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Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

CBS News, Inc.

Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries. In season 1 of Mobituaries he introduces listeners to the people who have long intrigued him—from the 20th century’s greatest entertainer … to the Civil Rights pioneer who is completely forgotten … to sitcom characters gone all too soon. Even if you know the names, you’ve never understood why they matter…until now. And if you enjoy these episodes, look for more stories of great lives worth reliving when Mobituaries returns for season 2 in fall 2019.

Episodes

The Station Wagon: Death of a Leviathan

Mar 24 2020 • 17 MIN

For a few decades the station wagon was as central to the American Dream as the white picket fence and the basketball hoop in the driveway. It was the quintessential family car. And really, wh...

Anna May Wong: Death of a Trailblazer

Feb 7 2020 • 56 MIN

Anna May Wong wasn't supposed to be in the movies. Her laundryman father was dead set against it. And Hollywood preferred white actors in "yellow face" for Asian characters. But Wong knew what she ...

Mobituaries LIVE!

Jan 17 2020 • 30 MIN

In a Mobits first, Mo takes the show on the road! Mo shares his love of obituaries; investigates why we confuse certain dead celebrities; and interviews former New York Times obituary writer Margal...

Lawrence Welk: Death of a Square (with special guest Fred Armisen)

Jan 3 2020 • 36 MIN

Fred Armisen joins Mo to pay tribute to legendary bandleader and TV host, Lawrence Welk. Welk was another victim of television's Rural Purge of the early 1970s, when his long running musical variet...

Merry Christmas from Laura Branigan

Dec 21 2019 • 3 MIN

In December of 1993, Laura Branigan called into Ernie Manouse's Chicago-based radio show and sang O Holy Night a capella. Technically the recording isn't perfect, but Laura's pitch is. And her spir...

The Orphan Train: Death of an American Experiment

Dec 20 2019 • 43 MIN

Between 1854 and 1929, 250,000 orphans - at peril in the dangerous, overcrowded streets of New York - were placed on trains and sent west to live with new families. A desperate solution to a desper...