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This broadcast of "Sunday Morning," hosted by Jane Pauley, features John Blackstone's report on one toymaker's unorthodox road to producing and marketing the year's hottest toy. Also: Seth Doane sits down with Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz, as he directs a Verdi opera; Jim Axelrod profiles singer-songwriter Michael McDonald; Rita Braver looks into the history of a holiday tradition, the White House Christmas Ornament; Conor Knighton visits Madrid, N.M., a former mining community and ghost town which revives its Christmas traditions in a funky way; and Techno Claus (a.k.a. David Pogue) shares his suggestions of holiday gifts for the gadget lovers on your shopping list.
On this week's broadcast (with guest host Lee Cowan), Ben Tracy reports on celebrities who are using their names to sell products in an exploding industry: recreational and medical marijuana. Also: David Martin interviews former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; Tony Dokoupil visits funnymen Steve Martin and Martin Short; Faith Salie looks back on a cherished TV friend, Fred Rogers, of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"; and Susan Spencer looks at artistic landmarks from 1968 that changed pop culture forever.
Jane Pauley hosts this week's broadcast, which features Jim Axelrod's remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Also: Mo Rocca talks with former President Bill Clinton who has a new gig – co-authoring a thriller with novelist James Patterson; Lee Cowan visits Roadside America, a miniature town and model railroad extravaganza; Anthony Mason talks with musicians Stephen Stills and Judy Collins, whose breakup years ago hasn't precluded them from going on tour together, singing the songs of romance and heartbreak they'd inspired in each other; Serena Altschul checks out an exhibition of works by the post-war artist Jean Dubuffet; and Michelle Miller finds out why brightly-decorated pianos are turning up on New York City streets.
Jane Pauley hosts this week's broadcast, which features Tony Dokoupil's report on the recent suicides of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. Also: Richard Schlesinger talks with Jim Parsons about his latest role, as producer of the film "A Kid Like Jake"; Mo Rocca looks at the musical heritage of Rodgers & Hammerstein; Jamie Wax interviews deaf actress Lauren Ridloff, a Tony nominee for "Children of a Lesser God"; and Nancy Giles follows musicians making the rounds at hospitals, bringing their own style of healing to patients.
Jane Pauley hosts this week's broadcast, which features Martha Teichner's interview with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the whistleblower who alerted Flint residents to the dangers posed by the very water they drank. Also: Anthony Mason catches up with country singer-songwriter Rory Feek; David Martin chats with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh; Tracy Smith checks out a tiny superhero with a big heart, "Ant-Man"'s Paul Rudd; Mo Rocca investigates why "dad wear" has become a fashion thing; and Scot Simon visits the one-ring Venardos Circus.
Jane Pauley hosts this week's broadcast, which features Ted Koppel's two-part report on life inside San Quentin State Prison in California. Also: Conor Knighton checks out companies offering the perk of Summer Fridays off; Tracy Smith interviews Todd Fisher, whose new memoir, "My Girls," recounts a lifetime with sister Carrie Fisher and mother Debbie Reynolds; Serena Altschul checks out a David Bowie exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum; and Martha Teichner visits NYC's Tenement Museum, which brings the immigrant experience home for some unique visitors.
This week's broadcast features Lee Cowan's cover story on efforts to map the genome of giant redwood trees.
This week's broadcast, with guest host Lee Cowan, features Faith Salie's cover story on a "Quiet Revolution" by introverts. Also: Cowan profiles comedian Louie Anderson, who won an Emmy playing a family matriarch on "Baskets"; Anthony Mason interviews Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl; Mark Strassmann visits the "witness trees" at Gettysburg National Military Park; and Jane Pauley profiles actor Michael J. Fox, who has launched an online study to help researchers develop new therapies for Parkinson's disease.
This week's broadcast, with guest host Steve Hartman, features Faith Salie's story on how loneliness and anxiety are becoming more pervasive for young people with the rise in social media. Also: Conor Knighton talks with actress and fellow Charleston, W.Va. native Jennifer Garner; Ben Tracy samples one of Shanghai's most prized culinary delicacies, xialongbao (soup dumplings); Kristine Johnson interviews Brandon Flowers, frontman of The Killers; and Jim Axelrod meets with the "Men in Blazers" – soccer aficionados Michael Davies and Roger Bennett – who talk about the rise in popularity of the sport in the United States.
This week's broadcast, hosted by Jane Pauley, features Martha Teichner's report on the increase in incivility in public discourse and how it affects our democracy. Also, Anthony Mason reports on a musical milestone, Billy Joel's 100th sold-out concert at New York's Madison Square Garden; Tracy Smith interviews The Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands in rock 'n' roll history; Dean Reynolds checks out a Chicago art exhibition featuring works by artists with disabilities; and Mark Strassmann profiles comedian Sebastian Maniscalco.
This special broadcast of "Sunday Morning," our annual "Money Issue" with guest host Kai Ryssdal of "Marketplace," features Lee Cowan's report on a California city's experiment with providing a basic universal income to residents to battle economic insecurity. Also: John Blackstone talks about charity with actress, producer and activist Salma Hayek Pinault; Conor Knighton looks at tourism in the Galapagos Islands; Tony Dokoupil looks at how the "co-working" industry is changing our ideas of office space; Richard Schlesinger investigates how star pets on Instagram are pulling in big bucks; Michelle Miller looks at how artists and photographers are documenting labor and poverty; and Rita Braver finds a government office that will literally make good your burned, water-logged or shredded currency.
This week's broadcast, hosted by Jane Pauley, features David Pogue's cover story on the problems of plastic waste. Also: Erin Moriarty reports on the increase in deaths in the U.S. of women during childbirth; Faith Salie looks at the pioneering work of artist Dox Thrash; Barry Petersen visits Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado, where sandboarding enthusiasts take to the slopes; Tracy Smith gets serious with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel; and John Blackstone finds out what makes a champion truffle-hunting dog.
This week's broadcast, hosted by Jane Pauley, features Lee Cowan's cover story on how robotic exoskeletons help paraplegics walk again. Also: Tracy Smith talks with rapper-actor-producer Ice Cube about his new Big 3 Basketball League; Michelle Miller visits with '60s pop icon Petula Clark; Martha Teichner interviews South Carolina Senator Tim Scott; Serena Altschul check out an exhibition of upside-down paintings by German-born artist Georg Baselitz; and Luke Burbank attends a Goat Yoga class.
Jane Pauley hosts a special broadcast of "Sunday Morning," called "Mind Matters," devoted to the mysteries of the brain. Features include: Mo Rocca examining what makes a genius; Rita Braver looks at the intersection between art and mania; Faith Salie on the prospect of using psychedelic drugs to combat anxiety and depression; Martha Teichner on animal intelligence; and Tracy Smith talks with Glenn Close, whose foundation, Bring Change to Mind, aims to destigmatize mental illness.
This week's broadcast, hosted by Jane Pauley, features Chip Reid's look back at the life of Arizona Senator John McCain, who died Saturday after a 13-month battle against brain cancer. Also: James Brown profiles Ken Chenault, who is leaving American Express after 17 years as Chairman and CEO; Scott Simon looks back at the bloody Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968; Barry Petersen explores the Montana prairie and the conflict over preserving our disappearing grasslands; Tracy Smith checks out an exhibition featuring images of America culled from the Library of Congress' archives; and Rita Braver talks with music legend Art Garfunkel.
This week's broadcast, with guest host Lee Cowan, looks back at the memorial services for Senator John McCain and the "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin. Also: Cowan finds out how some companies are welcoming workers with autism; Margaret Brennan talks with former senator and secretary of state John Kerry; Anthony Mason profiles singer-songwriter Leon Bridges; Anna Werner checks out traveling exhibitions celebrating Norman Rockwell's "The Four Freedoms"; Martha Teichner catches up with '60s fashion icon Twiggy; and Conor Knighton visits the Washboard Music Festival in Logan, Ohio.
This week's broadcast, with host Jane Pauley, features David Martin's interview with veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward about his latest book, "Fear: Trump in the White House." Also: Tony Dokoupil visits a sweeping exhibition of art by Alberto Giacometti at New York's Guggenheim Museum; Chip Reid reports on the unveiling of a wind chime memorial to the heroes of Flight 93, who perished on September 11, 2001; Mo Rocca looks at the work of musical theater legends Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; and Susan Spencer investigates how people may respond to having an unusual name.
This week's broadcast, hosted by Jane Pauley, features Carrie Underwood's emotional interview with Tracy Smith. Plus: Lee Cowan profiles Academy Award-winner Robert Redford; Conor Knighton visits the Lanai Cat Sanctuary in Hawaii; Faith Salie explores the construction zone at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, which has been decorated by 50 graffiti artists; and the latest on Tropical Depression Florence as it continues to drop several feet of rain on the Carolinas.
