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Lisa gets to talk with Funny Girl's newest star Julie Benko.

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Lisa chats with Ian Warburg about big changes coming to the Saugatuck section of Westport.

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Lisa talks with Jason Greenblatt who served as the Envoy to the Middle East under President Trump and author of In The Path of Abraham.

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1. When local writer and producer Lisa Franco walked into an antique shop on Cape Cod eleven years ago, little did she know she would stumble upon a treasure that would change the course of her life. Lisa Franco shared her journey of writing My Dearest Darling: Letters of Love in Wartime. ((00:00))

2. Governor Lamont took listener questions about taxes, health topics, law enforcement numbers and more. ((13:54))

3. Bridgeport is installing security cameras on the outside of all school buses to crack down on drivers bypassing stopped buses. But what’s being done about bus-rider bullying? We spoke with Fran Rabinowitz, executive director of the CT Association of Public School Superintendents about this. ((30:51))

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Thursday's "Connecticut Today" with Paul Pacelli took a look at the options the U.S. now has in trying to get Russia to release imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner (0:31). Darien/Norwalk GOP State Representative Terrie Wood talked about her candidacy for the Republican nomination in this year's Secretary of the State race (15:00).

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In an unusual opening to "The Norm Pattis Show," Norm talked about his emu and a hard time he's going through with him. So much so that someone else with an emu called in!

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1. Senator Blumenthal called on his way to the Pentagon to talk about the war in Ukraine. He also talked about Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Taiwan and the death of an Al-Qaeda leader overseas. ((00:10))

2. An afterschool program is open for registration in Bridgeport and it's available in the summer too! We learned about the Lighthouse Program and the work it has accomplished in 30 years. ((07:46))

3. Zoo Minute: Monarch Butterflies ((21:09))

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Wednesday's "Connecticut Today" with Paul Pacelli took a look at the state of the governor's race and the fact that most of the issues being discussed so far lack any real substance (0:2). Attorney and law enforcement veteran Lance LoRusso talked about the continuing danger posed by progressive district attorneys in many major American cities (10:04).

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The Norm Pattis Show featured a little bit of everything for the listeners today. First, Norm had his friend, Jim Nugent, a Personal Injury Lawyer at Nugent and Bryant, to talk about the differences between the courtroom as glamorized in Hollywood vs Reality (0:00). After that, Norm started talking about the Alex Jones case and some comparisons between it and some of the comments made by Democrats during the Donald Trump Presidency and January 6th committee, which drew an interesting phone call from a listener in New Haven (24:03).

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