Sun, Jan 9, 2022
Rita Braver interviews historians as they assess the presidency of Donald Trump; Lesley Stahl on remembering actor Sidney Poitier (1927-2022); Mo Rocca interviews singer/songwriter Sonny Curtis; reporter Carl Bernstein; filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich; a new monument of President John F. Kennedy; comics using smartphone apps; ancient gems; journalist Steve Hartman.
Sun, Jan 16, 2022
Singer Liza Minnelli; actress Kristen Dunst (movie, "The Power of the Dog"); John Dickerson covers President Joe Biden's first year in the White House; the life and works of modernist Marcel Duchamp; actor Tony Dow; David Pogue interviews a light bulb collector; Rita Braver covers the fascinating lives of eels; a couple finds each other, after many years;
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Mark Whitaker on the increase in the number of billionaires; Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor James Hong; Mo Rocca interviews actress Christine Baranski (TV series, "The Gilded Age"); the looming crisis in Ukraine; Luke Burbank on jumping into icy cold water with members of San Francisco's South End Rowing Club; Seth Doane on the Smithsonian exhibit all about the future; Serena Ocho on "Architechial Digest";
Sun, Jan 30, 2022
David Pogue interviews lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson; Tracy Smith interviews actress Kristen Stewart (movie, "Spencer"); Ted Koppel covers the healing properties of jazz; architect Frank Gehry; Texas travel stop Buc-cee's; Wordle; Kentucky diner Ms. Becky's Place; Asian mega-grocery store H-Mart;
Sun, Feb 6, 2022
Leftie Rita Braver looks at the rewards and challenges of being left-handed; actress Alana Haim (movie, "Licorice Pizza"); Mo Rocca looks back at the life of singer Peggy Lee; an artist who makes and hides glass orbs on Block Island; the former site of Seneca Village; whistler Molly Lewis; an Italian village with no cellphone service;
Sun, Feb 13, 2022
Susan Spencer on the meaning and possibility of true love; Seth Axelrod interviews actor Chevy Chase; Ted Koppel on life lessons that can be learned from football; New York's Economy Candy; using online dating to match up members of the animal kingdom; unusual weddings in Montana; filmmaker Josh Seftel; Happy Valentine's Day;
Sun, Feb 27, 2022
The latest on Russia's invasion of Ukraine; director Amy Poehler (documentary, "Lucy and Desi"); actor Ryan Reynolds (movie, "The Adam Project"); artist Shirley Woodson; an old bus station that is now one of the country's hottest restaurants; former CIA agents who took on tough covert assignments;
Sun, Mar 6, 2022
An update on Russia's invasion of Ukraine; Lee Cowan interviews musician Dolly Parton and author James Patterson ("Run Rose Run"); actor Samuel L. Jackson (TV series, "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey"); Martha Teicher on lessons learned after the1918 flu pandemic; sea glass; Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla; the use of social media during the war in the Ukraine;
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
The latest on Russia's invasion of Ukraine; actor Will Smith (movie, "King Richard"); musician Keith Richards, founding member of the legendary rock band, The Rolling Stones; hamantasch, a pastry traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday Purim; how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed education; actress/director Amy Poehler (documentary, "Lucy and Desi"); actor Harvey Fierstein (book, "I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir");
Sun, Mar 20, 2022
The latest news from Ukraine; the refugee crisis in Europe; Russia's military problems; rising gas prices; actress Sandra Bullock (movie, "The Lost City"); Supreme Court nominee Kenanji Brown Jackson; the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the nation's mental health; pianist Jeremy Denk; Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, and James Lapine;
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
The war in Ukraine; Radio Free Europe; the 50th anniversary of "The Godfather"; the life and legacy of Buster Keaton; The Baltimore Museum of Art; a Russian Oligarch discusses the war in Ukraine, sanctions, and Vladimir Putin; transgender athletes; remembering Madeleine Albright; the 70th anniversary of "Singing in the Rain";
Sun, Apr 10, 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine; David Martin on the charges of war crimes by Russia made by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; author Bill Browder (book, "Freezing Order"); Mo Rocca interviews actress Beanie Feldstein, who will portray Barbara Streisand; Lesley Stahl interviews actresses Michelle Pfeiffer, Viola Davis, and Gillian Anderson (TV series, "The First Lady"); David Pogue on cryptocurrency;
Sun, Apr 17, 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine; Erin Moriarty interviews a woman, sentenced to life in prison, is exonerated after 35 years; a church bell-making family; an art collection is found; Tracy Smith interviews actor Billy Crystal, who is back on Broadway; writer Delia Ephron; a carpet cleaner who speaks more than 24 languages;
Sun, May 1, 2022
Mo Rocca interviews TV legends Maury Povich and Connie Chung; Tracy Smith interviews singer Miranda Lambert; Lee Cowan interviews tennis player Naomi Osaka; David Martin covers so-called "kamikaze drones", which are being sent to Ukraine; author AJ Jacobs; a man reads all 27,000 Marvel comic books; inequities in the health care system;
Sun, May 15, 2022
David Pogue on the costs and rewards of earning a college degree; comic Michael Che; singer Lionel Richie; Tracy Smith interviews chef Jose Andres and filmmaker Ron Howard (documentary, "We Feed People"); Japan's rich history of tatami mats; a daffodil garden; humorist Garrison Keillor; correspondent Rita Braver;
Sun, May 29, 2022
Reservation systems at national parks; failing ice cream machines; Paradise, Calif. rebuilds after a wildfire; the National Rifle Association (NRA)'s annual meeting in Houston, Texas; Australia's response to a mass shooting; actor Austin Butler and director Baz Luhrman (movie, "Elvis");
Sun, Jun 5, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebration; Bob Costa interviews Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyom); Ben Mankiewicz interviews actor Jeff Bridges; The Beatles history; baseball team Savannah Bananas; the war in Ukraine; playwright Michael R. Jackson; San Francisco Mayor London Breed; the Jan. 6 hearings;
Sun, Jun 12, 2022
New revelations about the Watergate scandal; creator Taylor Sheridan and actor Kevin Costner (TV series, "Yellowstone"); author Ibram X. Kendi; Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga); journalist Katy Tur (TV series, "Katy Tur Reports"); America's oldest flag maker; creators and cast (TV series, "Evil").
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
Jan Crawford covers the Supreme Court overturning Rove vs Wade; long COVID-19 pandemic; rock band Toto; the world of YouTube's "Recess Therapy"; the work of artist Henri Matisse; a cruise ship docked near a blueberry farm; three brothers have a winning streak in the government's duck stamp competition; Mo Rocca cover's Peggy Lee's story;
Sun, Jul 3, 2022
Kris Van Cleve on travel problems throughout the country; Lesley Stahl on the Funny Fam; Rita Braver tours an unusual exhibit of presidential busts; abortion rights activist Sherri Chessen; Herschel "Woody" Williams; Jim Axelrod interviews members of the Doobie Brothers; the history of the Hollywood Bowl;
Sun, Jul 10, 2022
Journalist Ken Auletta on former film mogul and sex crimes convict Harvey Weinstein; actress Reese Witherspoon and author Delia Owens (movie, "Where the Crawdads Sing"); the history of the Hollywood Bowl; an exhibit that frames the Black experience through works of art; Reginald Dewayne Betts; David Pogue on inflation; the American Academy in Rome;
Sun, Jul 17, 2022
Dr. Jon Pook covers a long COVID-19; author Jason Reynolds; the pop band The B-52s; looking back at the lives of actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward; former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.); retired Army Maj. John Duffy; artist Sean Scully;
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Erin Moriarty on the difficulties of determining whether many art masterpieces are real or fake; Alaskan frozen food that includes fish; John Dickerson interviews Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein and finance columnist Michelle Singletary on the economy; the joys of a family-owned, American-made structure; Jane Pauley interviews singer/actress Liza Minnelli; the deaths of actors Paul Sorvino and Tony Dow;
Sun, Aug 7, 2022
The worsening effects of climate change; former marine/author Elliot Ackerman discusses his book about America's withdrawal from Afghanistan; the world premiere of the opera "Omar" at the Spoleto Festival; producer Michael Mann (movie, "Ferrari"); the picketball phenomenon; Maine's state soft drink; hydrangeas; musician Lionel Richie; author David Sedaris;
Sun, Aug 21, 2022
PFAS chemicals; Birkenstock sandals; Tracy Smith interviews former tennis player Chris Evert; Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senate president pro tempore; an exhibit of women artists; the growth of unions among warehouse workers; singer/songwriter Pat Benatar and guitarist Neil Giraldo; remembering actress Anne Heche;
Sun, Sep 4, 2022
David Pogue on working remotely; a game-changing weapon; Susan Spencer interviews filmmaker Ken Burns; NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg; Norah O'Donnell interviews documentary subjects Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton; Anthony Mason interviews Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner; photographer Jeanne Ashe; remembering former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022);
Sun, Sep 18, 2022
An increase in people buying and building underground bunkers; actor Billy Eichner (movie, "Bros"); the upcoming funeral of Queen Elizabeth II; Tracy Smith covers "The Amazing Race"; 100 years of the magazine "Better Homes and Gardens"; a town that celebrates the boll weevil; the Queen's Six;