The Francesca Luca Show

The Francesca Luca Show

Talk with Francesca influences those searching for new frontiers and pushing the boundaries. Together, we explore our world through the rabble rousers, change agents, big thinkers, and instigators of today to go beyond talking about it to making it happen. The show is feisty and fearless without being abrasive. We discuss hot topics in a provocative way with a say it like you mean it and no nonsense attitude.

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October 5, 2026 • 14 mins

There’s something unsettling about the love of your life who disappeared from your suddenly and then deciding they want a place in it again.Ghosting doesn’t just end a relationship, it leaves a question hanging in the air.

Why did you disappear?

And when that person comes back, you’re faced with a different question:

What makes you think you can simply walk back in?

Because time may have passed. You may have heale...

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Sarah has performed her own stories before live audiences while using music to help other people safely explore theirs.

Those may sound like two very different careers, but for Sarah, they come from the same place: a deep belief in music’s ability to reveal what we’re feeling, connect us to one another, and sometimes reach the places words JUST can’t.

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In An Accidental Career, Hal Eisner chronicles his life from his early years in Pittsburgh and Dallas to a remarkable 43-year tenure as a television news reporter in Los Angeles. His journey through radio and television showcases his dedication to journalism, earning him numerous accolades, including a Lifetime Achievement Aware from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California. After a severe injury from a drun...

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Having received a monumental amount of online vitriol for amplifying the stories of abuse victims, Alia Dastagir joins us Wednesday night at 8pm on The Francesca Luca Show on 95.9 WATD FM. She is an award winning journalist, former USA Today Reporter and author of “To Those Who Have Confused You to be a Person”. Alia published a story as part of an investigation of child sexual abuse. In response, she was subjected to a...

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 Third-quarter 2023 Google Trends indicated a 2,400 percent increase in searches for “AI girlfriends.” Millions of people are currently in what they consider to be serious relationships with AI. Thousands have engaged in ceremonial weddings with their AI companions and stay as faithful to them as they would a human partner. Could legal marriage to AI be far off? 

In The Friend Machine, Victoria Hetherington de...

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The Kissinger family, from the outside, looked like the American dream. Big Catholic family, beautiful home in the Chicago suburbs, vacations, country clubs, and success. But behind the doors of that home were secrets, untreated mental illness, alcoholism, silence, and two suicides. Meg’s book isn’t just a memoir, it’s an unflinching look at how silence, stigma and systems collide.

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June 18, 2026 • 55 mins

You think you understand domestic violence. What if men, yes, men are a significant portion of victims, even in the most extreme caes? This conversation goes there. No bs. No easy answers.

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Evelyn Resh is a certified sexuality counselor and certified mid-wife who has been in practice for more than 20 years. With her integrative approach to women’s health, she helps women to create the life and sex life they desire by looking at their relationship to pleasure in general. With a refreshing and disarming sense of humor, she explores the importance of all types of pleasure from a simple coffee break to mind blowing ...

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Rick Manabat is a seasoned sexual addiction therapist known for cutting through shame and getting to the real story underneath compulsive behavior. His work focuses on helping individuals and couples understand the emotional drivers behind addiction—whether it’s trauma, attachment wounds, or unmet needs—and guiding them toward accountability, healing, and healthier intimacy. Rather than labeling people, he looks a...

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May 14, 2026 • 11 mins

One listener admits she secretly checks her boyfriend’s phone, messages, and socials; and he’s completely unaware. Is she protecting herself from heartbreak, or quietly destroying the trust in her relationship? We get into the fine line between intuition and obsession, and whether snooping ever really ends well.

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Imagine you’re sitting on your couch, living your best life, maybe contemplating what to have for dinner or finally finishing that book, when a notification pops up. It’s a name you haven’t seen in two decades. It’s him. The tone of the message is so casual you’d think he just stepped out to the corner store in 2006 and got caught in a very, very long line at the checkout. He’s back, he’...
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March 11, 2026 • 11 mins
(Be Careful What Lawn You Water)It’s a tale as old as time: the classic case of the "Grass is Greener" Syndrome. You have a partner who is kind, consistent, and follows the rules, yet you find yourself peering over the fence at the "bad boy" types, wondering where the spark went.Before you go looking for a "fix" of excitement, remember the grass is usually greenest where you actually remember to water it. If you’re curr...
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The Oxygen and the Icing: Why We Need to Stop Downplaying Sexual Incompatibility Let’s stop the polite nodding and get real: Sexual incompatibility isn’t “shallow.” In the world of "serious" relationships, we’re often told that if the conversation is deep and the values align, the bedroom stuff is just a footnote. But that is a fundamental misunderstanding of how human connection works. For some peo...
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February 20, 2026 • 9 mins
Let’s talk about something most people experience… and almost nobody admits.You’re happy at home. You’ve got a solid relationship. You love your partner.And then there’s… him. The guy at work.It starts small. A look that lingers half a second too long. A joke that feels just a little more charged than it should. You notice what he’s wearing. He notices when you change your hair.There&rsqu...
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February 11, 2026 • 54 mins
Keith Zlomsowitch waited more than 30 years to tell his story in STALKED: It Could Have Been Me.  He shares the threats, stalking, and emotional turmoil he and Nicole endured at the hands of O.J. Simpson and how, in that fateful moment, it very well could have been him instead. Most people think they know Nicole’s story, the headlines, the trial, the verdict. Listen to hear it from Keith, who lived it firsthand.
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January 29, 2026 • 12 mins
A question came up recently on Love Bites that stuck with me:What happens when one partner says, “If you were a real man, you’d talk about your feelings”and the other shuts down completely? That comment is a low blow. Full stop.Using someone’s identity, especially their masculinity as a bargaining chip to force intimate conversation is like trying to open a flower with a sledgehammer. Fortress built! F...
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Third-quarter 2023 Google Trends indicated a 2,400 percent increase in searches for “AI girlfriends.” Millions of people are currently in what they consider to be serious relationships with AI. Thousands have engaged in ceremonial weddings with their AI companions and stay as faithful to them as they would a human partner. Could legal marriage to AI be far off?  In The Friend Machine, Victoria Hetherington delve...
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January 15, 2026 • 13 mins
Have you ever been in a relationship where it feels like your every move is being monitored even though you’ve done nothing wrong? Not in an obvious, dramatic way. More subtle than that. A missed call becomes a problem or a delayed response sparks tension.Quiet time feels like an offense. And suddenly, you’re wondering how something that looks like “care” can feel so constricting. We All Come Fro...
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We don’t usually question our relationships when they’re obviously broken.We question them when they’re just not quite right. When there’s still love.Still history.Still moments that make us think, “Maybe I’m expecting too much.” Letting go isn’t just about ending a relationship.but also releasing the version of the future we’ve been holding onto. And for many people, t...
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January 10, 2026 • 54 mins
Stephanie Coontz was active in the Free Speech and civil rights movements; her work has been cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision on same-sex marriage rights. She has also testified before Congress on family issues.She’s appeared on shows like Oprah, The Today Show, The Colbert Report, and a variety of NPR programs. Her writing is featured in The New York Times,&nb...
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