60 Minutes

On this week's "60 Minutes," Sharyn Alfonsi reports from Afghanistan where one of the worst humanitarian crisis' is happening. Scott Pelley tells us about the 10-billion dollar Webb Telescope, that NASA hopes will reveal the mysteries of the universe. Finally, Jon Wertheim travels to Fogo Island, where visitors feel like they have stepped into the 18th century. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes," Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is speaking out against a new Missouri law meant to protect the rights of the state's gun owners. He and a number of Missouri police, sheriffs, and prosecutors say the Second Amendment Preservation Act makes law enforcement think twice about cooperating with agencies like the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, to investigate crimes involving guns. Norah O'Donnell reports. A Louisiana firm has developed a ground-breaking containment system for the U.S. Coast Guard that has captured more than 800,000 gallons leaking from the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. Jon Wetheim has the details. Are heroes born or made? Scott Pelley reports how brain structure might play a role in heroism. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes," Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega has tightened his grip on power by making dozens of arrests of political opponents, journalists and protesters. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks to the wives of two imprisoned men who were planning to oppose Ortega in next week's elections. Lesley Stahl reports on a group of architects inspired by a project in Rwanda to create a new model of design. And in an interview with Anderson Cooper, world-renowned author Yuval Harari warns humans will be "hacked" if artificial intelligence is not globally regulated. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes," Anderson Cooper talks to former defense secretary and CIA head Robert Gates, who touched on several other topics -- including the rise of China and the limits of America's military. Bill Whitaker reports on the Green River Drift, where ranchers push thousands of cows along the same 70-mile route their ancestors pioneered 125 years ago. And Jon Wertheim travels to Great Britain to report on the future of England's pubs -- after the coronavirus pandemic closed them to close their tabs for more than a year. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes," Bill Whitaker reports on a technology that the U.S. government has grown increasingly concerned about due to its potential to be used to spread disinformation or commit crimes: deepfakes. The Biden Administration estimates “somewhere between 1,000–1,500, maybe more,” of the children separated from families during the Trump Administration remain apart. Sharyn Alfonsi reports, Finally, Jon Wertheim's report on Deep Springs College, where a select group of students labor and learn for two years, on a working ranch in the remote California desert. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week marks the 54th season premier of "60 Minutes, and 20 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2021. Firefighters who were at the World Trade Center that day share their stories with Scott Pelley. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes," Bill Whitaker reports on the Pentagon projects that helped combat COVID-19 and may help end pandemics forever. The Ritchie Boys were responsible for uncovering more than half the combat intelligence on the Western Front during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal. Jon Wertheim has their story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes." David Martin reports on the new efforts being put forth to address inequality in the military, this time under the watch of the country’s first Black secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin. Renowned sportswriter Dave Kindred has covered the biggest moments and brightest stars in sports for more than half a century, but now he tells Jon Wertheim he has found his most fulfilling work: writing about girls high school hoops in central Illinois. And a new volcano has erupted into existence in Iceland. Bill Whitaker reports on the mesmerizing scenes. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes," after passengers on the Costa Luminosa cruise ship fell ill with COVID-19 in March 2020, Americans were flown to Atlanta after reaching Europe. Passengers say what happened next was nothing short of a nightmare -- Sharyn Alfonsi reports. In 46 prisons across Kenya and Uganda, the Justice Defenders organization is training hundreds of inmates, many of whom don't have their own lawyer, to become paralegals and attorneys -- Anderson Cooper has the story. Companies are already testing driverless trucks on America's roads. The technology will bring untold profits, but it may cost thousands of truckers their livelihoods -- Jon Wertheim reports. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's "60 Minutes," Anderson Cooper reports on the nerve-wracking Mars landing of the rover Perseverance, the painstaking process of launching the tiny helicopter Ingenuity, and the extraordinary images the two have already sent back to Earth. In his new book, Michael Lewis profiles people who tried to sound the alarm about COVID-19 as officials failed to act. John Dickerson tells us more. And Lesley Stahl profiles Darren Walker, a gay, African American man, and Founder of one of this country's largest and most storied philanthropies, the Ford Foundation. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices