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Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist who ever lived, died 100 years ago on Halloween – a fact that has only burnished his image as a daredevil who often cheated death. But was there a cover-up involving the circumstances of his death?
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
In the 1990s actress Parker Posey was dubbed "The Queen of the Indies." The Emmy-nominated star of "The White Lotus," and the new film "Wild Horse Nine" talks about her Southern upbringing, and how her parents inspired her acting.
They're painted advertisements from long ago, for businesses that may have since died. But remnants of these "ghost signs" still remain, haunting our urban spaces – and one artist is bringing ghost signs back to life.
Director Peter Berg discusses his new film, the true story of All-American football stars who volunteered for the Marines and fought in the Battle of Okinawa, the last and costliest World War II battle in the Pacific.
"Lincoln in the Bardo," based on George Saunders' novel, is the first opera composed by a woman to premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Missy Mazzoli talks about its creation, and the influence that punk rock and music videos had on her work.
On Tuesday, Israel will hold its first parliamentary elections since the October 7, 2023 terror attacks. Essentially one man is on the ballot: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. How might Israeli policy change if the opposition succeeds?
After a friend divulged perhaps too much information, humorist David Sedaris considers the ramifications of over-sharing – and wrong assumptions.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
In this web exclusive, actress Parker Posey ("Party Girl," "The White Lotus," "Wild Horse Nine") talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about her movie and TV career, during which she was dubbed "Queen of the Indies."
In this web exclusive, Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz talks with character actor John Turturro, a veteran of films by Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers, and star of the new film "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York."
In this extended conversation, correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Carrie Preston, who stars as the quirky lawyer-turned-detective Elsbeth Tascioni in the series "Elsbeth."
In this web exclusive, comedian Billy Crystal talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about the inspiration behind his new one-man Broadway show, "860": his family's home that was destroyed in last year's Pacific Palisades wildfire.
In this extended conversation, political strategist and podcaster Steve Bannon talks with "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel about populist and nationalist politics in the U.S. and abroad; the ground game of Democratic Socialists and prospects for the 2026 midterms; Trumpism and election denialism; and media coverage of politics.
In this extended conversation, Luke Burbank talks with singer-songwriter Noah Kahan about how his home state of Vermont has inspired his music; dealing with stardom; the process of writing his latest album, "The Great Divide"; and founding his mental health non-profit, The Busyhead Project.
A routine flight became a fight for survival when the co-pilot attacked the captain and tried to crash FlyDubai Flight 1073. As the plane plunged 14,000 feet, people on board helped subdue the attacker while another pilot regained control. Correspondent Matt Gutman sat down with some of the heroes who helped avert disaster.
In this web exclusive, "M*A*S*H" star Alan Alda talks with Dr. Jon LaPook about facing Parkinson's disease.
In this web exclusive, actor, writer and director Sylvester Stallone talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about his career, including his first experience as an actor in a school production of "Death of a Salesman"; how rejection made him tougher; why he refused to sell his screenplay for "Rocky" unless he played the lead role; and how he continued to fight during the film's production to maintain his vision of the character.
"Lincoln in the Bardo," based on George Saunders' novel, is the first opera composed by a woman to premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Missy Mazzoli talks about its creation, and the influence that punk rock and music videos had on her work.
They're painted advertisements from long ago, for businesses that may have since died. But remnants of these "ghost signs" still remain, haunting our urban spaces – and one artist is bringing ghost signs back to life.
Lee Krasner has long been eclipsed by the shadow of her husband, Jackson Pollock. Now, a landmark show in New York City rewrites the story of the artists whose work and legacies were – aesthetically and personally – bound together.
"Other Desert Cities," Jon Robin Baitz's acclaimed play about family schisms and an untold past, has returned to New York, starring Broadway veterans Allison Janney, Ed Harris and Lily Rabe, along with "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Joe Keery of "Stranger Things" making their Broadway debuts. They talk with correspondent Tracy Smith about the dramatization of grief, the challenges of live theater, and how doing plays is like coming home.
"Sunday Morning" explores the latest art exhibits at museums across the country this fall, including a joyous and colorful look at three-dimensional works by Keith Haring at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark.
In the 1990s actress Parker Posey was dubbed "The Queen of the Indies." The Emmy-nominated star of "The White Lotus," and the new film "Wild Horse Nine" talks about her Southern upbringing, and how her parents inspired her acting.
Carrie Preston has played the quirky lawyer-turned-detective Elsbeth Tascioni in three popular series: "The Good Wife," "The Good Fight," and now in the comedic murder-mystery series "Elsbeth," in which she helps New York City police solve crimes through unconventional means. Preston talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about how playing a paragon of positivity is like a miracle for her.
The Spanish singer continues to defy convention with her fourth album, "Lux," a mix of classical, opera and pop that tells the stories of female saints and mystics through history.
He's gifted audiences with memorable appearances in more than 100 films and TV shows. Now, John Turturro, one of the great character actors, is playing a rare lead role in a charming and moving crime drama, "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York."
In January 2025, The Pacific Palisades wildfire burned more than 5,000 homes, including Billy Crystal's. From the smoldering ruins of what was once his family home, Crystal found inspiration for his latest one-man Broadway show, "860."
Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist who ever lived, died 100 years ago on Halloween – a fact that has only burnished his image as a daredevil who often cheated death. But was there a cover-up involving the circumstances of his death?
NPR health and science correspondent and "Sunday Morning" contributor Allison Aubrey writes about the steps Gen Xers may take to foster a sense of purpose as they enter this next stage of life.
In 1999, "The Gruffalo," Julia Donaldson's story about a monster, with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, became a runaway bestseller. Now, the pair has released their third book in the series, "Gruffalo Granny," which is the U.K.'s bestselling book of the year of any genre.
Kerry Kennedy writes of her mother's inspiring example, from before and after the assassination of her father, Robert F. Kennedy.
The latest book by the bestselling author of "The Big Short" and "Moneyball" profiles federal workers targeted by President Trump and his mega-donor Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
We leave you this Sunday morning with some Golden Orb Weavers at Long Key Natural Area and Nature Center in Davie, Fla. Videographer: Charles Schultz.
We leave you this Sunday swimming with the arctic grayling, recently reintroduced to the streams near Traverse City in Michigan. Videographer: Justin Grubb.
We leave you this Sunday morning in the Amazon jungles of Ecuador. Videographer: Michael Clark.
We leave you this Sunday grazing with wild horses at Return to Freedom: Wild Horse Conservation, in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Videographer: Russell Nickerson.
We leave you this Sunday morning in South Dakota, as a new day dawns on Lake Poinsett. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
We leave you this Sunday morning wandering among the red rocks at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Videographer: Brad Markel.
We leave you this Sunday morning with hungry monarch caterpillars, munching away in New York's Hudson Valley. Videographer: Lorraine Mullins.
We leave you this Sunday morning on the coast of Newfoundland. Videographer: Mike Hernandez.
We leave you this Sunday at Chanticleer Garden just outside Philadelphia. Videographer: Jim Zurich. [Original air date: May 17, 2026.]
Glass artist Paul Stankard, whose delicately-crafted paperweights were displayed in museums around the world, died on October 6, 2026 at age 83. In this 2015 report, Martha Teichner visited Stankard at his New Jersey studio, where the self-taught paperweight-maker demonstrated the remarkable process of creating a tiny world of nature out of glass.
HBO has announced it is reviving (with its original cast) Lena Dunham's raw, brash and controversial series "Girls," which from 2012 to 2017 documented the lives of twenty-something friends trying to make it in New York City. In this March 10, 2013 "Sunday Morning" story, Tracy Smith went behind the scenes of shooting, and talked with Dunham, and co-stars Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke, about what made the show's characters both intriguing and alienating.
A.A. Milne's beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared in book form on Oct. 14, 1926, and the teddy bear with a taste for honey has been delighting generations of readers ever since. Charles Osgood traced the origins and longevity of Winnie and his friends (including Eeyore, Piglet and Christopher Robin) in this 2012 "Sunday Morning" Almanac.
Actress Eva Marie Saint, who starred in such classics as "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest," died on Oct. 6, at age 102. In this "Sunday Morning" profile that aired March 2, 2014, Saint talked with Mo Rocca about working with Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant and Paul Newman; balancing a film career with family; and how she maintained being a "normal" person in Hollywood.
In 1964, writer Ken Kesey, with his "Band of Merry Pranksters," embarked on a legendary cross-country, counter-culture road trip aboard a psychedelic school bus. Nearly three decades later, Kesey (then a farmer in Oregon) rode a replica of his iconic bus along with other Merry Pranksters young and old, with Bill Geist tagging along.
Women's pro baseball has been largely inactive in this country since the pioneering All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded 72 years ago. Now, with the new Women's Pro Baseball League (which debuted this summer), women are again taking to the diamond in a league of their own. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with #1 draft pick Kelsie Whitmore; catcher Maggie Foxx; commissioner Justine Siegal; and CEO Keith Stein about what the new league means for women and sports.
In Spain, the rice dish paella has spawned many variations over time, but correspondent Seth Doane went to Valencia looking for the traditional ways paella is prepared and served.
Hany Farid, a leading expert on deepfakes and digital manipulation, estimates that half of the content widely viewed on the Internet is fake. What does this mean for our ability to detect images generated or hallucinated by artificial intelligence?
Studies have shown that people who hold grudges have greater levels of cardiovascular trouble, and higher levels of depression and anxiety. But according to one survey, four out of five adults harbor some lingering resentment towards others, sometimes over the smallest of reasons. Correspondent Susan Spencer talks with experts about why some people can maintain grudges for years; how holding grudges can be counterproductive; and what it takes to have forgiveness overcome lingering ill will.
Studies show people who hold grudges have greater levels of cardiovascular trouble, and higher levels of depression and anxiety. Experts say those taking steps towards forgiveness can have better outcomes.
In 1964 Ken Kesey and his "Merry Pranksters" rode a bus named "Furthur," fueled by music, alcohol and LSD. This icon of the counterculture movement, which has fallen into a rusted state, is now on display in San Francisco, on a journey to restore it to its former glory.
It's been a huge year at the box office. But two of Hollywood's biggest hits came with the smallest expectations: "Obsession" and "Backrooms," horror films directed by YouTube creators on tiny budgets, which each grossed hundreds of millions of dollars – prompting studios to search for other social media-savvy talent. Correspondent Luke Burbank talks with Matt Belloni (co-founder of Puck and host of "The Town" podcast), filmmaker Mark Vins (co-founder of the YouTube channel Brave Wilderness), and YouTube's Kim Larson about how creators with millions of followers can study what and how their audience watches, making YouTube a valuable new kind of film school.
In the United States, commercial surrogacy — paying a woman to have fertilized eggs implanted in her uterus so she can carry a pregnancy to term — is widely assumed to be closely regulated. But a yearlong CBS News investigation found that few, if any, meaningful protections exist for surrogates. Correspondent Katrina Kaufman examines the extraordinary cases of surrogates who say they experienced troubling practices in the booming U.S. industry.
An oral history project organized by former schoolteacher Matthew Rozell to interview World War II veterans uncovered little-known stories from the conflict, including the liberation by American troops of 2,500 Holocaust survivors from a so-called "death train" in April 1945. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Rozell (author of "A Train Near Magdeburg"), historian James Bulgin, and filmmaker Mike Edwards about preserving the memories of WWII vets, and the importance of society learning the stories we must never forget.