Sun, Jan 12, 2020
Workplace discrimination against pregnant women; the works of Monet at the Denver Art Museum; musician Gary Clark Jr.; a profile of Arthur Godfrey; a close look at the octopus; correspondent Mo Rocca interviews actress Kim Novak; a woman who introduced the country to more than 200 fruits and vegetables;
Sun, Feb 2, 2020
The presidential campaign; singer/songwriter James Taylor; searching for antiques with TV personality Mike Wolfe; correspondent Holly Williams interviews actor Mandy Patinkin; correspondent Tony Dokoupil interviews the trophy creators at Tiffany; director Taika Waititi and actress Scarlett Johansson ("Jojo Rabbit");
Sun, Feb 9, 2020
Correspondent Rita Braver reports on intimacy coaching; correspondent Tracy Smith reports on the history and artistry of Hollywood backdrops; singer and choreographer Toni Basil; a man who has devoted his life to bringing movies to a small Washington town; actress Tataum O'Neal; "Hair Love"; Oscar nominations;
Sun, Feb 16, 2020
Migraine headaches; rock band Air Supply; the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France; actor Harrison Ford ("The Call of the Wild"); Holocaust survivors mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz's death camp; Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the victims of the Holocaust; chocolate;
Sun, Feb 23, 2020
Correspondent Lee Cowan reports on a Wisconsin company that changes the way medical records are kept; correspondent Faith Salie interviews artist Betye Saar; Bob Moore, founder of Bob's Red Mill; architect Rem Koolhass; actor Richard Dreyfuss ("Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "The Goodbye Girl"); George Washington's life after he left the presidency;
Sun, Mar 15, 2020
In this special encore presentation of our 40th anniversary broadcast (originally aired on January 27, 2019), "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at the many roads traveled, the memorable personalities we have met, and some of the fun and unusual stories we have told. Plus: Serena Altschul introduces viewers to the "Sun Queen," our associate director Jessica Frank, who is responsible for the suns that grace our show; Nancy Giles explores the history of the "Sunday Morning" theme music; and Conor Knighton meets some of our team of videographers that brings the beauty and sounds of nature to our broadcast each week.
Sun, Mar 22, 2020
In this broadcast hosted by Lee Cowan, David Pogue looks at why irrational fear can make people respond to a crisis (such as the coronavirus pandemic) in dangerous ways. Plus: Tracy Smith sits down with singer Alicia Keys; Jill Schlesinger examines the economic fallout of the pandemic; Ted Koppel explores the terrible choices that hospitals with shortages of medical equipment may soon face; Seth Doane chronicles his first-hand experience being quarantined in Rome for COVID-19; Mo Rocca looks at the history of New York's Bellevue Hospital Center; chef Bobby Flay talks about finding comfort in preparing comfort food; and film critic David Edelstein offers movie suggestions for people climbing the walls at home.
Sun, Apr 5, 2020
Correspondent Jill Schlesinger reports on how COVID-19 has gone from a health pandemic to a financial crisis; David Pogue reports on the impact of social distancing on the internet; Martha Teichner visits author Celeste Ng (book, "Little Fires Everywhere"); correspondent Tracy Smith reports on tele-therapy; Mo Rocca reports on the toilet paper shortage of 1973; filmmakers Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks; actor George Takei.
Sun, May 10, 2020
Happy Mother's Day; the effects of pandemics on relationships; a potential medical treatment for victims of COVID-19; chef Bobby Flay; actress Reese Witherspoon ("The Morning Show" and "Little Fires Everywhere"); teaching children over the Internet; former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; comic Jim Gaffigan; the deaths of singer Little Richard and magician Roy Horn;
Sun, May 31, 2020
Big and small ways that COVID-19 could permanently change life; Mark Phillips explore the history and controversy of wearing masks during a pandemic; documentary filmmaker Ken Burns; Lee Cowan pays a virtual visit with Jon Bon Jovi, Jewel, and other music makers, who discuss writing songs during quarantine; stationary bike fitness craze;
Sun, Jun 7, 2020
Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at the events of the past week; race, racism, and being black in America; CBS This Morning co-host Tony Dokoupil interviews actor Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island (2020)); Mo Rocca looks at the prospects for Broadway in a time of a pandemic; author Chris Wallace (book, "Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World"); recent events in the United States from the perspective of other nations;
Sun, Jun 14, 2020
Tracy Smith talks with author Mary Jordan about her book on First Lady Melania Trump; Conor Knighton talks to photographer Erin Sullivan; Erin Moriarty reports on medical examiners; The Long Distance Movie Club; New York Times opinion writer Charles M. Blow; director Bryce Dallas Howard and her father, filmmaker Ron Howard (Dads (2019)); Nicholas Thompson, Wired editor; author John Dickerson (book, "The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency");
Sun, Jun 28, 2020
The race for a Coronavirus vaccine; Rita Braver interviews artist Jim Bachor; housekeeping during the pandemic; theater owners adapt during the pandemic; chef Guy Fieri; comic Jim Gaffigan; a woman inherits 262 cemetery plots; documentarian Ken Burns ("Ken Burns Presents: The Gene"); singer Lizzo.
Sun, Jul 19, 2020
Lee Cowan reports on the death of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga); John Blackstone reports on the future of "office work" in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic; Luke Burbank explores how one town has turned to making its own money out of wood; Michelle Miller interviews actor Louis Gossett Jr; Mo Rocca interviews actress Kim Novak; retired CBS marketing chief George Schweizer; income inequality; a one-of-a-kind online choir with a cast of thousands.
Sun, Jul 26, 2020
Honoring Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga) (1940-2020); murder hornets; the deployment of federal troops in Portland, Oregon; Lee Cowan reports on the water crisis in the U.S.; how bathrooms are being made safer; singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett; comic Jim Gaffigan; restaurateur Danny Meyer; remembering Regis Philbin (1931-2020);
Sun, Aug 2, 2020
Broadband internet in the U.S.; actress Linda Lavin; author David Sibley; the boom in the sales of vanilla; comic Jim Gaffigan ("Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist"); hugging during the COVID-19 pandemic; a look back at the career of CBS's George Schweitzer; singer/songwriter Tanya Tucker.
Sun, Aug 9, 2020
How colleges are handling back-to-school time in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; Dr. Jill Biden, wife of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden; why more Americans are hitting the road in recreational vehicles; an artist who works with bubble wrap; photographer David Hume Kennerly.
Sun, Aug 16, 2020
Ted Koppel reports on the presidential powers; Erin Moriarty reports on the history of the popsicle; Lee Cowan reports on how the nation's COVID-19 quarantines have slowly given way to expanding social bubbles; failed Iran hostage rescue mission Desert One; Mark Strassman interviews Sheryl Crow at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee; dealing with depression.
Sun, Aug 30, 2020
Drive-in theaters; professional basketball player Stephen Curry; newly restored dioramas, recovered from the 1940 Black World's Fair; police tactics that are considered non-lethal force; Gayle King interviews actress/singer Olivia Newton-John; author John Meacham ("His Truth is Marching On"); remembering actor Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020);
Sun, Sep 13, 2020
Tracy Smith interviews singer/songwriter Keith Urban; the new Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial; a woman is helped by a group of home repairers; Lee Cowan interviews actress Drew Barrymore; stargazers worry about pollution; comic Jim Galligan; the history and tradition of presidential portraits;
Sun, Sep 20, 2020
Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; correspondent Lee Cowan interviews singer/songwriter Lady Gaga, who discusses her album "Chromatica", her battles with depression and anxiety, her friendship with Elton John, and her new book "Channel Kindness"; the debate over law enforcement's doctrine of "qualified immunity"; TV hosts/authors Desus Nice and The Kid Mero (Desus & Mero (2019), book "God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx"); what's new at museums; highlights of upcoming music, theater, TV, streaming, movies, and books; chef Bobby Flay;
Sun, Sep 27, 2020
The legal doctrine of "qualified immunity"; nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy; host Jane Pauley interviews singer/songwriter Mariah Carey; the return of roller-skating; actor Jim Belushi; journalist Jonathan Alter; a preview of the upcoming presidential debate; filmmaker Josh Seftel ("How to Fix a Primary");
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
Repairing or replacing broken items; Mo Rocca reports on the controversy over statues and monuments; Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and his daughters talk about life during the pandemic; China and the COVID-19 outbreak; comic Jim Gaffigan; Lee Cowan interviews singer/songwriter Jon Bon Jovi;
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Impatience in the United States; singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks; drive-through haunted houses; fireworks; the film Mank (2020); Mo Rocca reports on the presidential election of 1876; a toddler's best friend is a toy skeleton; how other countries view the U.S. presidential election;
Sun, Nov 1, 2020
Susan Spencer reports on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic; learning about hibernation from grizzly bears; Ben Mankiewicz interviews comic Bob Newhart; Mo Rocca reports on First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; voting with a 104-year-old; Lee Cowan reports on the death of Sir Sean Connery (1930-2020); the popularity of chess; what to look for on election night;
Sun, Nov 8, 2020
The aftermath of election night; New York's Strand bookstore; Sean Doane interviews actress Sophia Loren; 100-year-old French artist Pierre Soulages; the family that makes the highly sought-after Pappy Van Winkle whiskey; Mo Rocca interviews actor Steve Martin and cartoonist Harry Bliss;
Sun, Nov 15, 2020
Former U.S. President Barack Obama (memoir, "A Promised Land"); an artful pie maker; philanthropist Leonard Lauder; actors Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell ("The Christmas Chronicles" and "The Christmas Chronicles 2"); a woman, watching a livestream of two pregnant pigs, notices that their barn is on fire and she manages to save them;
Sun, Nov 29, 2020
COVID-19 vaccines; raccoons; photographer Leah Denbok; Tracy Smith interviews actor George Clooney ("The Midnight Sky"); an island refuge where sea birds rule; comic Jim Gaffigan; Rita Braver interviews actresses Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, and Dianne Wiest ("Let Them All Talk"); activist Colman McCarthy; author Charlie Mackesy;
Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Millions of Americans may face eviction if the government doesn't take action; a company seeking approval to produce home test kids for COVID-19; the history and impact of PBS on its 50th anniversary; Rita Braver interviews singer/actress Leslie Uggams; singer Du Lipa; the art of sushi; Mo Rocca covers the life of artist Titus Kaphar;