This week on "Sunday Morning" (April 30)
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Host: Jane Pauley
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COVER STORY: Surviving the torturous hell of the Hanoi Hilton | Watch Video
During the Vietnam War, American POWs were systematically tortured at a prison camp they sarcastically dubbed the "Hanoi Hilton." Now, salvaged remnants of the prison have been reconstructed as part of an exhibit at the American Heritage Museum in Massachusetts. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with former prisoners who recount what it took to survive.
For more info:
- American Heritage Museum, Hudson, Mass.
- National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
MUSIC: Calls of the wild: A composer transcribes bird songs (Video)
When the pandemic hit, composer Alexander Liebermann, locked down in Berlin, turned to nature and listened to recordings of bird songs. It inspired him to transcribe their complicated calls and translate them to musical instruments. His transcriptions have since been taken up by other musicians to create songs that are as unpredictable and hauntingly beautiful as the originals. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Liebermann about how his own compositions have taken flight.
For more info:
- Alexander Liebermann
- Follow Liebermann on Instagram, Soundcloud and YouTube
ART: Treasures of comic strip art | Watch Video
Bill Blackbeard was something of a superhero. During his lifetime, he collected and preserved 2.5 million ephemeral artifacts of comic strip art, including newspapers and Sunday color sections dating as far back as 1893. Treasures from his collection are now featured in a new exhibit, "Man Saves Comics," at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University. Correspondent Luke Burbank reports.
For more info:
- Exhibit: "Man Saves Comics! Bill Blackbeard's Treasure of 20th Century Newspapers," at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (through May 7)
- San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection
BROADWAY: Sean Hayes on "Good Night, Oscar" | Watch Video
The Emmy Award-winning star of "Will & Grace" stars in the new Broadway play "Good Night, Oscar," about the witty and eccentric 1950s musical star Oscar Levant, whose mental health struggles and addiction to drugs would come front-and-center during an appearance on Jack Paar's "The Tonight Show." Correspondent David Pogue talks with Hayes about conjuring Levant on stage; and with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright about the darkness at the center of the play's central figure.
For more info:
- "Good Night, Oscar" at the Belasco Theatre, New York City | Ticket info
- Follow Sean Hayes on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
- Doug Wright (IBDB)
PASSAGE: Harry Belafonte and Jerry Springer (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at the lives of the singer, actor and social activist; and the politician-turned-reality TV host.
WORLD: "Ring for the King": Bell ringers prepare for the coronation of King Charles III (Video)
On Coronation Day for Britain's new king, bells in churches across the United Kingdom will be rung. Bell ringing is a tradition that dates back centuries. But a shortage of bell ringers meant an appeal was made for volunteers. Correspondent Seth Doane gets an earful as he checks out rehearsals for the big day.
For more info:
- Chalfont St. Giles Parish Church
- Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
- St. Leonard's Church, Streatham, London
HARTMAN: A nurse who went above and beyond (Video)
The lengths to which Indianapolis newborn intensive care nurse Katrina Mullen went for premature triplets, and their 14-year-old mother, was beyond compare. Steve Hartman reports.
SUNDAY PROFILE: Michael J Fox on Parkinson's and how he finds "optimism is sustainable" | Watch Video
One of the most famous actors to burst onto the scene in the 1980s, Michael J. Fox has become almost as famous for his very public fight against Parkinson's disease. With "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley, the "Family Ties" and "Back to the Future" star looks back on superstardom, raising $1.5 billion for Parkinson's research, and a new documentary tracing his life, called "Still."
PREVIEW: Michael J. Fox on Parkinson's: "Every day it gets tougher" | Watch Video
To watch a trailer for "Still" click on the video player below:
For more info:
- Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
- "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie" debuts on Apple TV+ May 12
MUSIC: Bruce Springsteen on "Nebraska," and the emergence of Springsteen the poet | Watch Video
In-between his chart-topping album "The River" and his classic "Born in the U.S.A.," Bruce Springsteen recorded a collection of songs on a 4-track cassette recorder in a bedroom at his rented farmhouse – dark, mournful, and rough-hewn songs that reflected the upheaval in his life at a time of rising success. The resulting album, 1982's "Nebraska," would be one of his most personal, and helped solidify his status as one of music's most soulful voices. Springsteen talks with correspondent Jim Axelrod about how "Nebraska" spoke to his evolution as a songwriter. Axelrod also talks with Warren Zanes, author of the new book, "Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska'."
PREVIEW: Bruce Springsteen on the making of his landmark album "Nebraska" | Watch Video
READ AN EXCERPT: "Deliver Me from Nowhere" by Warren Zanes
You can stream "Nebraska" by Bruce Springsteen by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):
For more info:
- "Nebraska" by Bruce Springsteen
- brucespringsteen.net
- "Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska'" by Warren Zanes (Crown), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available May 2 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound
COMMENTARY: Sarah DiGregorio on how supporting nurses helps all of us | Watch Video
The author of "Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World" discusses the power of the nurse-patient relationship, and how poor nurse-to-patient ratios can be a matter of life or death.
For more info:
- "Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World" by Sarah DiGregorio (HarperCollins), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available May 2 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound
- sarahdigregorio.com
NATURE: Spring in the Great Smoky Mountains (Extended Video)
This Sunday morning we visit Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Videographer: Scot Miller.
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THE BOOK REPORT: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (April 30) | Watch Video
Recommendations from our book reviewer of new fiction and non-fiction titles, including "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece" by Tom Hanks.
READ AN EXCERPT: "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece" by Tom Hanks
The Oscar-winning actor's experiences in Hollywood are the inspiration for this charming novel about the adventures that go into the creation of a film.
READ AN EXCERPT: "The Last Animal" by Ramona Ausubel
The award-winning author of "Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty" returns with a buoyant take on "Jurassic Park," about the surprising discovery of a perfectly preserved, 4,000-year-old baby mammoth.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Story of a Poem" by Michael Zapruder
In his memoir, the celebrated writer asks questions about the writing of a poem, and the meaning of communication, after his son is diagnosed with autism.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: From 1988: Harry Belafonte, "a voice with a conscience" (Video)
Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at the age of 96. Correspondent Billy Taylor talked with Belafonte about his album, "Paradise in Gazankulu," featuring music rooted in the culture and politics of South Africa, and about his globe-trotting work for social justice, in this report that originally aired on "CBS Sunday Morning" September 18, 1988.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: From 2001: Harry Belafonte on preserving Black music (Video)
In this "CBS Sunday Morning" feature that originally aired December 9, 2001, Harry Belafonte talks with correspondent Byron Pitts about "The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music," which explores music of the Black diaspora, from African folk music to gospel and the American blues, and which took 30 years to complete and release. Belafonte, a singer, actor and human rights activist, died on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at age 96.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: From 2011: Harry Belafonte's life of singing, acting and activism (Video)
Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at age 96. In this "CBS Sunday Morning" profile that originally aired on December 4, 2011, Belafonte talked with correspondent Russ Mitchell about how, during his long musical career, he'd tried to catch the social conscience of the nation as well.
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