Reality Check
Narrated, Written and Produced by Joe Frank
Tuesday 6.25.13; 2:30 PM PT
KCRW 89.9 FM (Los Angeles) or
KCRW.com via Bosco Radio Link
Five Scoops of Bosco
What is reality?
What is the meaning of life?
Evil, madness, suffering and death are explored in a delightfully whimsical segment of The UnFictional Radio Program Tuesday (6.25.13).
The segment was written, narrated and produced by Broadcast Legend Joe Frank and is entitled "Reality Check".
"Reality Check" addresses the most vexing questions concerning the human condition in a resigned, yet high-spirited way that will leave listeners heartened and uplifted.
This episode also features Gideon Brower as the Script Reader, Mixed by Ray Guarna, and Edited in collaboration with Michal Story.
Joe Frank is an American radio personality, known best for his engaging, often philosophical, monologues and radio dramas.
Frank started his career at WBAI in New York, and also served as a co-anchor for the weekend edition of National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
In 1986, Frank moved to Santa Monica, California to work at KCRW, where he wrote, produced and performed in a weekly hour-long radio program, "Joe Frank: Work In Progress."
Frank's radio programs are at times dark and frequently ironic, humorous and absurd.
Adding to the atmosphere of Frank's monologues are loops of music over vocal drones.
While at KCRW, Frank received several awards including a Peabody Award and two Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards. One for his acclaimed three-part series "Rent-a-Family."
In 2003, Joe Frank was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Third Coast International Audio Festival. Frank is also a Guggenheim Fellow.
Joe Frank continued to work at KCRW until 2002, and his work evolved as evidenced by the diverse series he produced starting with Work in Progress, then In The Dark , followed by Somewhere Out There, and finally The Other Side.
Frank directed a well received episode of UnFictional earlier this year called "A Hollywood True Story"
UnFictional is a program of storytellers and documentaries that cover the ground between the sophisticated and the profane.
Audiences will hear captivating stories of real life told by writers and performers with a talent for tales that will suck you in.
The program also features documentaries created by the most talented producers from around the country.
UnFictional is one part of the Independent Producer Project, an initiative to cultivate and support the work of independent radio producers and other writers and artists. The idea is to create a clearinghouse of creativity both online and on the air.
The program is hosted and curated by KCRW Radio producer, Bob Carlson.
He has an ear for compelling radio stories that are funny, sad, sincere and often dark. Listen for stories of hometowns and family secrets, as well as tales of drugs, sex, and aliens (both extraterrestrial and earthbound.) The stories on UnFictional will stick in your head like a memory.
UnFictional can be heard each Tuesday at 2:30 PM PT in the greater Los Angeles area on KCRW 89.9 FM radio or worldwide on the internet at KCRW.com. We have also provided a link in our Bosco News and Information Radio Station. The show is repeated on Friday nights at 7:30 PM PT.
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