๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚

From Pumpkin Smiles by Charlie Day

April 14, 2026 ยท 4 min ยท Season 2 ยท Episode 1

About this episode

The episode explores a conversation with a monster named Frank, challenging perceptions of fear and reality.

โ€œYou mean youโ€™re real?โ€ I asked. โ€œWhat do you mean?โ€ the monster said. โ€œOf course Iโ€™m real.โ€ โ€œDo you have a name?โ€ I asked. โ€œOf course I have a name.โ€ โ€œOh... well what is it?โ€ โ€œFrank.โ€ โ€œFrank?โ€

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Day

Topics covered

  • monsters
  • fear
  • imagination
  • childhood
  • reality

Keywords

  • monster
  • bed
  • fear
  • imagination
  • childhood

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