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Big Frank visits with Cody Canada
Big Frank caught up with Cody Canada ahead of the show on Thursday, April 25th at Brewster Street Icehouse. One of the most recognized names among the Oklahoma music culture, Cody Canada trails a 30-year music footprint stemming from the renowned music scene referred to as Red Dirt. Cody was recently honored with the Trailblazer Award at the Texas Country Music Association Awards show on November 12th at Billy Bob's Texas.
Cody Canada and The Departed has released 6 albums, several of those hitting 3 different Billboard charts. Cody Canada shows no signs of even remotely slowing down, and is making the best music of his life.
In 2018, Cody and his wife and manager, Shannon Canada, opened their School of Rock franchise in their hometown of New Braunfels, Texas, and immediately saw an influx of kids searching for like-minded souls who want to learn and play music. With performance based music lessons, School Of Rock nurtures the coming generation of artists and holds “live performance” as the pinnacle of academic excellence. Cody and Shannon's two sons are students at the school (Dierks 18, Willy 15) and are in their own band "Waves in April" that opens a lot of shows for Cody. Cody and Shannon travel around a lot with their students who have played some very impressive venues and festivals.
Cody Canada and The Departed has released 6 albums, several of those hitting 3 different Billboard charts. Cody Canada shows no signs of even remotely slowing down, and is making the best music of his life.
In 2018, Cody and his wife and manager, Shannon Canada, opened their School of Rock franchise in their hometown of New Braunfels, Texas, and immediately saw an influx of kids searching for like-minded souls who want to learn and play music. With performance based music lessons, School Of Rock nurtures the coming generation of artists and holds “live performance” as the pinnacle of academic excellence. Cody and Shannon's two sons are students at the school (Dierks 18, Willy 15) and are in their own band "Waves in April" that opens a lot of shows for Cody. Cody and Shannon travel around a lot with their students who have played some very impressive venues and festivals.
Big Frank visits with Alexandra Kay
iHeartRadio's Big Frank visits with rising star, Alexandra Kay, ahead of her tour stop in Corpus Christi. Alexandra Kay – All I’ve Ever Known: The Tour: Chapter Two is at Brewster Street Icehouse on Monday, April 22, 2024. Find out more at www.BrewsterStreet.net.
Generating millions of plays weekly on her videos, Alexandra Kay commands the attention of country music fans. With a voice reminiscent of Dolly Parton, Alison Kraus and Leanne Womack, AK is bringing country music back to its roots.
In this interview, we talk about how her videos went viral, how one led to opening for Tim McGraw's tour, and what she has planned in the year ahead.
Generating millions of plays weekly on her videos, Alexandra Kay commands the attention of country music fans. With a voice reminiscent of Dolly Parton, Alison Kraus and Leanne Womack, AK is bringing country music back to its roots.
In this interview, we talk about how her videos went viral, how one led to opening for Tim McGraw's tour, and what she has planned in the year ahead.
Big Frank Visits With Jim Shockey
Big Frank had the chance to visit with the legendary outdoorsman, Jim Shockey.
Jim calls himself to be an inveterate peregrinator who has traveled for 30 years by dogsled, boat, horse, mule, donkey, plane, ATV, ARGO and by foot around this world. He has climbed the Sierra Madres of Mexico, spiritually "smudged" with the Beaver Cree of Canada's north and traveled the water roads of the Northwest Territories searching for caribou with the Dene first nations people. Jim has learned his tracking skills from the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, learned to live off the land from the Aboriginal People in the Australian Outback and has "faced his lion" with the proud Masai warriors in Tanzania. Jim has stood, feet on the ground, between the Sudanese Rebel Poachers and the last remaining herds of Central African elephants. He has travelled the Ancient Silk and Salt Roads through Iran, Pakistan, Nepal and China; walked the steppes of Russia, hunted the Gobi Desert and sipped fermented mare's milk with the Mongolian nomads; he has spent nights with our warriors in Afghanistan and shared tears in lament, with his Inuit friends, as they sing of a world rolling over, the old ways passing on, harpoons and seals, polar bears and igloos ... a way of life gone.
Jim's personal hunting experiences include travel to the remotest, wildest and most beautiful reaches of the world. He has hunted in over 45 countries and on six continents, where he has taken more than 350 species. He has attained 88 world records for SCI and over 400 total record book entries, 13 Boone and Crockett (B&C) ALL TIME RECORD BOOK SPECIES taken with muzzleloader and one official world record (muskox) for B&C. During the course of his adventures, he has taken numerous muzzleloading world records, including, Stone's sheep, bison, Roosevelt elk, Shiras moose, muskox, walrus, white-bearded wildebeest, Grant's gazelle, steenbok and many more. He is the first hunter to complete the "NORTH AMERICAN SUPER SLAM" AND "ULTIMATE SLAM" using only a muzzleloader. Jim has written three books and published more than 1,000 adventure articles for the largest outdoor magazines, including American Hunter, Outdoor Life and North American Hunter. He has produced over 50 DVDs and hosts Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures and Jim Shockey's Uncharted on the Outdoor Channel.
Jim has been an award-winning outdoor writer, wildlife photographer/videographer, wilderness guide and outfitter for nearly 30 years. He owns several exclusive outfitting territories in the wild lands of Canada, including the renowned Pacific Rim Guide Territory on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and the famed 12,000-square-mile Rogue River Outfitting in the Yukon Territory. His television productions have won 15 Golden Moose Awards from 2009-2015, and he is accomplished in archery, muzzleloader and rifle. He serves as the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of 4 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (4CRPG) Canadian Armed Forces and is a Member International of the Explorer's Club in New York City, and works in production with his entire family-Louise, Eva and Branlin.
Jim was formerly an All-American swimmer in university (combined Biology Psychology major) and then played on the national waterpolo team for six years. Jim participated in both the 1978 and 1982 Aquatic World Championships but did not attend the 1980 Olympics because of the international boycott against Russia. Jim is considered to be one of the world's foremost experts on the Ethnocentric Folk Art forms from Western Canada. Jim dealt in and still collects tribal art, artifacts and antiques, and his collections have appeared several times in Country Living magazine and Century Home magazine.
ABOUT JIM'S DEBUT NOVEL CALL ME HUNTER
"Astoundingly original, relentlessly paced, and purely authentic." -Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author
An elite secret society of killers has controlled the world's treasures for hundreds of years. until one member tears himself free to salvage his soul and protect his daughter's life in this electrifying and thrilling debut. The single greatest work of art in the world is not in the Louvre or The Met, or in any private collection. In fact, its whereabouts are unknown. Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them to acquire the greatest works of art through theft, bribery, forgery, and even murder. Once found, the masterpiece will disappear again without anyone ever knowing it surfaced and sold for billions of dollars of profit at a secret auction attended by only the wealthiest of the art world's patrons.One of Our World's rare geniuses is Zhivago. He is also a psychopa
Jim calls himself to be an inveterate peregrinator who has traveled for 30 years by dogsled, boat, horse, mule, donkey, plane, ATV, ARGO and by foot around this world. He has climbed the Sierra Madres of Mexico, spiritually "smudged" with the Beaver Cree of Canada's north and traveled the water roads of the Northwest Territories searching for caribou with the Dene first nations people. Jim has learned his tracking skills from the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, learned to live off the land from the Aboriginal People in the Australian Outback and has "faced his lion" with the proud Masai warriors in Tanzania. Jim has stood, feet on the ground, between the Sudanese Rebel Poachers and the last remaining herds of Central African elephants. He has travelled the Ancient Silk and Salt Roads through Iran, Pakistan, Nepal and China; walked the steppes of Russia, hunted the Gobi Desert and sipped fermented mare's milk with the Mongolian nomads; he has spent nights with our warriors in Afghanistan and shared tears in lament, with his Inuit friends, as they sing of a world rolling over, the old ways passing on, harpoons and seals, polar bears and igloos ... a way of life gone.
Jim's personal hunting experiences include travel to the remotest, wildest and most beautiful reaches of the world. He has hunted in over 45 countries and on six continents, where he has taken more than 350 species. He has attained 88 world records for SCI and over 400 total record book entries, 13 Boone and Crockett (B&C) ALL TIME RECORD BOOK SPECIES taken with muzzleloader and one official world record (muskox) for B&C. During the course of his adventures, he has taken numerous muzzleloading world records, including, Stone's sheep, bison, Roosevelt elk, Shiras moose, muskox, walrus, white-bearded wildebeest, Grant's gazelle, steenbok and many more. He is the first hunter to complete the "NORTH AMERICAN SUPER SLAM" AND "ULTIMATE SLAM" using only a muzzleloader. Jim has written three books and published more than 1,000 adventure articles for the largest outdoor magazines, including American Hunter, Outdoor Life and North American Hunter. He has produced over 50 DVDs and hosts Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures and Jim Shockey's Uncharted on the Outdoor Channel.
Jim has been an award-winning outdoor writer, wildlife photographer/videographer, wilderness guide and outfitter for nearly 30 years. He owns several exclusive outfitting territories in the wild lands of Canada, including the renowned Pacific Rim Guide Territory on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and the famed 12,000-square-mile Rogue River Outfitting in the Yukon Territory. His television productions have won 15 Golden Moose Awards from 2009-2015, and he is accomplished in archery, muzzleloader and rifle. He serves as the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of 4 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (4CRPG) Canadian Armed Forces and is a Member International of the Explorer's Club in New York City, and works in production with his entire family-Louise, Eva and Branlin.
Jim was formerly an All-American swimmer in university (combined Biology Psychology major) and then played on the national waterpolo team for six years. Jim participated in both the 1978 and 1982 Aquatic World Championships but did not attend the 1980 Olympics because of the international boycott against Russia. Jim is considered to be one of the world's foremost experts on the Ethnocentric Folk Art forms from Western Canada. Jim dealt in and still collects tribal art, artifacts and antiques, and his collections have appeared several times in Country Living magazine and Century Home magazine.
ABOUT JIM'S DEBUT NOVEL CALL ME HUNTER
"Astoundingly original, relentlessly paced, and purely authentic." -Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author
An elite secret society of killers has controlled the world's treasures for hundreds of years. until one member tears himself free to salvage his soul and protect his daughter's life in this electrifying and thrilling debut. The single greatest work of art in the world is not in the Louvre or The Met, or in any private collection. In fact, its whereabouts are unknown. Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them to acquire the greatest works of art through theft, bribery, forgery, and even murder. Once found, the masterpiece will disappear again without anyone ever knowing it surfaced and sold for billions of dollars of profit at a secret auction attended by only the wealthiest of the art world's patrons.One of Our World's rare geniuses is Zhivago. He is also a psychopa
Bill O'Reilly - Killing The Witches
Big Frank visit with Bill O'Reilly about the new book, Killing The Witches.
Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined.
Killing the Witches tells the dramatic history of how the Puritan tradition and the power of early American ministers shaped the origins of the United States, influencing the founding fathers, the American Revolution, and even the Constitutional Convention. The repercussions of Salem continue to the present day, notably in the real-life story behind The Exorcist and in contemporary "witch hunts" driven by social media. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, community panic, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.
BILL O'REILLY is a trailblazing TV journalist who has experienced unprecedented success on cable news and in writing eighteen national number-one bestselling nonfiction books. There are more than eighteen million books in the Killing series in print. He lives on Long Island.
Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined.
Killing the Witches tells the dramatic history of how the Puritan tradition and the power of early American ministers shaped the origins of the United States, influencing the founding fathers, the American Revolution, and even the Constitutional Convention. The repercussions of Salem continue to the present day, notably in the real-life story behind The Exorcist and in contemporary "witch hunts" driven by social media. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, community panic, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.
BILL O'REILLY is a trailblazing TV journalist who has experienced unprecedented success on cable news and in writing eighteen national number-one bestselling nonfiction books. There are more than eighteen million books in the Killing series in print. He lives on Long Island.
2023 International Women's Day Episode
It is International Women's Day 2023. Big Frank visits with several women leaders in our community:
Mrs. Emily Lorenz is the Superintendent of Calallen ISD, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Presient Dr. Kelly Miller, and Nueces County Judge Connie Scott. They discuss their influences, how other women have lifted them up, keys to success, and so much more on this 199th episode of the #BigFrankShow2GO podcast.
Mrs. Emily Lorenz is the Superintendent of Calallen ISD, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Presient Dr. Kelly Miller, and Nueces County Judge Connie Scott. They discuss their influences, how other women have lifted them up, keys to success, and so much more on this 199th episode of the #BigFrankShow2GO podcast.
Big Frank with Dr Travis Taylor
I had a great visit with Astrophysicist & UFO expert DR. TRAVIS TAYLOR, ex-chief scientist of the Unidentified Ariel Phenomena Task Force & one of the main speakers at upcoming event ALIENCON. We discuss:
- Recent spy balloon and then they daily occurance of shooting "unidentified objects" from the sky.
- Why would they need a balloon to spy on us when you have satellite and no telling what else?
- Do you think they had these flying over before this one was spotted?
- Why are there so many people that do believe in UFOs and aliens?
- How he manages his busy schedule
Dr. Travis Taylor is a licensed professional engineer who holds Ph.Ds in Optical Science and Engineering and Aerospace Systems Engineering, as well as Masters in Physics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Astronomy and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. For the past 35 years, Taylor has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense, NASA, and the intelligence community in areas that include advanced propulsion concepts, quantum teleportation, advanced sensors, space telescopes, space-based beamed energy systems, future combat technologies and systems, and next generation space launch concepts. Dr. Taylor has published over 25 papers, four textbooks (including Alien Invasion), and has authored or co-authored over 20 best-selling science fiction novels. His penchant for experiments and inventiveness have been captured in hit shows such as Rocket City Rednecks and 3 Scientists Walk Into a Bar, as well as The HISTORY Channel's The Tesla Files, Ancient Aliens and The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.
ALIENCON® - A Live Event to Explore Unexplained Mysteries and Provocative Questions Through Exclusive Panel Discussion with Experts Across Fields, including Ancient Astronaut Theory, National Defense, Astrophysics, and Investigative Journalism AlienCon®, the world's first convention dedicated to seeking the truth about extraterrestrial existence throughout history and solving mysteries of the universe, today announced talent and programming updates for its March 4-5 live event in Pasadena, CA at the Pasadena Convention Center. Tickets are available now at TheAlienCon.com.Presented by A+E Networks® and Prometheus Entertainment, the live two-day event will cover an expansive breadth of unexplained phenomena, from the ancient (Egypt, Mayans, Chariots of the Gods, ancient engineering) to present day (disclosure, encounters, UAPs) to explore what lies between science fact and science fiction. The event is inspired by The HISTORY® Channel's hit series Ancient Aliens, and will also feature fan favorites The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, The UnXplained and The Proof Is Out There and will be held for the first time since 2019. AlienCon website: https://www.thealiencon.com/
- Recent spy balloon and then they daily occurance of shooting "unidentified objects" from the sky.
- Why would they need a balloon to spy on us when you have satellite and no telling what else?
- Do you think they had these flying over before this one was spotted?
- Why are there so many people that do believe in UFOs and aliens?
- How he manages his busy schedule
Dr. Travis Taylor is a licensed professional engineer who holds Ph.Ds in Optical Science and Engineering and Aerospace Systems Engineering, as well as Masters in Physics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Astronomy and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. For the past 35 years, Taylor has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense, NASA, and the intelligence community in areas that include advanced propulsion concepts, quantum teleportation, advanced sensors, space telescopes, space-based beamed energy systems, future combat technologies and systems, and next generation space launch concepts. Dr. Taylor has published over 25 papers, four textbooks (including Alien Invasion), and has authored or co-authored over 20 best-selling science fiction novels. His penchant for experiments and inventiveness have been captured in hit shows such as Rocket City Rednecks and 3 Scientists Walk Into a Bar, as well as The HISTORY Channel's The Tesla Files, Ancient Aliens and The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.
ALIENCON® - A Live Event to Explore Unexplained Mysteries and Provocative Questions Through Exclusive Panel Discussion with Experts Across Fields, including Ancient Astronaut Theory, National Defense, Astrophysics, and Investigative Journalism AlienCon®, the world's first convention dedicated to seeking the truth about extraterrestrial existence throughout history and solving mysteries of the universe, today announced talent and programming updates for its March 4-5 live event in Pasadena, CA at the Pasadena Convention Center. Tickets are available now at TheAlienCon.com.Presented by A+E Networks® and Prometheus Entertainment, the live two-day event will cover an expansive breadth of unexplained phenomena, from the ancient (Egypt, Mayans, Chariots of the Gods, ancient engineering) to present day (disclosure, encounters, UAPs) to explore what lies between science fact and science fiction. The event is inspired by The HISTORY® Channel's hit series Ancient Aliens, and will also feature fan favorites The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, The UnXplained and The Proof Is Out There and will be held for the first time since 2019. AlienCon website: https://www.thealiencon.com/
Agape Ranch Leave a Legacy 5K & 10K
Big Frank talk to Shannon Murphy with Agape Ranch. Their Leave a Legacy 5K & 10K allows Agape Ranch to raise awareness and funds for foster, adoption ready, aged-out, and vulnerable children, youth, and families in the Coastal Bend. Our next race is scheduled for February 11, 2023. More at https://www.agaperanch.org/5k
Granger Smith Talks Acting Debut In New Movie "Moonrise"
Granger Smith has amassed a massive and rabid audience now known as “Yee Nation” built through heavy touring and grassroots fan engagement. He now has a social media following of nearly 12 million and over 1.3 billion on-demand streams. Smith broke onto the national scene with Remington, an album that garnered him the No. 1 smash Backroad Song. Smith was also awarded a BMI Country Award for writing, producing, publishing and performing for the song and followed it with the Top 5 hit If The Boot Fits. He was nominated as Best New Country Artist for the 2017 iHeartRadio Awards and was included in the 2017 crop of artists honored during the CRS New Faces show. In 2020, he was awarded the CMT Award for “Don’t Cough on Me” for Best Quarantine Song. Smith makes his acting debut as the star of PureFlix’s upcoming film Moonrise, available exclusively on December 15, 2022. His latest album shares the same name and every song on the new record will be featured in the film.
Bri Bagwell December 2022
Big Frank visits with Bri Bagwell, Texas Female Artist of the Year! She is touring all over Texas and will be playing a show at Third Coast Theater in Port Aransas on Friday, December 9th. She released her latest album, Corazón y Cabeza, this past August. Her single, "Free Man" just hit #1 on the Texas Regional Radio Report making it her ninth #1 single in the state. Her Christmas EP, Red or Green, was released on November 18th. AND she will be making her debut headlining performance at the world famous Billy Bob's Texas on December 22nd.