Embedded Player All of us at NPR were saddened to learn of the death of Roderick MacLeish, but especially those of us who worked with him on Morning Edition. Rod had quite a career... he was a journalist, a filmmaker, author and a commentator for Morning Edition in the early years of the program. What many of you won't learn from the obituaries is that Rod also was very good in the kitchen. That came to our attention when those of us on the Morning Edition staff were searching the barren cupboards for material to run on Thanksgiving Day, when most reporters were home with their families.