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The Perfectly Frank Podcast

The long-running hit Las Vegas radio talk show is now a podcast. Host Frank LaSpina gives his thought-provoking, often controversial, 5 minute takes on the passing parade of life, Monday through Friday, then reads your email responses on his weekend feedback editions, Saturday and Sunday, with a $100 prize for the Email of the Month. WARNING: the surgeon-general has determined listening to this podcast can be highly addictive.
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Episodes

EPISODE #156 TOO MUCH “THANKS”GIVING?

Frank is certainly not opposed to politeness but wonders why one select group of people get endless public “thanks” for simply doing their job?

Dec 01, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 156

EPISODE #155 A NATIONAL TREASURE

Frank tips his hat to the person who has been turning history into compelling entertainment for nearly 40 years.

Nov 23, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 155

EPISODE #154 FAR FROM FREE ELECTIONS

$14 B was spent on the 2020 campaign. There must be a way to take this obscene amount of money out of politics.

Nov 18, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 154

EPISODE #153 STEALING DEMOCRACY

Were the election pollsters wrong, yet again, or are they actually proving something supremely nefarious? A must listen.

Nov 10, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 153

EPISODE #152 EARLY VOTING

Yes, it’s convenient but does it really our election system well? Frank doesn’t think so and suggests a solution.

Nov 02, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 152

EPISODE #151 A PLAGUE OF POLLS

Frank makes the case that foreign interference and disinformation pale in comparison to the undue influence polls have over elections. He maintains they should NOT be made public.

Oct 26, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 151

EPISODE #150 Like Selling Soap

Frank objects to political ads selling candidates like soap - only without the same standards for truth in advertising.

Oct 19, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 150

EPISODE #149 HOW TO FIX THE DEBATES

The Presidential debates have been frustrating to watch. Frank says they can easily be fixed. Plus your emails about climate change.

Oct 12, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 149

#148 HEADING FOR DOOMSDAY?

Renowned naturalist and documentary film maker, Sir David Attenborough, believes earth (as we have known it) is entering its death throes due to climate change. Is he right?

Oct 05, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 148

EPISODE #147 WEEKEND FEEDBACK (B)

More of your emails: including the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg; plus, did record companies conspire to change our musical tastes to bolster their bottom line?

Oct 04, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 147

EPISODE #146 WEEKEND FEEDBACK (A)

Your reactions to what Frank called “the worst idea in the world”, “Oscar madness” and requiring tests before allowing people to vote.

Oct 03, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 146

EPISODE #145 CHANGING MUSIC TASTES

How did we go from giants like Gershwin and Sinatra to what we have today? Frank explains it. Hint: follow the money (what else is new?)

Oct 02, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 145

EPISODE #144 A LESSON FROM RBG

Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia proved we can ALL agree to disagree without being disagreeable.

Oct 01, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 144

EPISODE #143 VOTING: NOT FOR EVERYONE

While the conventional clamor has always been for greater voter participation, Frank thinks we should be more concerned about quality rather than quantity.

Sep 30, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 143

EPISODE #142 OSCAR MADNESS

The Academy Awards announces a criteria for diversity that must me met for any film to be nominated for Best Picture.

Sep 29, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 142

EPISODE #141 WORST IDEA IN THE WORLD

A new book proposes the U.S. purposely triples its population to a billion people in order to compete with China and India.

Sep 29, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 141

EPISODE #140 WEEKEND FEEDBACK (B)

More of your emails, this time concerning a fallout from coronavirus no one else seems to be talking about and your reactions to Frank’s list of irksome words and phrases.

Sep 27, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 140

EPISODE #139 WEEKEND FEEDBACK (A)

Your thoughts on politics being continually injected into entertainment events, how social media can skew public opinion, and giving women their own separate branch in the armed forces.

Sep 26, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 139

EPISODE #138 IRKSOME

Some words or phrases Frank routinely hears on TV are like a fingernail on a blackboard to him.

Sep 25, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 138

EPISODE #137 DREAM KILLER

Will the most serious death from Covid 19 be that of America’s entrepreneurial spirit? Why would people start businesses when they can be shut down on some bureaucrat’s whim?

Sep 25, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 137

EPISODE #136 CO-ED MILITARY WORKING?

Based on widespread reports of sexual harassment, should women have their own separate fighting force? Frank believes it would be best.

Sep 23, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 136

EPISODE #135 SECTION 230 DEBATE

Are internet purveyors, including social media, putting their ‘thumb on the scale’ in terms of shaping public opinion? Frank weighs in with his own personal experiences.

Sep 22, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 135

EPISODE #133 WEEKEND FEEDBACK (B)

Your thoughts on kids being forced to get flu shots and the idea of turning baseball’s Jackie Robinson Day into a federal holiday.

Sep 20, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 133

EPISODE #132 WEEKEND FEEDBACK (A)

Your emails regarding ‘black privilege’ and your nominations for the height of hypocrisy. Also the question of who has the time to protest night after night?

Sep 19, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 132

PISODE #131 JACKIE ROBINSON HOLIDAY?

Frank makes the case that baseball legend Jackie Robinson is even more deserving of a national holiday than Martin Luther King. Could he be right?

Sep 18, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 131

EPISODE #130 FORCED FLU SHOTS

Massachusetts wants to mandate all children, in that state, be given flu shots. Is this where we’re heading with public policy?

Sep 18, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 130

Episode #129 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

Night after night, in the news, we see protestors thronging our city streets. But Frank wonders: who has that kind of time on their hands?

Sep 16, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 129

#128 THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY

While government officials are imposing draconian restrictions on us, during this Covid so-called “crisis”, apparently those same rules don’t apply to them.

Sep 15, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 128

#127 BLACK PRIVILEGE?

A Florida university professor submits long-standing white privilege is being replaced by a new black privilege. (His job is in jeopardy for the mere suggestion.)

Sep 15, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 127
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