White Elephants

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White Elephants
Series
WBAI And NPR Playhouse
Original Broadcast Date
1980
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Narrative Monologue, 31 minutes
Chronology
Preceded by: Summer Notes
Followed by: The Rare Recording

"The first day I arrived in Sri Lanka I checked in at an odd looking hotel, an Islamic Holiday Inn."

White Elephants is the name of a program produced by Joe Frank for NPR in 1980.

It was rediscovered and released on Joefrank.com in 2020

Synopsis

This show begins with Joe's Sri Lanka material from Landing Strip In The Jungle, A

Then turns to the ruined suburban family material from Stories For Nothing

Then returns to material about Joe traveling in South Asia from Landing Strip In The Jungle, A