Penn Radio - Frequent Callers/e-mailers

Frequent Callers/e-mailers

• President Mike: President Mike, a frequent caller, planned to one day run for president. He asked Penn to help him by mailing a postcard to every American stating his platform. Although a refreshing plan in a milieu of TV attack ads, Penn calculated the costs of mailing 300 million postcards would prove prohibitive.

• Vlad the Impala: Vlad was a regular emailer to the show; Penn frequently read his commentaries on the day's topic. Vlad was (as of 2007) a 40-something male who lived in Staffordshire, England and worked for Cadbury. Vlad was credited with suggesting the format for "Layperson Penn" (on the July 14, 2006 episode "Cancer Therapy Turndown Friday").

• Bob the Skeptical Christian: Bob was a regular emailer. He was a Christian although he was highly skeptical of many of the claims made by his Christian family and friends. There was also a frequent emailer who called himself Christian the Skeptical Atheist.

• Renee: Renee was Renée French, a comic book author who lived in Australia. She was a personal friend of Penn. She frequently bombarded Penn with multiple emails regarding the topic of the day.

• Natasha: There were three Natashas who regularly called in and emailed. Penn and Goudeau numbered them Natasha 1.0, Natasha 2.0, Natasha 3.0. Natasha 1.0 was known to be a skeptic and attended Randi's yearly The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas. Penn had said that Natasha 1.0 was his favorite.

• Big Frankie: Big Frankie, as Penn dubbed him, was a young man in Portland, Oregon who had weighed over 500 pounds (230 kg) (with a 64 inch waist) and was taking a year off from work to exercise 8 hours a day. Big Frankie listened to Penn Radio between two 4-hour work outs and called in, giving updates on his weight loss progress. As of April 28, 2007, he reported via the Penn & Teller message board he was down to 290 pounds (130 kg) and a 38" waist.