Podcast: In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

On today’s Newswrap from In Focus, Todd Stacy, host of Alabama Public Television’s Capitol Journal, reports that students are making big gains in educational achievement. And the Wildcard is seared all over the floor!

With the increase in cases of the cyclospora parasite causing intestinal illness, the director of food safety for the Alabama Department of Agriculture and industries visits In Focus today with advice on how to avoid it!

Today’s In Focus brings you part two of our conversation with two Florida archaeologists about a cat that a Spanish galleon brought to the Florida Gulf Coast in 1559.

There is more to the story of America than its 250th birthday. On today’s In Focus, two Florida archaeologists bring you the story of Luna the Cat, brought to the New World aboard a Spanish galleon in 1559.

On the Newswrap from In Focus, Todd Stacy, host of Alabama Public Television’s Capitol Journal, discusses the court ruling on gubernatorial candidate Tommy Tuberville’s residential status. And the Wildcard is about a cat that steals the show!

If you are plagued by mosquitoes and other flying insects this summer, attracting birds can help reduce them. Dr. Shirley Farrell, president of the Alabama Ornithological Society, joins us for an In Focus re-visit from spring. 

Today, Tisha Rhodes and Mark Harris bring you the story of the legendary Dixie Art Colony and its roots in Alabama. 

As America continues its 250th birthday celebration, Darley Newman visits In Focus with her new book, “Revolutionary Road Trip,” to tell the story of a famous patriot known as the “swamp fox” and the Alabama town that bears his name. 

StoryCorps has an exciting new program called Connect 250, to commemorate America’s 250th, and founder Dave Isay visits In Focus with a preview. 

On In Focus today, Colonel Bryan Morgan shares a mystery from a famous movie about the Battle of Gettysburg and the ghostly “extras” that appeared in the film.