Frank: The Novel

Charles Thomas
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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.

Episodes

  1. 11/24/2024

    Frank the Final Episode

    Everyone comes back to life (mostly), and Frank buys a farm by the sea.  Nate and Chuck discuss serendipity and coincidence, faith and belief, and problems in systems-engineering.

    53 min

  2. 10/30/2024

    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.

    1h 7m

  3. 10/23/2024

    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.

    35 min

  4. 10/18/2024

    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!

    52 min

  5. 09/23/2024

    8 Frank Episode 8

    Frank and Mahmud explore Shangri-La.  Chuck and Nate explore the intersection of technology, sovereignty, and moral philosophy.

    1h 31m

  6. 08/11/2024

    Frank Episode 7

    Chapters 16-17: 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.

    55 min

  7. 07/24/2024

    Frank Episode 6

    Chapters 13-16: 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.

    49 min

  8. 07/01/2024

    Frank Episode 5

    Chapters 11-12: Things get cringe.  Nate and Chuck philosophize about it.

    32 min

  9. 06/14/2024

    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.

    1h 10m

  10. 05/31/2024

    Frank Episode 3

    Chapters 4-5: 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.

    59 min

  11. 05/23/2024

    Frank Episode 2

    Chapters 2-3: Chuck sings.  Frank gets his ass kicked.  Nate has questions.

    45 min

  12. 05/12/2024

    Frank Episode 1

    Chapter 1: Wherein Frank loses his mansion.

    41 min
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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.

Information

  • Creator
    Charles Thomas
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Frank: The Novel
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