute, we hear from Govind Menon, who studies intense jets of radiation and particles that form in supermassive black holes.