# From JFK to the iPhone: 75 Years Through the Eyes of a Former Mob Boss

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Podcast: [Sit Down with Michael Franzese](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sit-down-with-michael-franzese-7319588)
Published: 2026-05-21T22:06:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ZZMNM6738896122.mp3
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I was born in 1951. I was made in 1975. And on May 27th, I’ll be 75 years old. Three quarters of a century on this planet. I lay in bed the other night and I started thinking about everything I’ve lived through — every president, every war, every cultural shift, every mob story I was in the middle of. So I sat down and I wrote it all down decade by decade. JFK’s assassination. Vietnam. Joe Colombo getting shot. Halloween night, 1975. The Commission trial. Doing my time. 9/11. The Sopranos finale. COVID. Right up to today. Some of it’ll make you smile. Some of it’ll make you angry. All of it shaped who I am. Consider this my thank you to all of you who’ve been with me on this ride. And if you’ve been around long enough, maybe it’ll bring back some memories of your own. From JFK to the iPhone: 75 Years Through the Eyes of a Former Mob Boss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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