What would happen to you if, all of a sudden, you couldn’t lie?
That is the quandary facing our hero Frank, who suddenly has his life ripped from him in this modern retelling of Voltaire’s CANDIDE.
Like DEMON COPPERHEAD before it, FRANK is a current US-based retelling of an old story and one of the most influential books of all time. It is a satirical picaresque novel, and a necessary expression of moral rage.
Each episode includes commentary, music, and conversation with the author.
Nate and Chuck explore the intriguing relationships between serendipity, faith, and systems-engineering, offering insights into the complexities of life's unexpected twists and turns.
30 Oct 2024
Frank Episode 11
Frank and Martin poke around Venice. Nate and Chuck discuss the finer points of personal inspiration, racial disparity, and Gronk's post-NFL career.
23 Oct 2024
Frank Episode 10
Frank and Martin are taken for a ride in the Bordeaux airport. Nate and Chuck talk politics, the condition of social media, and coping strategies in a world gone well off the rails.
18 Oct 2024
Frank Episode 9
Frank and Mahmud rediscover civilization. Mahmud is off to Iskenderun, while Frank makes for Venice. The sheep? The sheep are long gone.Nate takes the plunge, philos-o-phizing as in days of yore. And so it is discussed, from the text in minutiae to the broad macrocosm. Hold on to your butts, bro-chachos!
23 Sept 2024
8 Frank Episode 8
Frank and Mahmud explore Shangri-La. Chuck and Nate explore the intersection of technology, sovereignty, and moral philosophy.
11 Aug 2024
Frank Episode 7
Frank tells a dirty joke. He and Mahmud get lost in the mountains. Nate and Chuck nerd out about archeology, Voltaire, Vonnegut, economics, and visions of utopia.
24 Jul 2024
Frank Episode 6
Complications arise for poor ol' Frank. Nate and Chuck somehow manage to discuss gender politics, history, geography, ethno-demographics, military sub-culture, and moral relativism, without inducing boredom. Mostly.
1 Jul 2024
Frank Episode 5
Things get cringe. Nate and Chuck philosophize about it.
14 Jun 2024
Frank Episode 4
Chapters 6-10. Trouble ensues, compounding upon the trouble which had already ensued. Nate gets all philosophical or whatever, to which Chuck faithfully adds his blah-blah-blahs.
31 May 2024
Frank Episode 3
Things get better for Les. Frank receives a crash-course in the indignities of air travel. They pass a typical night in Houston. Nate goads Chuck into ever more self-indulgent grand-standing.
23 May 2024
Frank Episode 2
Chuck sings. Frank gets his ass kicked. Nate has questions.
12 May 2024
Frank Episode 1
Wherein Frank loses his mansion.
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