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Today’s interview-only episode of the show is all about the movies of Robert Frank, the Swiss-born photographer who captured the odd, overlooked, simmering contours of roadside America with his 1958 book The Americans, and then promptly left the field of still photography to become a pioneering figure in the development of post-war American independent cinema. There are two Robert Frank-related movie screenings happening in New Haven this upcoming weekend, and host Tom Breen is joined by the folks who organized and are participating in those events to talk about Frank as a filmmaker, a photographer, and a dedicated, complicated, American observer.

The guests on today's show are Brian Meacham, Laura Israel, and Nicholas Dawidoff. Brian is the archive and special collections manager at the Yale Film Archive, and a regular guest on this show. Laura is an editor, a longtime filmmaking collaborator of Robert Frank’s, and the director of a new feature-length documentary called Don’t Blink - Robert Frank. And Nicholas is a journalist and author of a number of books that explore American culture, sports, and identity, including 2013’s Collision Low Crossers. He is the author of a 2015 profile of Robert Frank for the New York Times Magazine called The Man Who Saw America, and is also a New Haven native and a fellow at Yale’s Branford College.

Rabbi Yael Levy describes the renewed popularity of a daily Jewish practice that takes place for 49 years at this time of year, called "Counting the Omer," and how it can bring new meaning to our lives.

Today on "The Show" host Michelle Turner and guest Jesse Hardy & Gunner Horton have a charitable conversation about Operation LOVE-A-FAIR.

Today on "The Tom Ficklin Show" host Tom Ficklin and Dr. James Jones discuss the panel tomorrow at Yale Divinity School "Black Lives Matter" in recognition of the Malik Jones tragedy of 20 years ago.

Today on "Mornings with Mubarakah" Part II: More About PCOS and Fertility with Dr. Lubna Pal

Today on "LoveBabz LoveTalk" host Babz Rawls-Ivy and Reverend Bonita Grubbs. Executive Director of CCA. They talk about the 50th Anniversary of Christian Community Action, and about Reverend Grubbs journey with CCA (Christian Community Action).

Today on "The Tom Ficklin Show" host Tom Ficklin has a social justice driven conversation with Joelle Fishman, Chairwoman of the Connecticut Communist Party USA.

Babz Rawls-Ivy, Norma Rodriguez-Reyes, Joe Ugly, Markeshia Ricks, and Lucy Gellman run down the latest on men's and women's health drama, discipline for high school student protesters, a proposed civilian review board, and the bombing of Syria.

Host Babz Rawls-Ivy talks to the Elm Shakespeare Teen Troupe about their upcoming production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Show dates Friday April 7 at 7:00pm and Saturday April 8 at 3:00 & 7:00 at SCSU. Tickets are $10.00

On this episode, host Lucy Gellman talks to Repair The World Program Associate Sam Sittenfield about the organization's annual social-justice themed Haggadah, and how matzah isn't always just matzah.