最高の Rocca ポッドキャスト (2024)

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Neanderthals: Death of a Human Species | Reviving a Mobit 41:23

1d ago41:23

41:23

Did you know November 9 is National Neanderthal Appreciation Day? Reivist this episode where Mo welcomes his friend Michael Ian Black – comedian, author, podcaster, and, as it turns out, Neanderthal (we’ll explain). Mo talks to Michael and the world’s leading researchers about why our extinct human cousins Neanderthals have gotten such a bad rap fo…

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Sitcom Deaths and Disappearances | Reviving a Mobit 40:05

7d ago40:05

40:05

In honor of the anniversary of the first-ever sitcom broadcast on a U.S. television network (fun fact: it was "Mary Kay and Johnny" back in November 1947), we're revisiting "Sitcom Deaths and Disappearances." Characters on sitcoms aren't supposed to die. So when they do, it's never less than weird. Mo examines some of the most infamous sitcom death…

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Literary Frontierswoman: Laura Ingalls Wilder 20:35

6M ago20:35

20:35

This special episode comes from the audiobook edition of ROCTOGENARIANS, a brand-new collection of stories from Mo Rocca that celebrates the triumphs of people who made their biggest marks late in life. Chances are, you know something about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. If, like sixty million other people, you once enjoyed the Little House book…

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LaWanda Page: Death of a Comedy Queen 44:27

11M ago44:27

44:27

Long before her turn as the sermonizing Aunt Esther on "Sanford and Son," LaWanda Page was dazzling Black nightclub audiences - first as the flame-swallowing “Bronze Goddess of Fire”. Then, following in the footsteps of her childhood friend and eventual costar Redd Foxx, she became a queen of raunchy, tell-it-like-it-is stand up comedy. (Let’s just…

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Revisiting the Orphan Train: An American Odyssey 44:43

11M ago44:43

44:43

Between 1854 and 1929, 250,000 orphans and abandoned children were placed on East Coast city trains and sent west to live with new families. A desperate solution to a desperate problem, some of the stories turned out well and some far from well. The remarkable stories of these riders live on through their descendants, many of whom continue to searc…

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Death of a Sports Team: Satchel Paige and Los Dragones 25:13

11M ago25:13

25:13

There’s no shortage of sports teams that change cities or names over the course of their franchise history. But what about the teams that just cease to exist? Perhaps no team story packs more drama into one year of existence than that of Los Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo. It’s a story that combines one of the most celebrated names in baseball history…

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Death of the Very Special Episode 43:17

12M ago43:17

43:17

If you were a kid watching TV in the 1980s and 1990s, you probably saw a fair number of “Very Special Episodes,” when the usual blissful bubble of the sitcom world was punctured by real-world issues for a half-hour. Drugs, drinking and driving, stranger danger, even AIDS. But never fear, all would be resolved by episode’s end. (Sometimes the materi…

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Mobits Extra: How Norman Lear Changed Television 16:38

12M ago16:38

16:38

Starting in the early 1970s, Norman Lear changed the face of television, fusing comedy with social commentary. Lear died on December 5th at the great old age of 101. Mo revisits their 2015 conversation for CBS Sunday Morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.iHeartPodcasts and CBS News による

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The Habsburg Jaw: Death of a Dynasty 49:54

12M ago49:54

49:54

For centuries European royals married only each other. It was believed to be the best way of consolidating power. But rampant royal inbreeding had increasingly negative consequences––including genetic abnormalities (like the protuberant “Habsburg Jaw”), the dying off of whole lines, and eventually serious geopolitical instability that culminated in…

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Death of a Nepo Baby 50:45

1y ago50:45

50:45

“Nepo Baby” is a term popularly used to describe the celebrity children of celebrity parents. But family connections affect every field of work, and always have. And where family is involved, so is drama. Mo tells the stories of three of history’s biggest Nepo Babies: Edsel Ford, the son of Henry Ford; President John Quincy Adams, the son of Presid…

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JFK Impersonator Vaughn Meader: Death of a Career 49:59

1y ago49:59

49:59

November 22, 2023, marks 60 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the end of one of the era's biggest comedy acts. During Kennedy's term, Vaughn Meader’s impersonation of the president made him a household name. The comedy album "The First Family,” in which Meader uncannily played JFK, broke sales records and won the Grammy…

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Charlie McCarthy: Death of a Dummy 40:14

1y ago40:14

40:14

When Candice Bergen describes her childhood as weird and eccentric, she isn’t exaggerating. She grew up with a world-famous sibling, who met presidents and movie stars. He was also a dummy – the kind made of wood. Charlie McCarthy was the creation of her ventriloquist father Edgar Bergen. Candice tells Mo what life was like sharing her father’s lov…

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Things I Wish Would Die 41:47

1y ago41:47

41:47

On this podcast we’ve honored some of our past’s most outstanding and underappreciated people and things. May they live on in memory. But let’s face it, some things deserve to disappear and be consigned to the dustbin of history. In this episode, Mo nominates three things that he’d like to see go the way of the dodo. Mo talks to food writer Kim Sev…

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Death of an Accent 48:28

1y ago48:28

48:28

Have you ever wondered about that old timey accent so many actors used in black and white movies? Hollywood stars like Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis and Orson Welles, who sounded sort of British … but not quite. Was it all a put on or did people back then talk that way in real life? Mo investigates the emergence and disappearance of the accent com…

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Jim Thorpe: Death of an All-American 47:28

1y ago47:28

47:28

When gold medalist Jim Thorpe was dubbed "the world's greatest athlete" at the 1912 Olympics, it wasn't hype. Football, baseball, lacrosse, even ballroom dancing ... Thorpe was the world's first multi-sport superstar. But when the Native American icon had his Olympic medals unjustly stripped from him, he faced his toughest hurdle yet. Mo talks to b…

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Peggy Lee: Death of Cool 45:37

1y ago45:37

45:37

There were so many different Peggy Lees: The woman who defined cool in the 1950s with songs like "Fever." The songwriter of hits including the score to "Lady and the Tramp." The icon who inspired Miss Piggy, originally named Miss Piggy Lee. (Yes, really.) But all those Peggy Lees can be traced back to the plains of North Dakota, where she endured a…

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Died on the Same Day (with special guest Anderson Cooper) 1:00:14

1y ago1:00:14

1:00:14

When it comes to obituaries, Mo has always been obsessed with the phenomenon of public figures who share the same death day. So he’s asked CNN anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper to join the podcast to talk about who gets top billing and why. You’ll hear about the case of one person’s death getting “buried” by the death of somebody …

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Introducing: Season 4 of Mobituaries with Mo Rocca 2:24

1y ago2:24

2:24

Mo Rocca is back with another fascinating season of Mobituaries, exploring the people and things that are no longer with us but deserve a second look. You’ll hear all about notable figures who "Died on the Same Day" along with the three "Things Mo Wishes Would Die." There’s also the story behind the Queen of Cool, Peggy Lee, and the remarkable tale…

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Timothy Scott: Death of a Dancer 49:58

2y ago49:58

49:58

When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s original Broadway production of the musical Cats premiered in 1982, a young dancer named Timothy Scott was just entering his prime. Cast in the role of Mr. Mistoffelees, he left audiences (including a young Mo) spellbound with an acrobatic dancing that seemed to defy physics. But before the end of the decade, Scott was a …

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Benedict Arnold: Before They Went Bad 41:30

2y ago41:30

41:30

Before his name became synonymous with treason, Benedict Arnold was a bonafide hero of the American Revolutionary War. At critical moments Arnold inspired the Patriots with his grit and determination and earned the admiration of George Washington. Despite his popularity and battlefield prowess, Benedict Arnold eventually broke bad. Mo talks with au…

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The Gros Michel: Death of a Banana 40:30

2y ago40:30

40:30

The banana we eat today is not the same kind our grandparents grew up eating. Today’s variety, called the Cavendish, is generally regarded as the bland successor to the richer tasting Gros Michel (French for “Big Mike”) of yesteryear. But when a deadly fungus ravaged the Gros Michel in the mid-20th century, the banana barons had no choice but to ma…

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Samantha Smith: Death of a Peacemaker 53:00

2y ago53:00

53:00

At one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War, an ordinary 5th grade girl from Maine wrote to the leader of the Soviet Union with a simple plea for peace. When he wrote back with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union in the summer of 1982, it became an international news story and one of the most improbable peace missions of the era. Mo te…

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Second Place Finishers: Larry Doby, Judith Resnik & The Dave Clark Five 47:01

2y ago47:01

47:01

We love historical “Firsts” so much that we end up ignoring the people who come right after them. But without these runners-up, the trailblazers are just one-offs or oddities––instead of the beginning of big change. Mo celebrates the Black baseball great who joined the major leagues just eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson, the second American woman…

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Fanny Brice: Death of the Original Funny Girl 47:43

2y ago47:43

47:43

Fans of Broadway and Barbra Streisand probably know the name Fanny Brice as the woman who refuses to let anyone rain on her parade in the beloved musical "Funny Girl." But the real Fanny Brice, the original funny girl, was a trailblazing Jewish comedian, who lit up Broadway and created one of the most famous characters on radio. Mo looks back at Fa…

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Mobits Extra: Burrata and Anchovies with Major Garrett 46:20

2y ago46:20

46:20

Mo goes behind the scenes of season 3 of Mobituaries with the host of The Takeout, Major Garrett. They share a delicious meal and dig into the highlights of Mobits’ history and the complexity behind why people and things deserve a second look at their lives. Hear a sneak peek into the upcoming stories of season 3 and Major’s very own recommendation…

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Neanderthals: Death of a Human Species | Reviving a Mobit 41:23

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Sitcom Deaths and Disappearances | Reviving a Mobit 40:05

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Literary Frontierswoman: Laura Ingalls Wilder 20:35

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LaWanda Page: Death of a Comedy Queen 44:27

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Revisiting the Orphan Train: An American Odyssey 44:43

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Death of a Sports Team: Satchel Paige and Los Dragones 25:13

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Death of the Very Special Episode 43:17

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Mobits Extra: How Norman Lear Changed Television 16:38

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The Habsburg Jaw: Death of a Dynasty 49:54

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Death of a Nepo Baby 50:45

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JFK Impersonator Vaughn Meader: Death of a Career 49:59

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Charlie McCarthy: Death of a Dummy 40:14

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Things I Wish Would Die 41:47

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Death of an Accent 48:28

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Jim Thorpe: Death of an All-American 47:28

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Peggy Lee: Death of Cool 45:37

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Died on the Same Day (with special guest Anderson Cooper) 1:00:14

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Introducing: Season 4 of Mobituaries with Mo Rocca 2:24

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Timothy Scott: Death of a Dancer 49:58

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Benedict Arnold: Before They Went Bad 41:30

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The Gros Michel: Death of a Banana 40:30

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Samantha Smith: Death of a Peacemaker 53:00

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Second Place Finishers: Larry Doby, Judith Resnik & The Dave Clark Five 47:01

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Fanny Brice: Death of the Original Funny Girl 47:43

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Mobits Extra: Burrata and Anchovies with Major Garrett 46:20

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