This week on "Sunday Morning" (May 1)
Host: Jane Pauley.
COVER STORY: Maury Povich + Connie Chung: A newsworthy love story | Watch Video
After 31 years hosting his talk shows famous (and infamous) for their titillating topics, 83-year-old Maury Povich has announced his retirement, with the last original episodes of "Maury" airing this September. Povich and his wife, broadcaster Connie Chung, talk with correspondent Mo Rocca about their lives on- and off-camera.
For more info:
- "Maury" (Official site)
- Follow "Maury" on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube
- Connie Chung: Chinese American Museum
- Flathead Beacon
HEADLINES: Switchblade drone: How the "kamikaze" anti-tank weapon works | Watch Video
A one-time use unmanned aerial vehicle, the Switchblade drone is a powerful weapon that can dive bomb its targets, such as tanks and artillery nests, at a range of up to 30 miles. So far, 700 Switchblades – large and small – have been supplied to Ukraine for use against Russian forces. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with the CEO of Switchblade manufacturer Aerovironment, Wahid Nawabi, who as a child in Afghanistan saw the effects of an invading Russian army – and the power of innovative defense technology.
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BOOKS: Our puzzling addiction for puzzles (Video)
Over the last two years, bestselling author and puzzle aficionado A.J. Jacobs has allowed correspondent Martha Teichner and "Sunday Morning" cameras to follow him as he conducted research for his new book, "The Puzzler," about his quest to solve the world's most baffling puzzles – from the simple (!) Rubik's Cube and chess problems, to the legendary MIT Mystery Hunt, and a mystifying sculpture housed at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va.
For more info:
- "The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life" by A.J. Jacobs, with original puzzles by Greg Pliska (Crown), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available April 26 via Amazon and Indiebound
- ajjacobs.com
- The MIT Mystery Hunt
- Garry Kasparov
- Jim Sanborn
SPORTS: Naomi Osaka on finding her voice | Watch Video
By the age of 23, Naomi Osaka – winner of four Grand Slam tennis titles – had become the highest-paid female athlete in the world, ever. And when she withdrew from the French Open last year – citing depression and anxiety – she lost none of her corporate sponsors. Instead, she opened up a much-needed conversation about mental health. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Osaka about drive, strength, vulnerability, and measuring success without a scoreboard.
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BOOKS: Douglas Wolk, master of the Marvel Universe | Watch Video
The story arcs of Marvel comic books, published over the last several decades, involve thousands of characters and a half-million pages, becoming what author Douglas Wolk calls the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created. Wolk undertook analyzing this ongoing epic – the "biggest story ever told" – in his book, "All of the Marvels." He talks with correspondent Luke Burbank.
For more info:
- "All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told" by Douglas Wolk (Penguin), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
- douglaswolk.com
- marvel.com
- Marvel Unlimited (Subscription required)
PASSAGE: Remembering Naomi Judd (Video)
We learned Saturday of the passing, at age 76, of country music legend Naomi Judd, mother of Ashley and Wynonna Judd. The mother-daughter team of Naomi and Wynonna recorded fourteen #1 songs, including "Girls' Night Out" and "Mama, He's Crazy." Jane Pauley looks back.
HARTMAN: MLB player and young fan with cancer inspire each other (Video)
Watching eight-year-old Chloe Grimes hit liners and throw heat, you'd never guess the young ball player is also fighting cancer, and has been, off and on, since she was two. Her grit proved an inspiration to her favorite player on the Tampa Bay Rays, Brett Phillips. But inspiration is proving to be a two-way street. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports.
MUSIC: Miranda Lambert on her new album "Palomino," and singing truth | Watch Video
The singer-songwriter has won more Country Music Awards than any other woman – and as she shows in her latest, highly-anticipated album, "Palomino," Miranda Lambert continues to sing truth. She talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about music and marriage during a pandemic, and what she discovered about herself during very strange times.
PREVIEW: Miranda Lambert on writing sad songs: "You don't have to be tortured to be good."
For more info:
- Miranda Lambert | Tour info
- "Palomino" by Miranda Lambert (Sony Music Nashville), available April 29
- Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa, Nashville
- Idyllwind
FASHION: Thom Browne: Reinterpreting fashion | Watch Video
According to fashion designer Thom Browne, no one thought it was a good idea when he began his own label in 2001. But today he is one of America's most successful designers, noted for his suit pants that expose men's ankles, and for Michelle Obama's 2013 Inaugural gown. Correspondent Alina Cho visits a Thom Browne fashion show in Paris, and speaks with Vanessa Friedman, chief fashion critic of The New York Times, about why Browne gets such attention.
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COMMENTARY: Oprah Winfrey on the larger pandemic affecting U.S. health care | Watch Video
COVID has exposed the prevalence of racial disparities in our healthcare system, costing lives.
Watch executive producer Oprah Winfrey's special, "The Color of Care," on racial health disparities, premiering May 1 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on The Smithsonian Channel.
HEADLINES: Putin's war creates schism in Russian Orthodox Church | Watch Video
Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has framed President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in holy terms: as a defense of conservative values against a morally corrupt West. Now, the war has prompted dissent within the Orthodox Christian faith. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Orthodox adherents who say the message from their church's Moscow leadership and the Kremlin's war propaganda are one and the same.
NATURE: Bighorn sheep in Idaho (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us among Bighorn sheep along the Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho. Videographer: Hank Heusinkveld.
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"HERE COMES THE SUN": First sister Valerie Biden Owens and a Black culinary exhibit (Video)
Valerie Biden Owens sits down with Norah O'Donnell to discuss how she has supported her big brother, Joe, over the years. We also take you to a new exhibit called "African/American: Making the Nation's Table," located in the Museum of Food and Drink in New York City, where we learn how Black culture shaped American cuisine.
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