Mark Harmon on Ricky Nelson, Sexiest Man Alive, & the Call That Changed Everything- The Fifth Column

This is an excerpt from a Members Only episode #315 of the Fifth Column. Watch the full episode only on Substack: https://www.wethefifth.com/p/nothing-... The actor Mark Harmon tells the surreal family story of how his sister went from a teenage Ricky Nelson fan to Ricky Nelson’s wife, then gets into the absurdity of becoming People’s Sexiest Man Alive and the cold call to Jack Webb that helped kick his career into motion. (00:00) Ricky Nelson Becomes Family (04:24) Nothing Is Impossible (07:16) Sexiest Man Alive (12:46) The Jack Webb Cold Call -- Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves. Get our free newsletter & access to exclusive content: https://wethefifth.substack.com/ Listen to the audio version of the show: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2KBQQlf... Follow: Instagram -   / we.the.fifth   X - https://x.com/wethefifth TikTok -   / wethefifth   Facebook:   / thefifthcolumn