Charles Thomas

Frank: The Novel

Arts EN ↓ 12 episodes

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.

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Author

Charles Thomas

Episodes

Frank the Final Episode 24.11.2024 53:29

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.

Frank Episode 11 30.10.2024 1:07:10

Frank and Martin poke around Venice. Nate and Chuck discuss the finer points of personal inspiration, racial disparity, and Gronk's post-NFL career.

Frank Episode 10 23.10.2024 35:04

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.

Frank Episode 9 18.10.2024 51:31

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!

8 Frank Episode 8 23.09.2024 1:30:58

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

Frank Episode 7 11.08.2024 55:00

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.

Frank Episode 6 24.07.2024 48:47

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.

Frank Episode 5 01.07.2024 31:33

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

Frank Episode 4 14.06.2024 1:10:08

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.

Frank Episode 3 31.05.2024 59:07

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.

Frank Episode 2 23.05.2024 45:13

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

Frank Episode 1 12.05.2024 41:22

Chapter 1: Wherein Frank loses his mansion.