Joe Frank

Joe Frank (August 19, 1938 – January 15, 2018) was a French-born American radio personality and humorist known best for his often philosophical, humorous, surrealist, and sometimes absurd monologues and radio dramas - wikipedia

This is my new here. Somehow I'd really like to use this style in some new undefined way to mix sounds from around the world.

https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/otm/otm011918_cms827881_pod.mp3 5. Jad Abumrad [@JadAbumrad] of Radiolab [@Radiolab] reflects on how Joe Frank's late-night shows influenced his work. Then, Mark Oppenheimer, host of Tablet's Unorthodox podcast, discusses his recent interview with Frank and his piece for Slate [@Slate] - player.fm

NPR's Joe Frank in rehearsal and production for his spoken work show Just An Ordinary Man at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Photo Credit: Mark Campbell Creative - wikimedia.org

Joe Frank was born '''Joseph Langermann''' in Strasbourg, France, near the border of Germany to father Meier Langermann (then age 51) and mother Friederike (then age 27), while in transit from Germany, where they were living, although they were Polish citizens.

Being Jewish, his family was fleeing Nazi Germany and moving to New York City, where they arrived on April 12, 1939. Legislation to allow the family and others into the country was passed by the US Congress twice, the first having been vetoed by President Roosevelt. His father died when Joe was five years old. The next year his mother married Freddy Frank and changed Joe's last name.

In his twenties, Frank studied at Hofstra University in New York (New York (state)) and later at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He taught English literature at the Dalton School in Manhattan and, at the time, became interested in the power of radio.