This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 30)
Guest host: Lee Cowan.
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COVER STORY: The use of less-lethal force | Watch Video
As protests against police brutality continue around the country, so, too, have the number of people being injured and maimed by what police call "less-lethal" weapons. While most police departments have access to tools designed to control crowds, experts say few are offered any significant training in how to use them. Correspondent Lee Cowan looks into the lethality of such police weapons, and talks with a protester and journalist whose lives have been changed upon being struck by projectiles intended to be non-lethal.
For more info:
- Follow Linda Tirado on Twitter
- Dr. Rohini Haar
- Physicians for Human Rights
- California Association of Tactical Officers
PASSAGE: Remembering Chadwick Boseman | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" looks back at the all-too-brief career of the star of "Black Panther," who died Friday after a four-year fight against colon cancer.
ART: Preserving dioramas of African American history | Watch Video
In 1940, at the American Negro Exposition in Chicago (marking the 75th anniversary of Emancipation), evocative dioramas were created to celebrate the often-unacknowledged achievements of African Americans. Today, conservators, including African American students, are restoring these dioramas, bringing their magical artistry, and history, back to life. Correspondent Rita Braver reports.
For more info:
- The Legacy Museum at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala.
- Joyce Hill Stoner, professor, University of Delaware
- The Alliance of HBCU Museums and Galleries
- Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del.
- Department of Art Conservation, University of Delaware
- Garman Art Conservation Department, SUNY/Buffalo State College
HEADLINES: Hurricane Laura: Just the facts (Video)
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, an even more powerful Hurricane Laura hit the Pelican State. How did it compare? Lee Cowan looks at the numbers.
NATURE: Untangling the mysteries of the octopus | Watch Video
The octopus is one of the most bizarre life forms on Earth – one of the smartest, most interesting, and most alien. It can camouflage itself in a flash, squeeze its entire body through a one-inch hole, and use their brains (yes, it has nine of them) to think and play. Correspondent Chip Reid visits scientists at New England Aquarium in Boston, and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and talks with Sy Montgomery, author of "The Soul of an Octopus," about these curious creatures. (This story was originally broadcast on January 12, 2020.)
For more info:
- New England Aquarium, Boston
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- "The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness" by Sy Montgomery (Atria Books), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
- symontgomery.com
- Roger Hanlon, Marine Biological Laboratory
- "Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish: A Visual, Scientific Guide to the Oceans' Most Advanced Invertebrates" by Roger Hanlon, Mike Vecchione, and Louise Allcock (University of Chicago Press), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon
MOVIES: Now showing – The return of the drive-in | Watch Video
Because the coronavirus and social distancing shut down nearly all indoor entertainment venues this summer, going to a drive-in may be just the ticket. Nancy Giles looks into the resurgence of drive-in movie theatres, and their offshoots – projections in parking lots, and screenings on the water.
For more info:
- Shankweiler's Drive-in Theatre, Orefield, Pa.
- BallyHoo Media, Miami
- Bel Aire Diner, Astoria, N.Y.
- Cinema Drive-Ins
- Skyline Drive-In, New York City
- Kilburn Live
- Newark Moonlight Cinema, Newark, N.J.
- Rooftop Films, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association
- Wal-Mart Drive-In Experience
FOOD: A world of corn, from farm to table | Watch Video
Delicious sweet corn is a staple of backyard barbecues, and a "corn-erstone" of traditional Mexican cuisine. Correspondent Martha Teichner has an appreciation of this summertime favorite, and explores how farmers growing heirloom varieties are bringing new flavors of corn to the menu.
RECIPE: Market Corn Tlayuda, from Oxomoco
A corn-on-corn tortilla dish from the Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y.
For more info:
- Warrensburg Corn Festival, Warrensburg, Ill.
- Harbes Family Farm, Mattituck, Long Island
- Tamoa
- Oxomoco, Brooklyn
- Mesoamerica on BrainPOP
HARTMAN: Serenade (Video)
Joe and Sharon Korst, of Raleigh, N.C., just celebrated 63 years of wedded bliss. And to mark the milestone, Joe gave his bride one of the best anniversary presents any girl has ever gotten – which was especially poignant after he recently suffered two strokes. Steve Hartman reports.
MUSIC: Olivia Newton-John on finding joy in a life with cancer | Watch Video
In an emotional interview at her Los Angeles home, actress, author and singer Olivia Newton-John talks with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King about battling breast cancer, and the source of her unshakable spirit. (This story originally aired on September 29, 2019.)
READ A BOOK EXCERPT: "Don't Stop Believin': A Memoir" by Olivia Newton-John
For more info:
- "Don't Stop Believin': A Memoir" by Olivia Newton-John (Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Property From the Collection of Olivia Newton-John (November 2019) at Julien's Auctions, Beverly Hills, Calif. | Auction catalogue
PULSE: Summer's end
COMMENTARY: John Lewis and the power of our vote | Watch Video
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham says the civil rights icon wanted citizens to use their votes as a means to rebuild America "in the image of God and democracy."
For more info:
- "His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope" by Jon Meacham (Random House), Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
- jonmeacham.com
SPORTS: The "underrated" Stephen Curry | Watch Video
With this team, the Golden State Warriors, out of this year's playoffs, the NBA star has more time to spend with his children – and to watch basketball. Contributor Kelefa Sanneh talks with the 6'3" shooter about his Underrated Book Club, his youth sports camp, and why he uses his voice to express both his faith and his politics.
For more info:
- sc30.com
- Follow Stephen Curry on Twitter
- Stephen Curry's Underrated Book Club (Literati)
- Underrated Tour
- Stephen Curry stats (nba.com)
NATURE: Ladybugs (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us among some tiny ladybugs amid the giants of Muir Woods north of San Francisco. Videographer: Lee McEachern.
WEB EXCLUSIVE:
THE BOOK REPORT: Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles (August 30) | Watch Video
Recommendations of new fiction and non-fiction titles.
BOOK EXCERPT: "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents"
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson digs beneath historic, systemic racism to examine social hierarchies that transcend classifications based on race, gender or class
BOOK EXCERPT: "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke
The bestselling novelist follows her award-winning debut, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell," with a magical, labyrinthine fantasy.
BOOK EXCERPT: "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi
In the new novel by the author of "Homecoming," Ghanaian immigrants in Alabama search for the answers to their family's suffering by turning to science and to faith.
BOOK EXCERPT: "Homeland Elegies" by Ayad Akhtar
In a new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of "American Dervish" and "Disgraced," an immigrant father and his son search for identity in post-Trump America.
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