Michael Rockefeller - 491

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🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

November 19, 1961. Netherlands, New Guinea. Michael Rockefeller, son of former US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, went on an expedition to New Guinea to study the Asmat peoples and to collect art from them. On November 19. 1961 he disappeared after his canoe overturned. With him was a Dutch anthropologist named René Wassing who was rescued hours later. Did Michael Rockefeller drown? Or did something far more sinister happen to him?

Carl Hoffman

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/What-Really-Happened-to-Michael-Rockefeller-180949813/

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0:00.0	from Wondery.
0:30.0	Hi, Jimson Eider. I'm doing good, Justin. But how are you doing? I'm doing good.
0:44.7	It's getting close to Halloween, so we're shifting gears a little bit and might do a few
0:50.9	creepy episodes if you want to call them that. Yeah, we're going to do some episodes that are
0:56.6	more mysterious. But Justin, where does Halloween rank on your holidays list? So, used to be
1:05.2	July 4th was number one and Halloween was number two. But it's totally you. You used to light
1:11.0	off all kinds of fireworks and you'd get these parties going. It was a lot of fun. But then,
1:17.2	you know, you settle down and you get dogs and you have your own issues and it comes around
1:23.8	that fireworks and explosions going all night. It just isn't as fun as it used to be. So, I would
1:28.7	say Halloween is now my number one and 4th of July is actually way down the list because I just
1:36.0	want to get sleep at night. Not here. Somebody shooting off their M80 inside of a pressure cooker.
1:40.9	Oh, wait, that was me or in a mailbox or in a mailbox. Yeah. Halloween has been at the top
1:48.1	of my holiday list for a long time. I just love the creativity. I love seeing all the kids
1:53.6	dress up or adults. And I dress up almost every year. Although this year, I don't think I
1:59.7	have a costume. So, I don't know. I'm going to make a decision here in the next week or so.
2:05.7	Time is getting away from me here. Well, Aaron, if you need some motivation, I do have a costume
2:13.2	and I will have a costume contest with you and people can vote on which one they like better.
2:18.6	Maybe we should do that, huh? We'll put it on on social media and people can see what we look
2:22.8	like in costumes. The only other thing I have to add Justin is that there's a graphic designer
2:29.6	named Becky who we've worked with recently. And she did a lovely design. I guess you could
2:36.0	say caricatures of us. And it's not want to shirt. It's on a hoodie, et cetera. I think
2:41.3	people should check this out. It's a lot of fun. I love how she drew you. I think it looks
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