Best George Homeboy Podcasts (2024)

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106- Aerosmith done touring; Sexy Louisiana Mayor arrested; Bill Maher and “Hawk Tuah” Hailey Welch awkward moment; and more! 1:06:30

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Frankie D talks about how the classic rock band Aerosmith is officially done touring because of Steven Tyler's health issues. I also talk about how a hot mayor from Louisiana, Misty Roberts Clanton, got arrested for allegedly banging a minor. I also talk about Hailey Welch, the “Hawk Tuah” girl going on Bill Mahers podcast, "Club Random". I then ta…

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Episode 655: BILLY WIMSATT, MOVEMENT VOTER PROJECT - a voice of both grassroots & donors in the Biden-Harris-Walz relaunch 1:01:24

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BILLY WIMSATT is founder and executive director of Movement Voter Project and Movement Voter PAC. MVP helps progressive donors invest in the election efforts of local community-based organizations in battleground states. In that role, during the Biden-Harris-Walz relaunch, Wimsatt and MVP listened to and at times spoke for both grassroots organizer…

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105- Homeboy calls in; Dave Portnoy lost at sea; Olympic internet celebrities; Billy Joel last MSG concert 1:01:44

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Frankie D has a quick call in with a listener named Homeboy. I also talk about how Barstool Sports owner, Dave Portnoy got lost at sea. I also talk about how an 89 year old female comedian, D’yan Forest, got punched in the face in New York City. I also talk about the 2024 Olympic internet celebrities. I then talk about Billy Joel's last concert at …

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#104- Billie Eilish can’t sell out concert; Billy Ray Cyrus calls Miley Cyrus a skank; Shane Gillis does hilarious Donald Trump impression 1:04:09

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Frankie D talks about Hulk Hogan at the Republican National Convention. I also talk about how Billie Eilish can’t sell out her London concerts because she is charging too much for tickets. I also talk about Chanel West Coast and why she is leaving Rob Dyrdek’s TV show “Ridiculousness”. I also play the audio of Billy Ray Cyrus screaming at his wife …

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Episode 654: ROB JOHNSON of INET* & I (11-05-2020) - first show following Biden’s election - *Institute for New Economic Thinking 1:02:13

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Given Biden’s exit from the race, I thought it might be interesting to replay the first episode I recorded following his election. Here is my November 5th, 2020 conversation with Rob Johnson, Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Rob and I have made a point to talk after the last several elections. This episode is very much…

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Episode 653: GEORGE PACKER-WHAT WILL BECOME OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION? Phoenix AZ: Drought, Delusion, and Division 1:02:20

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I’ve talked with journalist and best-selling author, GEORGE PACKER, about 2013’s National Book Award-winning The UNWINDING and 2021’s LAST BEST HOPE, in which he offers four narratives of America that motivate and divide us. Today our jumping off point will be his current cover story in The Atlantic on Phoenix, Arizona, WHAT WILL BECOME OF AMERICAN…

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Episode 652: 1) BUCKMINSTER FULLER-in the words of his daughter 2) STUART KAUFFMAN-Does life’s ceaseless creativity=God? REINVENTING THE SACRED 58:04

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Two conversations about the big picture. First, 20 years ago USPS released a stamp honoring inventor and multi-hyphenate visionary Bucky Fuller. Here’s my 2004 conversation about the man and his work with his daughter, ALLEGRA FULLER SNYDER. Buckminster Fuller Institute: bfi.org. Second, one of my favorites, my 2008 conversation with MacArthur-winn…

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#103- Which celebrity was the sexiest on 4th of July? (NOT Tom Brady); Does George W. Bush walk around naked? 55:17

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Frankie D comments on pictures of a bunch of celebrities in sexy bathing suits from the 4th of July. The story included Katy Perry, Emma Hernan, Lisa Rinna, and more! Most of the story was hot women celebrities in bikinis showing off their boobs, unfortunately Tom Brady had to be added to the story and ruin that. I also talk about “The D'amelio sho…

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Episode 651: ZOE SCHLANGER, THE LIGHT EATERS: How the World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life 57:24

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This week, we step aside from today’s news to dig into a story millions of years in the making, as I speak with ZOE SCHLANGER about her best-selling THE LIGHT EATERS: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth. What are we to make of a vine that grows leaves to blend into the shrub on which it climbs, a f…

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#102- Dave Grohl goes after Taylor Swift; Hawk tuah girl, Hailey Welch, going on dancing with the stars? 71 year old woman in Miss Texas USA pageant 57:17

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Frankie D talks about Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl, going after Taylor Swift. I also talk about the famous “Hawk Tuah” girl, Hailey Welch. I talk about how famous Hailey has gotten that even famous broadcasters such as Howard Stern and Joe Rogan are talking about her. I then question if she could be a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. I al…

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Episode 650: MARK BITTMAN (2021)-ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK: A history of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal 59:47

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As Congress negotiates a new “Farm Bill” – they do so every 5 years – will health, nutrition, poverty, and nature/climate get seats at the table or will Big Ag and Big Food dominate and dictate as usual? Speaking of food, here’s my 2021 conversation with MARK BITTMAN, longtime fixture at the New York Times, author of 30 books, about one of his late…

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#101- Justin Timberlake gets arrested; Bill Belichick dating 24 year old; Ariana Grande bizarre dream dinner “date”; Christina Aguilera makes sexy phone line 1:12:34

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This week Frankie D talks about how Justin Timberlake got arrested. He then goes through other celebrities that got arrested such as Lindsay Lohan, Justin Bieber, Robert Downey Jr. and more. I also talk about how former NFL Patriots coach, Bill Belichick is dating a hot 24 year old named Jordan Hudson. I then talk about Ariana Grandes bizarre dream…

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Episode 649: ARI BERMAN, MINORITY RULE: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People & the Fight to Resist It. 1:00:00

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The US holds one national popular vote and the Republican party has won that vote once since 1988, that’s 36 years. Yet they’ve held the presidency nearly 12 of those years. Since Nixon, they’ve appointed 15 Supreme Court justices, to the Democrats 4. I speak with ARI BERMAN about his new book, MINORITY RULE: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of th…

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#100- Frankie D goes after Logan Paul; Nathans goes after Joey Chestnut; Meghan McCain goes after Jennifer Lopez; Wild pigs kill more humans than sharks 1:21:22

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Frankie D talks about how Donald Trump was on Logan Paul’s podcast “Impaulsive” and thinks that Logan and Mike Majlak did not do a good job at interviewing. I also talk about how the world hot dog eating champion, Joey Chestnut, is no longer allowed to compete in the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. I talk about how Meghan McCain took some shots at…

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Episode 648: Biden awards FATHER GREGORY BOYLE the Medal of Freedom-Here’s 2010 conversation re Homeboy Industries and his book Tattoos on the Heart 58:32

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In May, FATHER GREGORY BOYLE, founder of HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES in Los Angeles — the largest gang intervention and re-entry program in the world — was honored by President Biden with the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Homeboy said that Boyle “…exemplifies the transformative power of compassion, forgiveness, and second chances. F…

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Episode 647: RICHARD CIZIK, Evangelicals for Democracy - after 28 years at National Association of Evangelicals 1:08:55

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With an eye on the election, I speak with RICHARD CIZIK, founder of Evangelicals for Democracy, which aims to build a community of evangelicals across the political spectrum who champion democracy as an act of Christian faith. Earlier he spent nearly three decades deep inside the Religious Right. In 2008, after 28 years at the National Association …

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#99- South Park goes after Lizzo; Girl bangs her boyfriend on pier, and then jumps off! Man who spent $14,000 on a collie costume, no longer wants to live as a collie 1:09:35

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This week I talk about how South Park has a Paramount Plus special about Ozempic. They go after Lizzo in a very funny way in the episode. I also talk about how Sean Kingston and his mother got arrested. I then talk about how a Florida couple got arrested for banging on a pier. When the cops come to the pier, the girl jumps off the pier to try to ge…

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Episode 646: DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN(2013)-THE BULLY PULPIT-Teddy Roosevelt took on the Robber Barons and won 58:36

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In response to the wonderful positive reaction to last week’s episode with DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN on her new best-seller An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, here’s our 2013 conversation re her book, THE BULLY PULPIT: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, a history of the first decade of the …

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Episode 645: DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN-Best-seller: AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY: A Personal History of the 1960s. 1:16:39

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In this recording of a recent LiveTalksLA event, I speak with historian and best-selling author, DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN, about her latest book, AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY: A Personal History of the 1960s, which combines personal memoir with presidential history. Her late husband of 42 years, Dick Goodwin, worked closely with JFK and LBJ in the White Ho…

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#98- Brian on the show! 1:21:31

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This week Frankie D has one of his co workers Brian on the show. Brian tells his thoughts on New Jersey and California. He also tells us what he wishes he was doing for a career. We also play the world famous trumpet game. We also talked about the Tom Brady roast and who we think did the best. We commented on the KFC radio video “Rico Bosco BITES D…

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Episode 644: Federal Judge JED RAKOFF(2021)-WHY THE INNOCENT PLEAD GUILTY AND THE GUILTY GO FREE 59:22

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As perhaps too much public attention is focused these days on the Manhattan trial of one Donald J. Trump, here’s my 2021 conversation with Federal Judge JED RAKOFF of the Southern District of NY. In his book, WHY THE INNOCENT PLEAD GUILTY AND THE GUILTY GO FREE, RAKOFF makes clear that the US justice system bears little relationship to what the fou…

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#97- Cops called on Frankie D while fishing! Virginia prom drama! Dave Portnoy goes on “Call Her Daddy”; Thurman Merman calls in! 1:14:38

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This week Frankie D talks about how he had the cops called on him while he was fishing. I also talk about how a group of students in Virgina will not be able to attend prom, which is ticking a lot of students and parents off. I also talk about how Dave Portnoy went on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. I then get a call from Thurman Merman. I end the sh…

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Episode 643: CHUCK COLLINS-Inequality Getting Worse-Corporations pay top brass more than they pay in taxes 1:00:49

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I don’t know if my big question is “Why don’t the rich/super-rich and their corporations get the value of a society that works?” Or is it - “Why don’t they care?” Despite the knowledge that it might be impossible, moving society in that direction calls for getting ideas and models out into the world that show it’s actually possible to reduce inequa…

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#96- Emmanuel Jayr on the show! 1:14:16

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This week French businessman Emmanuel Jayr is on The Frankie D Show! Frankie D asks Emmanuel about France, food in France, and French people. Emmanuel is asked if he fits the French stereotype of being romantic. He also tells where to get the best food in France. We also dive into the fact that French fries are not called French fries in France. Em…

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Episode 642: JACK KORNFIELD & TRUDY GOODMAN (2015)-Sages, mentors, friends-Reflections on mindfulness in the US 57:05

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Earlier this year my dear friend, meditation teacher, TRUDY GOODMAN, experienced a medical emergency that almost killed her. Another reminder of the preciousness and fragility of life and friendship. Here’s my 2015 conversation with TRUDY and JACK KORNFIELD on the occasion of an event at Insight LA, the mindfulness mediation center founded by Trudy…

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#95- Paul McCartney has 3 sum; Dave Portnoy was not invited to Alex Coopers wedding; Logan Paul having a kid; Jenna Jameson is getting divorced 1:16:11

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Frankie D talks about the famous Beatle, Paul McCartney, having a 3 sum back in the day. I also talk about how Barstool Sports owner, Dave Portnoy, was not invited to Alex Cooper's wedding. Alex Cooper started her “Call Her Daddy" podcast with Barstool Sports before going to Spotify, so Dave just wanted an invite. I also talk about how social media…

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#94- Crazy Marty calls in! Courtney Love goes after Taylor Swift; Carol Baum goes after Sydney Sweeney; Teacher Erin Ward gets caught naked in car with student 1:16:47

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Frankie D starts the show off by quickly talking about Tim Pool and Joe Rogan getting censored on Youtube. I then get a call in from an 80’s metal fan named Marty. He talked about his love for 80’s metal music, and his sexual experience with Bill Gates. I then talk about how Courtney Love threw some shade at Taylor Swift by saying Taylor is not imp…

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Episode 641: ASTRA TAYLOR-Digging into Democracy, Debt, Insecurity and Solidarity 1:02:27

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In 2020, I talked about democracy with filmmaker/writer/organizer/activist, ASTRA TAYLOR. Four years later, following a pandemic, waves of protests, an insurrection, and a couple of ongoing wars, we revisit our fragile and threatened way of political life. She’s been busy - working with the Debt Collective, a union of debtors she co-founded, and wr…

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Episode 640: What would nature do? JANINE BENYUS, BIOMIMICRY: Innovation Inspired by Nature 1:00:57

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Earth Day 2024 is April 22nd. Here’s my 2011 conversation with JANINE BENYUS, who coined a term and invented a field called Biomimicry. After 3.8 billion years of R&D on this planet, failures are fossils. What surrounds us in the natural world has succeeded and survived. So why not learn as much as we can from what works? Nature has already solved …

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#93- Scott calls in! Morgan Wallen gets arrested; teacher Lillie Bowman bangs student; Sadie Summers resigns from 15 year nurse career to go back to porn 1:05:51

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Frankie D’s old coworker Scott calls in the show. Scott talks about the hard times he had at his old job and getting into it with management. He also talks about his rare disability. He also talks about the death of his dad and how he knew his dad was going to die. He claims he could have prevented his dad from dying but chose not to. He then tells…

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Episode 639: The Myths of Poverty & the Role of Luck-MARK RANK-The Random Factor 1:00:00

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Why does our society produce more poverty than other wealthy countries? Why don’t we or why can’t we change our incentives? I speak with MARK RANK, about his books, THE POVERTY PARADOX and POORLY UNDERSTOOD: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty, and his latest, THE RANDOM FACTOR: How Chance & Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives & the World Around Us. …

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#92- Earthquake in NJ! Conjoined twins get married; Kong and Godzilla movie sucked; P Diddy makes Justin Bieber uncomfortable 58:32

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I start the show off by bringing up the earthquake that happened in New Jersey. I then get into the topic of the conjoined twins, Abby and Brittany Hensel getting married. Abby was the specific twin that got married. I am very curious about her husband. I also talk about the new Kong x Godzilla movie. I was not a fan. I also talked about how a fema…

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Episode 638: CHARLES EISENSTEIN (2019), Climate - A New Deeper, Fuller Story - People connect more with nature than policy 1:00:00

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I describe the goal of my engagement with what we call the environment as “a healthy relationship with the rest of nature.” In this 2019 conversation, CHARLES EISENSTEIN asks: Have we become too focused on climate change? and reminds us that holding rivers, forests, and creatures as sacred and valuable in their own right, not simply as carbon credi…

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#91- Morning radio host Robby Bridges on the show! Amanda Bynes gets a new look; I didn’t recognize Stassi Schroeder 1:14:04

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Radio host Robby Bridges from New Jersey’s 107.1 “The Boss” WWZY joins the show. Robby does a classic rock/hits morning radio show with his wife Rochelle. We talked about his career in radio, the past of radio, and the future of radio. We talked about some radio legends such as Howard Stern, Jim Kerr, and Scott Shannon. Robby also gives me advice a…

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#90- Damian Hurley (Elizabeth Hurley’s son) calls in! 59:28

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This week Frankie D talks about how Elizabeth Hurley said she felt safe and liberated by being in a lesbian sex scene in her son’s movie. After I give my thoughts on it, Elizabeth's son, Damian Hurley calls in to confront me! After we got off the phone, I kept talking about his mom being in his movie, so he called in a second time! I also revisited…

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Episode 637: Can we build immunity to mis- & dis-information? ANDY NORMAN & MELANIE TRECEK-KING of the MENTAL IMMUNITY PROJECT 1:00:00

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With social media and AI, bad actors weaponize information, stressing democracy. We have two options: stop the lies or stop people from believing them. The former is near impossible in a free society, but there’s solid evidence the latter is achievable. I talk with two founders of the Mental Immunity Project, ANDY NORMAN, author of MENTAL IMMUNITY,…

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#89- Doug from Undefeated Media on the show! 1:30:47

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Doug from Undefeated Media finally made an appearance on The Frankie D Show. I had called him on air weeks ago when he never returned my emails and now he was finally a guest. I asked him all sorts of questions such as what his media company is about, if he got a lot of girls in college since he was a lacrosse player, and asked him who’s hotter, Je…

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Episode 636: Two for the Campaign Ahead: 1) DREW WESTEN (2007), The Political Brain 2) BERNIE HORN (2009), Framing the Future 59:40

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As we fasten our seatbelts and plunge into the 2024 campaign, here are two conversations worth a re-listen. From 2007, I talk with DREW WESTEN about the ideas and advice in his influential book, THE POLITICAL BRAIN: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation. Westen: Democrats almost always present the best arguments but lose elections …

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Episode 635: ROB JOHNSON & I talk about the State of the Union - Biden’s speech plus our own take on things 1:00:00

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ROB JOHNSON is a plain-speaking and passionate critic of an economic, financial, and political system that leaves too many behind. He and I do post-election shows - and we’ll do another this November, but this week we talk about the State of the Union as well as the state of the union. We talk about Biden’s speech and about how the two of us see th…

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#88- Humpback Whale gets raped; WWE Sunny is horny in prison; NFL prospect Tyler Owens doesn’t believe in space 1:00:59

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Frankie D starts the show by talking about NFL football player Jason Kelce retiring and crying during his retirement speech. I then talk about the traumatizing story about a male humpback whale that was raped by another male humpback whale. I started to realize how messed up some animals are, especially humpback whales and deer. I then talked about…

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#87- Crazy call ins on The Frankie D Show; Joe Rogan and Katt Williams bored me; Crappy movies coming out 1:12:00

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I dove into a bunch of topics on this episode of “The Frankie D Show”. I talked about Jennifer Lopez’s new movie. Apparently, a bunch of celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Khloe Kardashian do not want to be in J Lo’s movie. I got a call in from a gentleman named Myron, who was looking for women to have intercourse with. He was only into virgins, an…

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Episode 634: TIM DeCHRISTOPHER-Courage & Conviction-Tim served 21 months in prison for civil disobedience protecting public lands 57:44

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We know Republicans exercise minority rule in the states, the House, and the Supreme Court. Now Biden is arming Israel without meaningful or effective demands for humanitarian treatment of innocent civilians. Is it time for civil disobedience? Here’s my 2013 conversation with Tim DeChristopher. In a disputed auction of oil leases on pubic lands, Ti…

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Episode 633: ANGUS DEATON, co-author, Deaths of Despair - ECONOMICS IN AMERICA: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality 1:01:09

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ANGUS DEATON won the Nobel prize in Economics for work accomplished before he and his wife, economist Ann Case, wrote DEATHS OF DESPAIR and the Future of Capitalism. Pre pandemic, life expectancy in the US was no longer rising, and already falling among adults without 4 years of college, due in large part to alcoholism, drug overdoses, and suicides…

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#86- Party on The Frankie D Show 1:36:17

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All sorts of fun happened on this episode of “The Frankie D Show”. This show was from the beginning of the year, so I gave my thoughts on the New Years eve sucky television shows. I also had a conversation with Therman Merman, where he got to talk to a friend of the show, Gay2 D2 (He’s a gay robot). I then talked about hot milfs in bikinis, specifi…

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Episode 632: 5 BROKEN CAMERAS (2013)-EMAD BURNAT (Palestinian) & GUY DAVIDI (Israeli) co-directors, of the Oscar-nominated doc. 58:32

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This week the media offers Academy Award buzz as well as the horrors of Israel’s response to the horrors of October’s attack by Hamas. Here’s my 2013 conversation with Palestinian EMAD BURNAT and Israeli GUY DAVIDI, co-directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS. The film tells the story of Burnat, a Palestinian West Bank farmer,…

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#85- Doug gets uncomfortable 1:11:30

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Frankie D talks about all sorts of topics on this show. I talk about how the 26 year old high school teacher, Hailey Nichelle Clifton-Carmack banged one of her students. This story had an extra twist to it. The student's dad knew about the relationship and helped keep it a secret. I also call this dude Doug on air. Doug owns a media company in New …

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Episode 631: MARGOT SUSCA-HEDGED: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy 56:30

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We all know the newspaper business is in trouble. A weekday edition of the LA Times - once a “national” newspaper, along with the NYTimes, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal - now might be 32 pages and another 100 were recently laid off in the newsroom. The culprit is assumed to be the internet, stealing both stories and ads. Not so fast. I t…

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#84- Chris “CMoore Evil” Moore in studio! 1:48:15

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My old boss from when I was an intern came into the studio to be interviewed by Frankie D! Frankie D and Chris talk about how Frankie D got hired for his first internship, and discuss if Frankie D show pursue a career in radio. Frankie D also tells Chris how a number of ladies were interested in Chris at the radio station. We also took some call in…

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Episode 630: ROBERT P. JONES-THE HIDDEN ROOTS OF WHITE SUPREMACY and the Path to a Shared American Future 1:00:00

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The last time a Democratic presidential candidate won a majority of White voters was in 1964. ROBERT P JONES, President and Founder of the Public Religion Research Insitute (PRRI) and author of THE HIDDEN ROOTS OF WHITE SUPREMACY and the Path to a Shared American Future, writes that “White Christian nationalism has become central to the…Republican …

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#83- Ian in studio! 1:10:45

7M ago1:10:45

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My old friend Ian came into the studio to hang out and be interviewed by Frankie D! Frankie D and Ian walked down memory lane. We talked about a set of twins that Ian dated in high school, what Ian remembers being Frankie D’s most embarrassing moment when we were younger, and more! We also took some call ins and got to play the infamous Frankie D t…

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