CBS News Sunday Morning

- Season 36

(1979)

The recent cybersecurity breach; comic Chris Rock; what's in store for lawmakers in 2021; musician Barry Gibbs; author Dr. Sanjay Gupta; a look back at 2020 and a look forward to 2021; the life and legacy of late Viacom/CBS chairman Summer Redstone;

The history, the traditions, and the design of the U.S. Capitol; New York Times columnist Charles Blow shares his thoughts on protests and justice; Scholastic CEO Dick Robinson; the origins of the term "lame duck"; filmmaker Joshua Seftel ("How to Fix a Primary");

The legacy of President Donald Trump; Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff; the impeachment proceedings; the legality and implications of tech companies blocking President Donald Trump from the social media platforms;

How climate change impacts where Americans choose to live; working from home during the pandemic; Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-Penn); Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director; a report on the week's historic events in Washington; artisans in Italy; actress Ellen Burstyn ("Pieces of a Woman"); remembering TV and radio legend Larry King (1933-2021) and baseball legend Hank Aaron (1934-2021);

Susan Spencer reports on how electrodes in the brain that could restore mobility in stroke patients; Faith Salie reports on pockets; an enormous fungus; actress Candice Bergen and author Mark Harris (book, "Mike Nichols: A Life") talk about Mike Nichols; actor Stanley Tucci ("Supernova"); comic Jim Gaffigan; Tracy Smith interviews singer Andra Day; remembering actress Cicely Tyson;

Rita Braver covers astrology and football; football stadiums used as COVID-19 vaccination sites; chef Eddie Jackson; Tracy Smith interviews actor Steven Yeun ("Minari", "Invincible" and "The Humans"); Lee Cowan interviews actress/director Robin Wright ("Land"); Super Bowl preview; a fungus that's taken over more than three square miles of wilderness in Oregon; remembering Christopher Plummer ("The Sound of Music") and boxing great Leon Spinks;

Happy Valentine's Day; author Suleika Jaouad (book, "Between Two Kingdom: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted"); Mark Phillip interviews actress Kate Winslet ("Titanic"); the mysterious death of a hiker and the two-and-a-half-year search to identify him; French toast; David Pogue covers diamonds; the first transgender state senator, Sarah McBride; unique stories about U.S. presidents; remembering singer Mary Wilson;

Ted Koppel on getting the COVID-19 vaccine to under-served communities; Lee Cowan interviews businesswoman Cindy McCain; Seth Doane interviews Italian piano maker Paolo Fazioli; Nancy Giles interviews actress Ellen Burstyn ("Pieces of a Woman"); the mysterious death of a hiker and the two-and-a-half-year search to identify him; remembering Rush Limbaugh.

An increase in avalanches on an Idaho mountain; Tracy Smith interviews actress Ellen Pompeo ("Grey's Anatomy"); Lee Cowan covers an interest in the late painter and television host Bob Ross; the science of masks used in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic; TV host Levar Burton ("Reading Rainbow" and "This Is My Story");

Sean Doane on the world after a year into the COVID-19 pandemic; theories of where the novel Coronavirus began; right-wing group Oath Keepers; actress/director Regina King ("One Night in Miami"); CRISPR, a revolutionary genetic process; Tracy Smith reports on the life and legacy of actor Bob Hope; author Dana Perino (book, "Everything Will Be Okay");

Susan Spencer covers sleep difficulties; David Pouge interviews Melissa and Doug Bernstein, Melissa and Doug founders; the fallout from Oprah Winfrey's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; author Julia Sweig; schools considering teaching outdoors; music artists Swizz Beatz and Timbaland;

David Pogue covers MasterClass; Greek and Roman marble statues; Tracy Smith interviews singer Demi Lovato; Ben Mankiewicz interviews actress Ali MacGraw and actor Ryan O'Neal on the 50th anniversary of "Love Story; Rita Braver covers adoptions that took place after World War II; looking at how some species, listed as extinct, have returned from the dead; sports betting;

Palm Sunday; actor Leslie Odom Jr. ("Music" and "One Night in Miami"); a look back at the pop culture of the '70s; Seth Doane on the prevalence of gay priests in the Catholic church; Tracy Smith on the history and medicinal values of chicken soup; Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill); Mo Rocca interviews actress Brenda Vaccaro; comic Jim Gaffigan;

Happy Easter; Susan Spencer on conflict resolution; guest host Tracy Smith interviews Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden; Michelle Miller interviews singer Carrie Underwood; Elizabeth Palmer on Faberge eggs; Lesley Stahl interviews journalist Marty Baron, Washington Post executive editor; veterinarians rush to vaccinate rabbits against the deadly RHDV2 Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease virus;

Erin Moriarty on the increasing scrutiny of the Sackler family, due to its links to the pharmaceutical industry; John Dickerson interviews former Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio); Lesley Stahl on new insight into former first lady Nancy Reagan's role in her husband's presidency; Michelle Miller interviews actor Jamie Foxx ("Dad Stop Embarrassing Me");

Tracy Smith on the travel industry after COVID-19 restrictions; a classical pianist from Easter Island; Conor Knighton interviews travel guru Rick Steves; Norah O'Donnell interviews former President George W. Bush; actress Carey Mulligan ("Promising Young Woman"); Mark Phillips on Prince Philip's funeral; country duo Brothers Osborne;

Margaret Teichner on the Derek Chauvin verdict; author Jim Campbell; Tracy Smith on the movie theater industry; Lee Cowan interviews Merry Clarkson, one of the stars of the documentary, "Twenty Feet From Stardom"; Cameo, the business that connects fans with celebrities; Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor Jon Voight; Mo Rocca interviews actor Russ Tamblyn;

Susan Spencer on people considering returning to the office; the 50th anniversary of National Public Radio; Ted Koppel on the cancel culture; Tracy Smith interview actors Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish (Here Today (2021)); a dog that can communicate; artist Sarah Sze; comic Jim Gaffigan; a concert by The Flaming Lips;

Happy Mother's Day; emoji art; actor Andrew McCarthy ("St. Elmo's Fire", "Condor", "Class", and "Pretty in Pink"); Lee Cowan covers fraternity hazing; Tracy Smith interviews actress Allison Janney ("Mom" and "Breaking News in Yuba County"); Erin Moriarty interviews voting rights activist Stacey Abrams; tap dancing filmmaker Josh Seftel ("How to Fix a Primary" and "War Inc");

David Pogue covers UFOs; Chip Reid on the emergence of the Breed X cicadas; the United States Secret Service; retired reporter Michael Blowen; Ted Koppel interviews attorney Benjamin Crump; Tracy Smith interviews actor Ewan McGregor ("Halston", "Pinocchio", "The Birthday Cake", "Obi-Wan Kenobi");

David Pogue on the shift in work and home locations driven by the pandemic; an Italian castle made famous on social media; a tour of the Lyndhurst Mansion; designers using 3D printers to build new homes; Lee Cowan on an entire Alaskan town that is contained in a building; Anthony Mason interviews Crosby, Stills and Nash;

Lee Cowan covers the dispute over the exact geographic center of North America; Rita Braver visits former senators Bob and Elizabeth Dole; tag sales; Tracy Smith interviews comic Rich Little; David Martin interviews the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient, Herschel "Woody" Williams; map making; time travel;

Bill Bratton, the former police commissioner of New York City and Boston; San Francisco's new Street Crisis Response program; Lee Cowan interviews Edgar Rodriguez, who is both a police chief and pastor in Moville, Iowa; law enforcement in Europe; police in Japan;

David Pogue on Amazon's use of robots to improve safety for workers; an exhibit of magazines; Lee Cowan on the controversial history of Flamin' Hot Cheetos; Rita Braver on how couples navigate the challenges of marriage; actor Anthony Ramos ("In the Heights"); Jane Pauley interviews author Stephen King; Erin Moriarty on remembering F. Lee Bailey (1933-2021);

Allison Aubrey on the world of mRNA; a son who became a master canoe builder, using the tools he inherited from his late father; chef Bobby Flay; author Malcolm Gladwell; writer Russell T. Davies and actor Neil Patrick Harris; Rita Braver interviews TV host Seth Meyer ("Late Night with Seth Meyers"); Juneteenth; Happy Father's Day;

Lou Burbank on an Oregon farmer's thoughts on immigration; Lee Cowan on architect Frank Lloyd Wright; Mo Rocca interviews former Solicitor General Ted Olson; Holly Williams looks at Britain's fractured royal family; John Dickerson interviews TV host Stephen Colbert ("The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"); the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969; the endangered California condor; Mark Strassman with an update on the condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida;

Happy Independence Day; Nancy Giles covers a Brooklyn, N.Y. restaurant helping immigrants; the arrival of another Statue of Liberty; Tracy Smith interviews producer/director Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time - In Hollywood"); the debate over statehood for Washington, D.C.; Faith Salie on learning lessons from ants; pie; journalist Sebastian Junger; the war in Afghanistan;

Promising therapies for Lou Gehring's disease (ALS); Royal Albert Hall celebrates 150 years; actor James Caan ("Queen Bees"); artist Faith Ringgold; NFTs; "Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain", a documentary about Anthony Bourdain; efforts to save the endangered California condor;

The severe drought plaguing the American West; UNESCO World Heritage sites; two Missouri men who prosecutors say were wrongfully convicted; actor Matt Damon ("Stillwater"); filmmaker Josh Seftel; a man who has become a park bench therapist to passersby; Mo Rocca interviews singer Marilyn Maye;

Lee Cowan talks to a man who recovered from locked-in syndrome; artist Alice Neel; Martha Teichner interviews businessman Barry Diller and designer Diane von Furstenberg; Tracy Smith interviews actress Geena Davis ("Thelma and Louise"); New York's Coney Island; Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts; navigation skills;

Chip Reid on the reopening of the Smithsonian Institution; actress Jennifer Hudson ("Respect"); David Martin interviews retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman; Luke Burbank on the toxic mess in Butte, Montana; Lee Cowan interviews author Bob McKinnon; artist Wyland; the history of Asian-Americans; Tracy Smith interviews Serena Altschull, a former staffer at MTV;

David Pogue on garbage in space; Mo Rocca on the hydrangeas in Cape Cod; Colorado's Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater; the 50th anniversary of Jim Morrison's passing; treasure hunting in the Santa Barbara Channel; Tracy Smith interviews actor George Clooney; ancient marble Greek and Roman sculptures;

People who live in California's back country, keeping watch for the fires ravaging the West; kids whose mental health challenges and life crises emerge from the pressures of privilege; music mogul Clive Davis; actress Marlee Marlin ("CODA");

The latest from Afghanistan; archer Matt Stulzman; New Orleans antique shop M.S. Rau; David Pogue interviews cellphone inventor Marty Cooper; Dr. Rich Krueger, a neonatologist; Tracy Smith interviews composer John Williams; lakes are restocked by airplanes; a mining town's only resident;

Ted Koppel on gun violence; El Museo del Barrio; Lee Cowan interviews Zalmay Niazy, interpreter for U.S. forces and contractors in his native Afghanistan; Anthony Mason interviews singers/songwriters David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash; Faith Salie interviews TV personality Padma Lakshmi ("Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi"); retired Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher;

All aspects of our passion for pets, from viral videos to family pets, to a visit with Bindi Irwin, her brother, husband, and mother, who carry on the mission of their late father, animal conservationist and "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.

Erin Moriarty on staffing challenges faced by many businesses across the country; Tracy Smith interviews actor Jeff Daniels; a butter sculptor at the Minnesota State Fair; photographer Richard Drew; Martha Teichner on the legacy of the 9/11 attacks; the world of tennis ball chasers;

Martha Teichner on the Whimbrels; Ben Mankiewitz interviews comic Cedric the Entertainer ("The Neighborhood"); Rita Braver on sketches by Cezanne on exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art; writer David Chase; the reopening of "Wicked" on Broadway; Ground Zero, 20 years after 9/11; Wilma Melville; TV host/author Chris Wallace ("Fox News Sunday", book, "Countdown Bin Laden"); Dan Barry;

Ted Koppel visits Mount Airy, N.C., the birthplace of actor Andy Griffin; The Arc de Triomphe in Paris; language coaches help actors; Tracy Smith interviews actor James Brolin ("Sweet Tooth"); what's coming up in the world of art, museums, music, and movies; Mo Rocca interviews journalist Anderson Cooper ("Anderson Cooper 360");

Susan Spencer looks at the challenges facing estranged families; an exhibit of cars and art inspired by cars; former PepsiCola CEO Indra Nooyi; "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; a modern day jousting competition in Italy; David Pogue looks at "Diana: The Musical"; Lee Cowan interviews game show host Drew Carey (The New Price Is Right (1972));

David Pogue on the challenges Facebook faces in weeding out misinformation; activist Roberto Lugo; Ben Mankiewitz interviews actor Daniel Craig ("No Time to Die"); author Kelefa Sanneh ("Major Labels") the history of popular music; author Anthony Doerr ("Cloud Cuckoo Land") ; Jim Axelrod interviews The Doobie Brothers; a woman who was saved six Marines, when her car was stuck in a flash flood;

Problems in the supply chain; autumn leaves; the battle over Roe vs. Wade; Les Paul guitar auction; Tracy Smith interviews singer/songwriter Olivia Rodrigo; a woman who uses garage sale profits for good deeds; flying car; Billy Porter ("Cinderella"); authors Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny (book, "State of Terror");

Michelle Miller on the subject of "passing", a term describing when a light-skinned Black person can pass for white; Anthony Mason interviews Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen; David Pogue on the fight against mosquitoes; Tracy Smith on murals in Toledo, Ohio; Lee Cowan interviews Wayne Gretzky, Jane Goodall; Martha Stewart; fish restocking;

Happy Halloween; Tracy Smith covers nightmares; photographer Josh Rossi; Norah O'Donnell interviews Huma Abedin (author, "Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds"), Hillary Clinton's former aide; photographer Bryan Sansivero (author, "American Decay"); Seth Doane interviews Swedish super group ABBA (album, "Voyage"); actor Kal Penn (author, "You Can't Be Serious"); magician Shin Lim; dads who act as peacekeepers at their local public school.

New depression treatment; Faith Salie on yawning; Jim Axelrod interviews sportscaster Bob Costa; the challenges facing those searching for lithium; Tracy Smith interviews actor Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Electrical Life of Louis Wain", "The Power of the Dog", and "Spider-Man: No Way Home"); an octogenarian pole vaulter; John Dickerson on infamous New York bordello owner Polly Adler; trumpeter Terrance Blanchard;

Actress Halle Berry; actor Andrew Garfield ("Tick, Tick, Boom"); Ted Koppel interviews Dr. Andrew Fauci, White House chief medical officer; filmmaker Jimmy Chin ("14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible"); new drug therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder; Portugal's efforts to vaccinate almost the entire population against COVID-19;

Ben Tracy on plant-based alternatives to meat; Walker Hayes; T-Pain; a search for the perfect cup of coffee; California's Mitla Cafe; food delivery services; Mo Rocca on the automatic cafeteria called the Automat; a man who treats water like wine; a handmade pasta;

Susan Spencer looks at new Alzheimer's disease treatment; Jim Axelrod interviews singer Pat Benatar; actress Sharon Gless (TV series, "Cagney and Lacey" and "Burn Notice"); the causes of inflation; TV host John Wilson (TV series, "How To with John Wilson"); the oldest known living tree; subzero refrigerators; Mo Rocca remembers Stephen Sondheim (1930-2001);

Jim Axelrod on the enduring love for "I Love Lucy"; Mo Rocca interviews actors Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, and Nina Arianda (movie, "Being the Ricardos"); Tracy Smith interviews actors Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio and director Adam McKay (movie, "Don't Look Up"); Josephine Baker's induction into the Pantheon; author Sarah Ransome; Elizabeth Hartman interviews author Candace Bushnell (TV series, "And Just Like That..." and "Sex and the City 2").

Kerry and Christopher Kennedy, the children of Sen. Robert Kennedy; Rita Braver interviews first lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden; actress/director Maggie Gyllenhaal (movie, "The Lost Daughter"); Mo Rocca interviews essayist Fran Lebowitz; Santa Claus, Indiana; Rep. Richie Torres (D-N.Y.); Webb telescope; the Secret Santa;

A prison where inmates craft beautiful art; Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health; actress Penelope Cruz (movie, "Parallel Mothers"); Christian rock; The Young People's Chorus and Josh Groban perform; See's Candies; a new monument of President John F. Kennedy; comic Jim Gaffigan;

A farewell to those who died in 2021; the reconstruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France; Conor Knighton on celebrating the 50th anniversary of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", by John Denver; Lesley Stahl interviews actor Peter Dinklage (movie, "Cyrano"); Mo Rocca on celebrating composer Beethoven's birthday; looking back at 2021;

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