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60 Minutes Season 53 Episodes
Season 53 Episode Guide
51 Episodes 2020 - 2021
Episode 1
The Battle for the Ballot/H.R. McMaster/Coach O and the Sideways Season
Sun, Sep 20, 202043 mins
"The Battle for the Ballot" examines the growing battle over the rules for mail-in voting in the swing state of Pennsylvania. "H.R. McMaster" interviews President Trump's former national security advisor about his new book and the threats facing our nation. "Coach O and the Sideways Season" talks to the head coach of the national champion LSU tigers about playing football during the pandemic.
Episode 2
Florida's Amendment 4/The Wall/Sir David Attenborough
Sun, Sep 27, 2020
The legal and political fight over the voting rights of 1.4 million felons in Florida; the company with a checkered past that convinced the Trump administration to give it billions in border wall contracts; filmmaker David Attenborough.
Episode 3
Cause and Effect/Talent on the Spectrum/Seinfeld in 2020
Sun, Oct 4, 2020
Temperatures and drought in the West contribute to thousands of fires in California; adults on the autism spectrum with unique talents and capabilities; comic Jerry Seinfeld.
Episode 4
Nadia/A Different Kind of Vision/The Wright Way
Sun, Oct 4, 2020
A Yazidi genocide survivor who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize; an architect who found a way to keep working after losing his sight; a Utah family with nine professional cowboys who live a lifestyle straight out of the Old West.
Episode 5
Latest COVID-19 Therapies/The Lincoln Prject/Grizzly Bears
Sun, Oct 11, 202043 mins
The COVID-19 treatments showing the most promise; Then, inside the Lincoln Project's campaign against President Trump; And, finding ways to coexist with grizzly bears in Montana.
Episode 6
Putin's Public Enemy/Dr. Fauci/Hell Flight
Sun, Oct 18, 2020
Alexey Navalny describes being poisoned; Then, Dr. Anthony Fauci on his media restrictions, Trump contracting COVID, masks, voting and more; And, the COVID flight from Hell.
Episode 7
The Republican Ticket, The Democratic Ticket
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Lesley Stahl speaks with Republican candidates, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, while Norah O'Donnell speaks with the Democratic candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris.
Episode 8
Episode #53.8
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Lesley Stahl speaks with Republican presidential candidates President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Episode 9
Ohio Voters/Early Voting Tabulation in Arizona/Federal Interference in COVID-19 Patient Care
Sun, Nov 1, 202043 mins
The winner of Ohio has won the presidential election 93% of the time for over a century. Scott Pelley speaks with voters there to understand how they feel about the race between Biden and Trump. Arizona, already tallying early votes, could be one of the earliest swing states called and may be a preview of who will win the rest of the country. John Dickerson reports on how the state has gone from an easy GOP win to a toss-up between Biden and Trump. When a nursing facility outside Seattle found itself in the middle of the first known U.S. outbreak of COVID-19, the response was hampered by a lack of viable tests and a federal inspection that diverted time away from patient care.
Episode 10
Ballot counting in Pennsylvania/Operation Warp Speed/Ken Burns on America
Sun, Nov 8, 2020
A first hand look at ballot counting in Pennsylvania; Inside the effort to get Americans a COVID-19 vaccine; Ken Burns on America, selling his first film and more
Episode 11
Former President Barack Obama/TikTok and Data Collection
Sun, Nov 15, 202043 mins
The former president shares the advice he would give President Trump, his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, and what's behind the divisions in Washington and across the U.S. Scott Pelley reports. As long as TikTok is owned by a Chinese company, national security experts say the popular video-sharing app is a risk to Americans. Graham Messick reports.
Episode 12
Recurring COVID-19 Symptoms/School Enrollments Inexplicably Down/Secrets to a Long Life
Sun, Nov 22, 2020
Doctors are still searching for answers to why a portion of people who were diagnosed with COVID-19 are still suffering symptoms months later. Anderson Cooper reports; As school started this fall during the pandemic, some of the largest school districts saw an unprecedented decrease in student enrollment. Sharyn Alfonsi reports on how districts mobilized to get kids in school this fall; Six years after our initial report, Lesley Stahl visits surviving members of the 90+ Study and finds out what scientists have learned from following the study's participants.
Episode 13
Chris Krebs/Descendants of Last Slave Ship/James Corden
Sun, Nov 29, 202043 mins
Chris Krebs speaks to 60 Minutes; Then, The story of the last known slave ship; And, James Corden: The 60 Minutes interview.
Episode 14
Peddling PPE/Secondary Sports/Viola Davis
Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Inside the wild world of PPE sales; Then, some colleges cutting "secondary sports;" And, Viola Davis: The 60 Minutes Interview.
Episode 15
Saudi Fugitives; The High Cost Of Healing; Excited Delirium
Sun, Dec 13, 2020
Saudi citizens accused of crimes in the U.S. flee back to their home country before trial; a California hospital chain that got so big and its prices so high that it led to a landmark lawsuit against the company; excited delirium.
Episode 16
An End In Sight, Justice Defenders, Built By Angels
Sun, Dec 20, 2020
How Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was developed; Then, inside organization helping prisoners in Africa become lawyers and paralegals; And, Inside Lalibela, mysterious holy site.
Episode 17
60 Minutes Presents: Home For The Holidays
Sun, Dec 27, 2020
Shakira shows what it takes to prepare for a Super Bowl halftime show; then, meet blind piano player who's so good, scientists are studying him; And.
Episode 18
Section 230/The Case Against Curtis Flowers/Notes of Grace
Sun, Jan 3, 2021
What is Section 230 and why do people want it repealed; Then, podcast helps save man from death row; And, Igor Levit: The 60 Minutes Interview.
Episode 19
Speaker Nancy Pelosi/Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger/Senator Angus King
Sun, Jan 10, 202142 mins
Nancy Pelosi speaks to 60 Minutes about the Capitol riot; Then, President Trump's phone call with Georgia's top election official; And, Angus King: The 60 Minutes Interview.
Episode 20
Presidential Inauguration Security/Siege on the US Capitol/Alex Smith's Comeback
Sun, Jan 17, 2021
The security efforts being made to protect the presidential inauguration; the siege on the U.S. Capitol; professional football player Alex Smith's comeback after nearly losing his leg in a catastrophic on-field injury.
Episode 21
Family Members Lost to COVID/Race to Collect DNA & Medical Data/Genealogy Firms & Privacy Concerns
Sun, Jan 31, 2021
People reflect on family members they've lost to COVID-19; the race to collect DNA and medical data; genealogy firms and privacy concerns.
Episode 22
SolarWinds/Bill Gates 3.0/Simone Biles
Sun, Feb 14, 2021
The Russian cyber attack on the digital files of the U.S. government and some of America's largest corporations; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; gymnast Simone Biles.
Episode 23
Attack on the Judiciary/Handcuffed to the Truth/QAnon
Sun, Feb 21, 2021
The rise in threats against federal judges; a prosecutor says he has strong evidence to convict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes; the QAnon conspiracy movement.
Episode 24
Progress & Patience/Incoming/Colson Whitehead
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
Reasons more Americans have not received a COVID-19 vaccine; U.S. service members on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq describe being under the largest ballistic missile attack ever on Americans; author Colson Whitehead.
Episode 25
The Unusual Recession/The Long Shot/Back to the Moon
Sun, Mar 7, 2021
The low-wage earners who are bearing the brunt of the pandemic's economic impact; Fluvoxamine, an antidepressant being tested in a large clinical trial as a possible early treatment for COVID-19; NASA's efforts to return to the moon.
Episode 26
Variants/The Prosecutor/Best Band in the Land
Sun, Mar 14, 2021
Coronavirus variants caused by mutation; Kim Gardner, the first Black woman to be top prosecutor in St. Louis; the history of the St. Augustine H.S. Marching Band.
Episode 27
Prosecuting the Riot/Race in the Ranks/Back to School
Sun, Mar 21, 2021
Michael Sherwin, the lead prosecutor investigating the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021; racism in America's armed forces; how COVID-19 is transmitted within schools.
Episode 28
What Happened in Wuhan?; Dynamic Robots; Kindred in the Bleachers
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
The origins of the coronavirus; robots that can move like humans and animals; sportswriter Dave Kindred's retirement beat covering a local girls high school basketball team.
Episode 29
A Fair Shot/Darren Walker/Survival
Sun, Apr 4, 2021
Allegations that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) made decisions about COVID-19 vaccine distribution which favored wealthy and connected individuals; Ford Foundation President Darren Walker; six teens who were shipwrecked together for 15 months.
Episode 30
Chairman Powell/The Last Pandemic/Prince and the Revelation
Sun, Apr 11, 2021
Fed Chair Jerome Powell tells 60 Minutes America is going back to work; Pentagon programs hope to make COVID-19 the last pandemic ever; And.
Episode 31
The Oath Keepers/Race & Health/Viola Davis
Sun, Apr 18, 2021
Profile of the militia movement the Oath Keepers; the link between race and health outcomes; actress Viola Davis.
Episode 32
The Prosecutors/Putin's Public Enemy/Showstoppers
Sun, Apr 25, 2021
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and special prosecutors Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher discuss the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd; Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny; actor Nathan Lane.
Episode 33
The Secretary of State; Chips; The Premonition
Sun, May 2, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the threat posed by China; America's microchip problem; And, early pandemic spotters at the center of Michael Lewis' new book, "The Premonition.
Episode 34
Ingenuity and Perseverance/The Ritchie Boys
Sun, May 9, 2021
The dramatic missions to Mars by the tiny helicopter Ingenuity and the rover Perseverance; Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. Army to fight Hitler during WWII.
Episode 35
Facial Recognition/UAP/Rafa
Sun, May 16, 2021
Facial recognition used to identify criminal suspects; unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs, are being formally addressed by the U.S. government; professional tennis player Rafael Nadal.
Episode 36
Transgender Healthcare/Geldingadalir/Exhume the Truth
Sun, May 23, 2021
Health care challenges for transgender youth; Iceland's newest volcano offers rare opportunities; Uncovering the Greenwood Massacre.
Episode 37
Attacks on the Juidiciary/90+/Notes of Grace
Sun, May 30, 2021
Judges say it's time for more security in the face of mounting violence; Checking in on the groundbreaking 90+ Study on aging; Igor Levit talks to 60 Minutes.
Episode 38
What Happened in Wuhan?, Ransomware, Sir David
Sun, Jun 6, 2021
WHO-led inquiry ends with even more questions than it began with on corona virus origin.
Episode 39
High Velocity, The Last Slave Ship, Simone Biles
Sun, Jun 13, 2021
What makes the AR-15 style rifle the weapon of choice for mass shooters; Inside the wreck of the last ship known to have brought enslaved Africans to America; And, Simone Biles: The 60 Minutes Interview.
Episode 40
The Prosecutors, The Oath Keepers, Japan's Babe Ruth
Sun, Jun 20, 2021
The prosecution team in the Derek Chauvin murder trial speaks to Scott Pelley; Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the Oath Keepers militia group's path to breaching the Capitol; And, our 2017 report on Shohei Ohtani.
Episode 41
Targeting Americans, The Nuremberg Prosecutor, James Corden
Sun, Jun 27, 2021
Brain trauma suffered by US diplomats abroad could be work of hostile foreign government.
Episode 42
SolarWinds, Ken Burns, Best Band in the Land
Sun, Jul 4, 2021
Unprecedented Russian SolarWinds hack that infiltrated federal government likely still happening.
Episode 43
Handcuffed to the Truth, Robots to the Rescue, Colson Whitehead
Sun, Jul 11, 2021
Holding Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime accountable for war crimes; Then, Robots come to the rescue after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster; And, Colson Whitehead talks with 60 Minutes.
Episode 44
Left Behind, Talent on the Spectrum, Survival
Sun, Jul 18, 2021
Families remember loved ones lost to COVID-19; Then, companies seeking out potential employees with autism; And, survivors recount being stranded on island as teens 50 years ago.
Episode 45
The Case Against Curtis Flowers; The Wright Way; Prince and the Revelation
Sun, Jul 25, 2021
The case against Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a quadruple murder in which no fingerprints, DNA or weapon linked him to the crime; a Utah family includes nine professional cowboys; the music of Prince.
Episode 46
Ingenuity and Perseverance; Darren Walker; The Premonition
Sun, Aug 1, 2021
Perseverance rover, Ingenuity helicopter, and the search for ancient life on Mars.
Episode 47
Incoming; Dynamic Robots; Grizzlies
Sun, Aug 8, 2021
The attack on Al Asad Airbase; Robots of the future at Boston Dynamics; And, Finding ways to coexist with grizzly bears in Montana.
Episode 48
Hell Flight; Justice Defenders; Kings of the Road
Sun, Aug 15, 2021
Cruise ship passengers infected with COVID-19 who were allowed to mix with the general population in a busy U.S. airport early in the pandemic; an organization in Kenya provides legal education and counsel to inmates; driverless truck technology.
Episode 49
Race in the Ranks, Geldingadalir, Kindred in the Bleachers
Sun, Aug 22, 2021
Changing how the military handles racial bias in the ranks; Iceland's newest volcano offers rare opportunities; And, Dave Kindred goes back on the beat to cover high school girls basketball.
Episode 50
Chips, UAP, The Comeback
Sun, Aug 29, 2021
America's microchip problem; Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs; Former NFL Quarterback Alex Smith on his comeback.
Episode 51
The Last Pandemic/The Ritchie Boys
Sun, Sep 5, 2021
Pentagon programs hope to make COVID-19 the last pandemic ever. Stories from members of the Ritchie Boys.