Sun, Jan 1, 2023
Happy New Year; happiness; looking back at those who we lost in 2022, including Leslie Jordan, Sidney Poitier, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Walters, Anita Pointer, Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Benedict XVI; the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York; remembering the past year; looking forward to 2023; books;
Sun, Jan 15, 2023
David Pogue looks at how AI creates original artworks; Jim Axelrod interviews actress Pamela Anderson; actresses Sally Field, Rita Moreno, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin (movie, "80 for Brady"); the works of artist Amedeo Modigliani; Gov-elect Wes Moore (D-Maryland); an enslaved couple's daring escape to freedom;
Sun, Jan 22, 2023
The pandemic effects on the education of children; Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor Harrison Ford (TV series, "1923"); David Pogue on using artificial intelligence for writing; artist Preston Singletary; the life and legacy of former President Lyndon B. Johnson; Rita Braver interviews the family of comedy legend Carl Reiner;
Sun, Feb 5, 2023
Rita Braver covers trouble at Ticketmaster; Tracy Smith interviews singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson; an exhibit of the artist Edward Hopper's work, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, about New York; the music used in video games; the history of hip-hop music as a cultural movement; remembering actress Melinda Dillon (1939-2023); David Pogue visits a K-Pop convention; gas stoves;
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Sun, Feb 12, 2023
David Pogue covers love songs; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting survivor David Hogg; Mo Rocca on the life and legacy of songwriter Burt Bacharach; Michigan's Mackinac Island; Dog Mountain in Vermont; Mo Rocca interviews reality-TV personalities Nick and Vanessa Lachey;
Sun, Feb 19, 2023
One-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; actor Liev Schreiber (movie, "Golda"); "All Quiet on the Western Front"; John Williams, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, and others pay tribute to songwriter Henry Mancini; Ben Mankiewitz interviews actor Judd Hirsch (movie "The Fabelmans", TV series "Hunters" and "The Goldbergs"); the Washington Monument; remembering actress Stella Stevens (1938-2023) and Raquel Welch (1940-2023);
Sun, Feb 26, 2023
The epidemic of gun violence in Baltimore, Maryland and a grassroots effort to save the community; Dr. David Agus ("The Book of Animal Secrets"); filmmaker Sarah Polley (movie, "Women Talking"); Tracy Smith interviews former "Indiana Jones" child actor Ke Huy Quan, who discusses his Oscar-nominated comeback in the movie, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"; a profile of journalist Belva Davis; the Great Salt Lake in Utah; Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor Woody Harrelson; the story of a high school football player, wise beyond his years;
Sun, Mar 5, 2023
The race for American companies to manufacture computer chips; a sold-out Johannes Vermeer exhibit; the legacy of cartoonist Charles Schultz; comic Nick Kroll; TV host Jimmy Fallon (TV series, "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"); the role of firearms in suicide; the Alex Murdaugh trial; author Michelle Miller;
Sun, Mar 19, 2023
One of the first incorporated all-Black towns in the United States; Tracy Smith interviews actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon; journalist Ari Shapiro; Lee Cowan interviews Steve Rinella, host of "Meat Eater"; a ski race known as The Birkie; Anthony Mason interviews singer Josh Groban; Seth Doane is at a Vermeer art exhibit; author Dan Lyons;
Sun, Mar 26, 2023
Seth Doane explores how original works of art, worldwide, are returned to their home countries; Mo Rocca visits the cast of CBS' daytime hit, "The Young and the Restless", to talk about the series' 50th anniversary; Ben Mankiewicz catches up with actor Owen Wilson (movie, "Paint"); Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich); TikTok; the COVID-19 pandemic's effects of children; the life and legacy of brothers Phil and Don Everly; women wrestlers;
Sun, Apr 2, 2023
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn); Tracy Smith is backstage at the Broadway musical, "Shucked"; Anthony Mason interviews singer/songwriter Neil Diamond; David Pogue covers TikTok; kids who help seniors with computer questions; a book of recipes saved from the Holocaust; The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum;
Sun, Apr 16, 2023
The Dominion Voting vs. Fox News lawsuit; adventurer Carl Allen; Cindy McCain, widow of the late Sen. John McCain, head of the United Nations World Food Program; the recent surge of shoplifting; the founders of RIP Medical Debt, a charity that pays off medical bills for people in need; actress Jennifer Garner and author Laura Dave (TV series, "The Last Thing He Told Me"); the history of general stores;
Sun, Apr 23, 2023
Efforts to bring back the dodo bird and other extinct species; the growing issue of banning books in libraries, schools, and other places; actress Chita Rivera; talk show host James Corden (TV series, "The Late Late Show with James Corden"); author Amy Silverstein on being a two-time heart transplant survivor who's now battling terminal cancer; actress Rachel McAdams (movie, "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"); David Pogue previews the new Broadway musical, "New York, New York";
Sun, May 7, 2023
Highlights from the coronation of King Charles III; singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran; actor Tom Hanks discusses his first novel; former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who celebrates his 100th birthday this month; TV personality Andy Cohen; the inside scoop on eating out from a Michelin food critic; designer Aurora James;
Sun, May 14, 2023
Happy Mother's Day; the immigration crisis; Washington state's annual tulip festival; actress Juliette Lewis (TV series, "Yellowjackets"); actor Jeremy Strong (TV series, "Succession"); actresses Laura Dern and mother Diane Ladd (book, "Honey, Baby, Mine"); singer/songwriter Jessie Ware and her mother; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) (memoir, "The Joy of Politics");
Sun, May 28, 2023
Debt ceiling controversy; David Martin covers U.S. military bases are being renamed due to concerns over racism and ties to the Confederacy; remembering music icon Tina Turner (1939-2023); actress Lillias White; Tracy Smith interviews actor Arnold Schwarzenegger; Ted Koppel interviews jazz clarinetist Doreen Ketchens; author Isabel Allende;
Sun, Jun 4, 2023
Rita Braver on two landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court challenge affirmative action in college admissions; husband-and-wife photographers Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, who traveled in Africa, Europe, and the Americas; "The Book of Charlie"; architect Jeanne Gang; Fred Smith, Fed Ex CEO; Jodie Comer; Tracy Smith interviews Mark Hamil; Robert Rubin;
Sun, Jun 11, 2023
Lee Cowan interviews Dani Izzie, a quadriplegic mother of twins; Mo Rocca covers the Broadway revival of "Camelot"; Seth Doane interviews composer Andrew Lloyd Webber; Tracy Smith interviews author Bonnie Gamus; a behind-the-scenes look at sitcom, "Ghosts"; photographer Stanley Forman and educator Ted Landsmark; actor Joel Grey;
Sun, Jun 18, 2023
Happy Father's Day; Tracy Smith looks at the history and legacy of entertainment legend Ed Sullivan, who launched on CBS 75 years ago; Jane Pauley sits down with friend and journalist Tom Brokaw, who looks back at his childhood; Anthony Mason interviews musician Paul McCartney of The Beatles; the life and legacy of pioneering Black architect Paul Revere Williams; author Laura Carney; human composting; photographer Stanley Forman;
Sun, Jun 25, 2023
David Pogue on a report on the Titan submersible, that disappeared while on an expedition to view the remains of the Titanic; Anthony Mason interviews singer/songwriter Paul Simon; Jane Pauley sits down with friend/journalist Tom Brokaw; Tracy Smith on the life and legacy of actor Rock Hudson; singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams; journalist Wesley Lowery;
Sun, Jul 2, 2023
Ted Koppel on a South Carolina project to save local newspapers; Lee Cowan on people who are rescuing and rehabilitating endangered sea turtles; an exhibit featuring American photographer Ansel Adams; the life of actor Bruce Lee; honoring the late jazz legend Louis Armstrong; the history of the Ferris wheels; trumpeter Larry Kingsley;
Sun, Jul 9, 2023
NPR's Allison Aubrey covers lab-grown meat; author Neil King Jr.; the increase in pedestrian fatalities and what some communities are doing to make the streets more safer; author Carl Sferrazza Anthony; poet Rose Styron; Jim Galligan's thoughts on summer at the beach; Lee Cowan interviews the Smothers Brothers;
Sun, Jul 16, 2023
"Oppenheimer", the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped develop the atomic bomb; the Broadway musical "Here Lies Love", based on the life of Imelda Marcos; the work of Native American artist Jaune "Quick-to-See" Smith; the history of summer blockbuster; actress Zoe Saldana; former professional basketball player Kareen Abdul-Jabbar;
Sun, Jul 23, 2023
The life and legacy of singer Tony Bennett (1926-2023); Tracy Smith interviews actress Margot Robbie (movie, "Barbie"); the life and legacy of martial arts icon Bruce Lee; a land-management trend in the United Kingdom; a young Maine beekeeper; a cutting-edge nuclear power plant; comic Jim Gaffigan;
Sun, Jul 30, 2023
Detecting and avoiding telephone and internet scammers; Tracy Smith interviews actress Donna Mills (TV series, "Knots Landing"); small towns for sale across the country; Mo Rocca covers bad meetings; Japanese businesses that have been in business for more than a century; Titan Caskets; massive greenhouses in Spain;
Sun, Aug 6, 2023
David Pogue on high temperatures over the summer; Gov. Chris Christie, 2024 Republican presidential candidate; Jane Pauley interviews actor Michael J. Fox on his battle with Parkinson's disease; Martha Teichner visits a pig sanctuary; David Martin on a new mine-cleaning device; an 89-year-old gravedigger in Galveston, Indiana; Riva Yachts; charging a smartphone;
Sun, Aug 13, 2023
Sean Doane interviews artist Banksy; Luke Burbank interviews rock group Depeche Mode; David Martin interviews actor Morgan Freeman (documentary, "761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers"); author Tess Gunty (book, "The Rabbit Hutch"); Happywhale, an organization that encourages people to identify individual animals; nonalcoholic cocktails; the Opal Awards; a man restores a car for a friend with ALS;
Sun, Aug 20, 2023
New York City's grandest homes; how people live in massive and minuscule homes; magician David Copperfield; getting a good night's sleep; the history of elevators; the reimagined Tiffany flagship store; the150th anniversary of Levis' 501 jeans; a warehouse that houses replacement spoons and teacups;
Sun, Sep 10, 2023
David Pogue interviews author Walter Isaacson about his biography of Elon Musk; former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; rapper Maluma; Norah O'Donnell interviews Oprah Winfrey on her mission to promote happiness; Gen. Mark Milley on the battle in Ukraine; the "Beyond Granite" exhibit, a story of people paying it forward;
Sun, Sep 17, 2023
A Pennsylvania manhunt captivates the nation; John Dickerson interviews Apple CEO Tim Cook; musician Carlos Santana; author Anderson Cooper on his book about the Astor family dynasty; new information on the Chinese "spy balloon"; the history and impact of 50 years of Ms. magazine; author Sheila Johnson; a look at beavers;
Sun, Sep 24, 2023
Tracy Smith interviews author Cassidy Hutchinson (book, "Enough"); Lee Cowan interviews model Gisele Bundchen; behind the scenes at Consumer Reports; 50 years of hip-hop in St. Louis, Mo; musical group Talking Heads; fall TV; two former schoolmates who had reconnected, decades after graduating; filmmaker Josh Seltel (movie, "How to Fix a Primary");
Sun, Oct 1, 2023
Ted Koppel on the growing use of artificial intelligence in national security and war; author Hernan Daz; Tracy Smith interviews singer-songwriter Joan Baez; author Marty Baron; the cast of the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along"; Conor Knighton on a CSI crime lab dedicated to animals; Lee Cowan on the bill passed to keep the federal government open;
Sun, Oct 8, 2023
Journalist Rachel Maddow discusses her book, "Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism"; the life and legacy of Sly Stone; Seth Doane on cocoa bean (for making chocolate) harvesting in Ghana; Lee Cowan on a unique domestic exchange program bringing together U.S. high school students from different parts of the country; Martha Teichner on Ringing Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus;
Sun, Oct 15, 2023
David Pogue on whether attention spans are getting shorter; the war in Israel; actors Leonardo De Caprio and Lily Gladstone, and director Martin Scorsese (movie, "Killers of the Flower Moon"); Anthony Mason interviews musicians Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood; David Martin interviews retired Gen. David Petraeus; author Yuval Noah Harai;
Sun, Oct 29, 2023
Jim Axelrod on important people who wait in the wings; singer Barry Manilow; efforts to free the hostages in the Israel-Hamas war; the story of activist Bayard Rustin; the deaths of actors Matthew Perry (1969-2023), Richard Moll (1943-2023), and Richard Roundtree (1942-2023); Mexico's Day of the Dead; the life of bats; the lives of people born inter-sex;
Sun, Nov 5, 2023
David Pogue on the pros and cons of working from home; Gayle King interviews singer/actress Barbra Streisand; the 2024 presidential election; Lee Cowan on the life of Bass Reeves, one of the first Black U.S. Marshals; Mexico's Day of the Dead; Luke Burbank on the history of the Hollywood sign; watch collectors' convention;
Sun, Nov 12, 2023
Lee Cowan on the changing role of men and boys in American society; Mo Rocca interviews filmmaker Bradley Cooper, writer/director of "Maestro", based on Leonard Bernstein, and a conversation with Bernstein's children; singer Alicia Keys (Broadway musical, "Hell's Kitchen"); artist Ed Ruscha; woolly bear caterpillars help forecast the weather in Banner Elk, N.C.; Israelis use of robots in the tunnels that Hamas built in Gaza;
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
Lee Cowan on Brian Wallach's work to expand treatments for Lou Gehrig's disease; singer/songwriter Chaka Khan; the world of gourds; director Ridley Scott (movie, "Napoleon"); journalist Tim Alberta; Seth Doane on the environmental effects of discarded phones and other electronic devices; filmmaker Joshus Seftel;
Sun, Dec 3, 2023
John Dickerson interviews former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) (book, "Oath of Honor: A Memoir and a Warning"); actress Taraji P. Henson (movie, "The Color Purple"); Rush lead singer Geddy Lee; Susan Spencer on how stopping the shame surrounding mental health might be a way to prevent deaths by suicide; the cast of "Archie"; a ride on the Alaska Railroad; Ted Koppel looks back at the life of Henry Kissinger;
Sun, Dec 10, 2023
Tracy Smith on the first approved treatment for postpartum depression; former U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-California); Ted Koppel on black lung disease in West Virginia; traveling carnival Luna Luna; tech gifts; Aardman Animations; Mo Rocca on the life and legacy of producer Norman Lear; the death of actor Ryan O'Neal;
Sun, Dec 17, 2023
Anthony Mason covers the life and legacy of artist Pablo Picasso; Jane Pauley interviews her former "Today" co-host Bryant Gumbel on the end of his HBO series, "Real Sports"; Tracy Smith interviews actor Dick Van Dyke (movie, "Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic"); global pop superstar/singer Kylie Minogue; Native American textile designer Naomi Glasses; toy maker Eddie Goldfarb; Martha Stewart shares tips about Christmas trees;