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53 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
Sun, Jan 5, 2020
DNA tests; singer/songwriter David Byrne; architect Bill Bensley; singer Tanya Tucker; tablescaping competition; endangered species;
Episode 2
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;
Episode 3
Sun, Jan 19, 2020
Evidence that sending follow-up notes to patients in mental distress can significantly improve outcomes; actress Laura Dern ("Marriage Story" and "Little Women"); the paintings and life of Claude Monet; band Mumford and Sons; the cross-cultural culinary appeal of dumplings;
Episode 4
Sun, Jan 26, 2020
What goes into making a hit song; singer/songwriter Raffi; children perform in Madagascar; conductor Gustavo Dudamel; singer/songwriter Huey Lewis talks about his hearing loss; DJ Khaled; remembering songwriter Allee Willis ("Beverly Hills Cop" and "Friends");
Episode 5
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");
Episode 6
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;
Episode 7
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;
Episode 8
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;
Episode 9
Sun, Mar 1, 2020
Non-disclosure agreements in the workplace; Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas; model Paulina Porizkova; Mo Rocca interviews TV personalities Vanna White and Pat Sajak ("Wheel of Fortune"); the quilling capital of the world; the spread of the coronavirus across the world;
Episode 10
Sun, Mar 8, 2020
The latest on the coronavirus; the trend of napping on the job; poets use social media sites to post their work; a look at Ireland's "Riverdale"; lessons learned from past pandemics; country and pop group Dixie Chicks; singer and actress Mandy Moore ("This Is Us");
Episode 11
Sun, Mar 15, 202062 mins
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.
Episode 12
Sun, Mar 22, 202062 mins
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.
Episode 13
Sun, Mar 29, 202062 mins
The latest on the COVID-19 virus; what it takes to be a good leader; Jane Pauley interviews actress Sarah Jessica Parker and actor Matthew Broderick; the U.S. Census; TV critic Daniel Fierberg; book critic Ron Charles; Mo Rocca discusses jigsaw puzzles; comic Jim Gaffigan.
Episode 14
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.
Episode 15
Sun, Apr 12, 2020
The latest in the ongoing battle against COVID-19; Conor Knighton on trips to U.S. national parks; Ted Koppel explores the role of leadership during a crisis; Madeline Albright, former U.S. secretary of state; actor Nathan Lane; online museum exhibits; comic Jim Gaffigan;
Episode 16
Sun, Apr 19, 2020
Using smartphones to track the spread of COVID-19; food banks struggling during the economic downturn; drive-throughs; COVID-19 in the prison system; singer Randy Newman; author Jason Rosenthal; video conferencing; the cast of "Mrs. America".
Episode 17
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
The timeline of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic; New York's Hart Island, the temporary burial site for some victims of COVID-19; grooming and coloring hair in isolation; dressing fashionably in quarantine; a farmer's market re-opening in Seattle.
Episode 18
Sun, May 3, 2020
The latest advances in fighting COVID-19; the future of malls and department stores; Rita Braver reports on how America won the fight against polio; actor Henry Winkler; media personality Phil Donohue and actress Marlo Thomas; Martha Stewart prepares a favorite recipe.
Episode 19
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;
Episode 20
Sun, May 17, 2020
Singer/songwriter Graham Nash; the Coronavirus pandemic's effect on people's dreams; the graduating class of 2020 during the pandemic; balconies; the effects of living in isolation; the Farce Islands; Mount Saint Helens; comic Jerry Seinfeld ("Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill").
Episode 21
Sun, May 24, 2020
How Hollywood will manage to keep the movie-making machine going in the age of COVID-19; Paul Davidson, architect at the National Park Service's heritage documentation programs; correspondent Tracy Smith interviews singer Josh Groban; actor Patrick Stewart; SpaceX space launch;
Episode 22
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;
Episode 23
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;
Episode 24
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");
Episode 25
Sun, Jun 21, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY); Tony Dokoupil interviews Apple CEO Tim Cook; the Compton Cowboys; small businesses navigating a changing world; singer/songwriter Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens); graphic designer Jim Bachor; Jim Gaffigan reflects on Father's Day; policing in America;
Episode 26
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.
Episode 27
Sun, Jul 5, 2020
The makings of the Guinness World Records; Mo Rocca looks at the life of Carl Reiner; the 1852 speech given by Frederick Douglass; musician Gary Clark Jr; the impact of COVID-19 on cab drivers; drive-through naturalization ceremonies; Tracy Smith interviews Jim Carrey; Jim Gaffigan.
Episode 28
Mon, Jul 6, 2020
Episode 29
Sun, Jul 12, 2020
The latest information about the potential spread of COVID-19 through the air; a tour of Martha Stewart's Garden; chef Dominque Crenn; TV host Trevor Noah ("The Daily Show"); actress Melissa Gilbert ("When We Last Spoke"); COVID-19's effect on tourism in Italy.
Episode 30
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.
Episode 31
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);
Episode 32
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.
Episode 33
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.
Episode 34
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.
Episode 35
Sun, Aug 23, 2020
Returning to school during the pandemic; statues of suffrage pioneers; the history of the watermelon; world champion archer Matt Stutzman; the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote; author Ta-Nehisi Coates; TV personality Vanna White ("Wheel of Fortune");
Episode 36
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);
Episode 37
Sun, Sep 6, 2020
Income inequality in the age of COVID-19; baseball broadcaster Vin Scully; sharing a smile while wearing a mask; former reality-TV star Paris Hilton; Netflix's co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos; former FBI special agent Peter Strzok; lawncare.
Episode 38
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;
Episode 39
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;
Episode 40
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");
Episode 41
Sun, Oct 4, 2020
Speaking with Trump supporters in West Virginia about the President's Coronavirus diagnosis; the medical and political implications of President Trump's diagnosis of COVID-19; "The Trial of the Chicago 7"; the history of the "October Surprise"; an interview of Lenny Kravitz;
Episode 42
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;
Episode 43
Sun, Oct 18, 2020
Climate change; musician David Lee Roth; Alicia Garza, coiner of the phrase, "Black Lives Matter"; comic Jim Gaffigan; singer/songwriter Christopher Cross; statues depicting women's suffrage pioneers; actor Elliot Gould; the 2020 presidential election;
Episode 44
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;
Episode 45
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;
Episode 46
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;
Episode 47
Sun, Nov 15, 202060 mins
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;
Episode 48
Sun, Nov 22, 2020
Food insecurity; a consultant who helps make the world make the perfect bagels; chef Marcus Samuelsson; an exhibit of tureens; tortellini en brodo; mint, the importance of snacks; actress Kate Hudson discusses her work with the World Food Program;
Episode 49
Sun, Nov 29, 202062 mins
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;
Episode 50
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;
Episode 51
Sun, Dec 13, 2020
Photographer Brandon Tandon; musician Jose Feliciano; actors Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, George C. Wolfe, and Constanza Romero ("Giving Voice"); the popularity and controversy surrounding "The Crown"; celebrating the Festival of Lights;
Episode 52
Sun, Dec 20, 2020
Three people who have built kindness into their jobs; Sir Paul McCartney; the Young@Heart chorus; comic Jim Gaffigan; chef Bobby Flay prepares a dish; Elsy; toy company Fisher-Price celebrates its 90th anniversary; the Young People's Chorus of New York City and Jose Feliciano perform.
Episode 53
Sun, Dec 27, 2020
A farewell to those who died in 2020; overshadowed bright spots of the past year; medical professionals who have come face to face with COVID-19; how the pandemic changed how one plans; the life and legacy of Sy Sperling, Hair Club for Men founder;