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How do you pay proper tribute to a legend that many people haven't heard of? We began asking ourselves this question last week when the visionary radio producer Joe Frank passed away, after a long struggle with colon cancer. Joe Frank was the radio producer's radio producer.



I-10, Texas, 1983 This is how I started producing stories for public radio in 1983. I was extremely lucky. Some people say I still am.Music during the introduction: Slow Bicycle by Mum Donate Soapbox preacher, I-10 near El Paso, Texas, 1983

New clients arrive. A customer asks for the bill. The airport signage needs a lot of work. A bird wakes up in the Everglades. Homecoming was created and written by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg; directed by Eli Horowitz; sound design, editing, and music by Mark Henry Phillips; produced by Alicia Van Couvering and Mark Henry Phillips; casting by Henry Russell Bergstein.

Listen to this episode from Love and Radio on Spotify. Diane's new neighbors across the way never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we meet Melanie, her family-who appear as voices in her head-and her ill-fated lover as they discuss potentially having a baby, and her first pregnancy 9 years ago. [This episode contains scenes that deal with difficult topics, including abortion, and may be distressing for some listeners.]



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