This week on "Sunday Morning" (September 30)
COVER STORY: Hearing aids: You ain't heard nothing yet | Watch Video
Two out of three people over age 70 have trouble hearing, but only about 20% of adults who have hearing loss actually use a hearing aid, for the most part because of costs related to the devices themselves and to testing and consultations with a doctor or audiologist. David Pogue checks out the latest advances in hearing aid technology that have reduced size and added unique features, and finds out what changes consumers can anticipate after Congress passed a bill allowing hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter.
EXTRA: Guide to hearing aids
Information on improving your hearing is just a click away.
For more info:
- Frank Lin, director, Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Starkey Hearing Technologies
- Nicholas Reed, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- SuperEar (Sonic Technology Products)
- Bose Hearphones
ALMANAC: The inventor of the Geiger Counter | Watch Video
September 30, 1882 was the birthday of physicist Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Geiger, who developed a method for detecting and measuring radioactivity.
ART: Balloon art: A POP! culture competition | Watch Video
The competition was blowing up at the World Balloon Convention, where balloon artists created massive sculptures almost out of thin air. Conor Knighton was there.
For more info:
- World Balloon Convention, San Diego
- Connie Iden-Monds (Facebook)
- Party Animals, Nashville, Tenn.
- U.S. Team members:
- Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle
- Chris Fuentes
- Stacy Wheeler
- Scott Nichols
- Darren Saari
- Teri Stokes
- Shonna Flanigan
- Bebe and Randall Carter
- Jenny Henry
- Jack Mattson
- Anthony Lena
REMEMBRANCE: Documentary "Love, Gilda" recalls the beloved comedian's all-too-brief life | Watch Video
A new documentary, "Love, Gilda," explores the life and humor of improv star, comic actress and original "Saturday Night Live" cast member Gilda Radner, using rare home movies and audio recordings. And as CBS News chief medical correspondent Jon LaPook reports, Radner's response to the ovarian cancer that would claim her life at age 42 mirrored her approach to comedy – honest, vulnerable and funny.
To watch a trailer for "Love, Gilda," click on the video player below.
See also:
- Almanac: Gilda Radner ("Sunday Morning," 05/20/18)
For more info:
- "Love, Gilda" (Official site), in theatres and available On Demand
- Gilda's Club NYC
- Cancer Support Community
REMEMBERING 1968: When Miss America met women's liberation | Watch Video
As part of our continuing series looking back on one of the most pivotal years in American history, Rita Braver reports on the incredible turn of events at the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, N.J., in September 1968, when feminists protested at Boardwalk Hall, sparking the stereotype of bra burnings and drawing the traditional beauty pageant – with its talent and swimsuit competitions – into the realm of politics.
For more info:
- missamerica.org
- Miss America: A History
- Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
COMMENTARY: Rebecca Traister on the power of women's (and men's) anger | Watch Video
This past week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, featuring Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and the man she has accused of sexually assaulting her many years ago, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, offered an interesting contrast in how men and women are allowed by society to express themselves. New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister, author of the book "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger," talks about how, historically, anger wielded by men has been accepted as a positive, and by women as a negative.
For more info:
- rebeccatraister.com
- Follow @rtraister on Twitter
- "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger" by Rebecca Traister (Simon & Schuster), available in Hardcover, Audio and eBook formats via Amazon
SUNDAY PROFILE: Ted Turner: Never a quitter | Watch Video
You need a wide lens on your camera to capture the many sides of Ted Turner, especially out on his sprawling, 113,000-acre ranch near Bozeman, Montana. Owner of a TV station and sports franchises, creator of CNN, America's Cup yacht racer, rancher, environmental advocate, and politically incorrect mouthpiece, Turner sits down with Special Contributor Ted Koppel for a candid discussion about how he fulfilled more ambitions than many people could ever dream of.
VIDEO WEB EXTRA: How Ted Turner might run CNN today
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OPINION: Jim Gaffigan on losing his appendix | Watch Video
The comedian left a part of himself in Alaska.
For more info:
- jimgaffigan.com
- Follow @JimGaffigan on Twitter
WHAT HAPPENED: A nation is tasked: Whom to believe | Watch Video
The truth, as told by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford or Judge Brett Kavanaugh, is being judged by 100 senators - and all of us, reports Jan Crawford.
NATURE: Mount Rainier (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday Morning with a view of late-blooming wildflowers at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State. Videographer: Jamie McDonald.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
CALENDAR: Week of October 1 | Watch Video
From the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month to the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, "Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE UP CLOSE: Traveling to Kruger
Tips on a self-driving vacation through South Africa's splendid Kruger National Park.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Try to remember - making sense of memory | Watch Video
Memory plays an important role in guiding people through their lives. But experts say that as the years go by and we grow and develop, our recollections adjust with us, whether we know it or not. Russ Mitchell talks with NYU research psychologist Elizabeth Phelps about the elasticity of memory, and with veteran writers David Halberstam, Gay Talese and A.E. Hotchner, who have all navigated that murky area between history and memory. Originally broadcast January 7, 2007, and winner of a 2008 News Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast.
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