In the Dark

From 1993 through 1995, Joe produced the following programs. Selections from some of these shows appear in compilation CDs listed here.

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Reviews of Joe’s Work

"Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."

Salon Magazine

"In an arena in which formats are sacrosanct, Joe Frank has charted new territory with his literate, frequently bizarre, wildly funny essays and parodies... He can be funny, poignant, serious and off the wall - sometimes within the framework of the same piece. Unique is one word to describe it. Brilliant is another."

Los Angeles Times

"Joe Frank's often bizarre scenarios for the mind are decidedly offbeat radio fare...part surreal satire, part bizarre meditation, part fever dream."

Los Angeles Daily News

"Radio's Prince of Darkness Rules the Freeways. [Frank is] alternately dark, bizarre and very funny - but always hard to turn off."

The Wall Street Journal

"The world of Joe Frank is a wildly entertaining surrealistic universe...hilarious, unsettling, zany, powerful, moving and perhaps the most unique, inventive and effective use of radio since Orson Welles convinced much of America there was a War of the Worlds."

The L.A. Weekly

"The perfect Joe Frank experience is driving down an unfamiliar highway alone at night. You turn on your radio and are greeted by a lush, resonant voice that lulls you into a seemingly simple tale of love: a man at an airport saying goodbye to his wife over the phone, which abruptly turns into a vision of betrayal, alienation and death - often from obscure disease - all brought about by some profound personal failing, which is redeemed at the last moment by a nearly transcendent moment of joy."

Salon

"[Joe Frank is] the most imaginative, literate monologist in radio today... If a microphone could capture the nether recesses of the modern psyche, it would sound like Frank's absurd comical excursions: Radio Vertigo."

The Village Voice

"You don't have to close your eyes to appreciate Joe Frank's dense audio universe cascading out of your radio. It helps, though, because there are so many layers - of sound, philosophy, of reality-coursing through his dramas... Come to think of it, after awhile, you won't want to close your eyes because in Frank's short stories for the radio, the tension and pathos are as enveloping as they are intriguing... "

The Washington Post

"Mixing bizarre monologues, multi-sequenced dramatic vignettes and mock-solemn critiques, [Joe Frank's work] is both sophisticated and surreal. A sizable cult has been growing around Frank...a rare radio talent."

The Village Voice

"Although commonly categorized as radio drama, Frank's work bears very little resemblance to the stagy artifice of plays performed over air. Frank wanders deeply into the unconscious, producing Dionysian stories with a fairy-tale intensity whose effect is often funny, disturbing and deeply memorable."

Salon

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In the Dark

001 – The Entire Joe Frank Collection – Shows aired 1978 – 2002

005 – In the Dark – 1993 – 1995

2-Pack: Joe Frank :: Selections Vols 1 and 2

3-Pack: Joe Frank :: Selections Vols 1, 2 and 3

Anthology of Love

Coma (30 min)

Cruise, The (30 min)

Either / Or

God (30 min)

Green Cadillac (30 min)

Haiti (30 min)

Hawaii (30 min)

Hit man (30 min)

Hot Line (30 min)

Jerry’s World (90 min)

Joe Frank Team Favorites – Vol 1

Joe Frank’s America (30 min)

Just a Closer Walk With Thee (30 min)

Just Hold Me (30 min)

Lila and the Professor (30 min)

Loner (30 min)

Loved One, The (30 min)

Natural Disaster, A (30 min)

Pilgrim

Prayer (30 min)

Problems (30 min)

Smile (30 min)

Soul Mate (30 min)

Special Family, A (30 min)

Streetwise (30 min)

That Night (30 min)

Third World Country and Raymond

Tomorrow (30 min)

When I’m Calling You (30 min)