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. Alex Salter. as they discuss “What is new and true about Modern Monetary Theory”.
This week when Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson, the topic of medical cannabis tops the list.
On this week’s Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about Governor Ivey’s call for a Special Session of the Alabama Legislature, starting October 28. And the wildcard is about a strange figure riding in an HOV lane.
As Guest Host Cody Skelton reports, Troy University’s Hall School of Journalism and Communication is celebrating half a century of training journalists. To commemorate the occasion, the Hall School of Journalism unveiled its new slogan, “Shaping Ethical and Trustworthy Communicators”.
And, “Reimagining the Everyday” is the newest exhibit in TROY’s International Arts Center on the main campus. The artist, Janet Nolan, died in 2019, and as Producer Conner Howell reports, the message of her work lives on in this exhibit.
Retired Birmingham Police Captain T.K. Thorne talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about her research and documentation of early 1960s Civil Rights incidents in Alabama. The incidents have become legendary, yet the truth of the story is captured in her book, “Behind the Magic Curtain, Secrets, Spies, and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham’s Civil Rights Days.”
The Cloverdale Playhouse in Montgomery, AL, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Artistic Director Sarah Walker Thornton talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about ways the theater survived the pandemic and how the Playhouse is bringing live theater back to audiences with a lighthearted fall and holiday season.
Mt. Sinai Rosenwald School was established in Autauga County, Alabama, in 1919, to educate African American children. Mrs. Zenobia Marshall, President of the Mt. Sinai Community Center Rosenwald School, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the history of the school. The National Trust estimates that only about ten percent of the 5000 Rosenwald School
buildings still exist across the South today.
This week when Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson, the Coronavirus pandemic tops the list.
As Cody Skelton Reports, Assistant Dean of the Sorrell College of Business Dewey Todd is the newest recipient of the Alabama Retail Association bronze medal for Retailer of the Year for businesses with annual sales of $1 million and under.
And, TROY’s Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery is hosting the latest installment in the Real Talk Community Forum series next week, and as Producer Conner Howell reports, the topic will be “Sites of Conscience.”
On this week’s Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about the Attorney General’s concerns over the Prison Reform Bill. And the wildcard is about a fat bear!