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    Joe Frank: The Poor Are Always with Us

    Stories by radio artist and storyteller Joe Frank.

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    By Bob Carlson • May 30, 2015 • 28m Listen

    How can one maintain a sense of meaning and faith in a world of natural catastrophe, cruelty and moral failure? The Poor Are Always with Us fails to answer this question in its own unique way.

    Joe Frank

    Photo by Steve Laufer

    Joe Frank. Mixed by Ray Guarna. Special thanks to Gideon Brower and Michal Story.

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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