From ripping off record stores all over town to partying with Bill Murray and Basquiat, Frank’s wild ride through the scenes of New York City in the late 1970s and 80s continues in this third and final story of the Frank Damico trilogy. If you haven’t heard Episode 1 or Episode 2 yet, we recommend listening in order.
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A ‘Debrief’ is part Q&A, part discussion, where you can bring all your questions and comments about an episode or a series, in this case, our Summer of Strangers.
The next episode inthis series drops on November 12, and then the series rolls out weekly from there. For my paying subscribers on Patreon and Substack , we’ll be dropping four bonus episodes over the next two weeks, and it’s a great time to become a paying subscriber, because we’re running a 20% sale on all the tiers right now, and I’ve just started a monthly storytelling workshop, which is included with the $19 tier, so for less than $20 per month, you can join my Tell Your Story workshop and also unlock more than 100 bonus episodes and much more. Membership starts at $5 on Patreon.
And a heads-up that I’ve reorganized your podcast feed to be sorted by seasons, so the Summer of Strangers is now its own season – the previous one – and the Frank trilogy marks the beginning of a new one, The Way Back.
Frank Damico is a writer, performer, storyteller and visual artist. He wrote and starred in the solo shows First Kill and The Severity of My Solitude, and he’s appeared on stages all over New York City and beyond. He was a frequent host and storyteller in the early days of The Moth, and he co-created The Moth’s community outreach program with me, Lea, and ran the program for seven years, bringing the power of storytelling to thousands of underserved and vulnerable individuals. Frank lives in the Hudson Valley with his dog Ramone. You can follow him on Facebook where he regularly shares his writings.
A very special thanks to Pernille Clifforth, who has created original art for every episode of this series. You can check out and buy her work here.
Thank you to my love Paul Dreux Smith for making the music and mixing this episode, and to Christina Thyssen and Richard Bailey for being my editors on The Way Back. Also big thanks to my associate producer, Vix Jensen and our production volunteers, Aviva Barry and Jen Alevizos.
This Frank trilogy kicks off our new series, The Way Back. It continues next week.
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