60 Minutes

At 70 years old, actor Samuel L. Jackson has no plans on slowing down, as he tells Steve Kroft. From smartphones to cars and defense missiles, modern U.S. life depends on rare earth elements. As Lesley Stahl reports, China dominates the industry. And -- Jon Wertheim introduces us to the couple who won millions of dollars, by cracking the code on lottery games. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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 Memorial Day weekend, we go back to a story from November 2017. Bill Whitaker talks to three U.S soldiers who disputed a report that blamed human error on an incident that was responsible for the death of five Americans and one Afghan. Jon Wertheim shares the story of how a Japanese medic and and American soldier became linked by the World War II Battle of Attu. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

Steve Kroft shares the story of Howard Wilkinson -- a banker who uncovered a 230-billion-dollar money-laundering scheme. Jon Wertheim tells us about "Rainbow Railroad" -- an organization dedicated to helping LGBT individuals escape persecution, violence and sometimes death in their home countries. Anderson Cooper introduces us to the man who spent millions of dollars in Bitcoin -- on PIZZA. Those stories on this week's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

Some of the biggest generic drug makers in the industry are being sued for what the attorney general of Connecticut calls an industry-wide conspiracy to fix the prices of generic drugs. Bill Whitaker reports. A unique program at the University of Wisconsin Law School brings crime victims and the criminals convicted of those crimes face to face. Scott Pelley has the story. Anderson Cooper introduces us to artist, Mark Bradford on this week's edition of "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

The FBI says anyone on the internet should expect to be attacked by cybercriminals. Scott Pelley hears from Steve Long -- who is the CEO of Hancock Regional Hospital -- and the victim of a massive data breach. Bill Whitaker reports on frontotemporal dementia -- which researchers say is "robbing us of our very essence; of our humanity." Jon Wertheim introduces us to Tanya Tagaq -- a Canadian throat singer -- with a twist. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tells Sharyn Alfonsi that he regrets losing the public's trust over the separation of families at the U.S-Southern border. For the first time in decades, the United States sent a carrier strike group north of the Arctic Circle, to participate in the war games. David Martin was there. And how did fentanyl make its way into the United States? Scott Pelley investigates on this week's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

Bill Whitaker hears from Ray Dalio, one of America’s most successful investors of all time who has pledged to donate half of his $18 billion fortune to charity. This finance icon weighs in on the state of America’s economy and his principle of “radical truthfulness.” Plus, student debt has ballooned into an American crisis, particularly for medical students -- but Lesley Stahl learns about the New York University School of Medicine which recently announced that moving forward it would be tuition-free. And finally, L. Jon Wertheimer explores a lesser known World War II battle in Japan that has defined the remote island of Attu. All this on tonight’s “60 Minutes.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

Lesley Stahl investigates a cutting-edge cyber espionage tool called Pegasus -- that governments acquire to fight crime and terror. Jon Wertheim reports on the state of legal sports gambling in America. Plus -- does actor Samuel L. Jackson watch his own movies? Steve Kroft finds out on this week's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

Climate change is one of the country's hot button issues. Now, a lawsuit filed on behalf of 21 kids alleges the U.S. government knowingly failed to protect them from climate change. Steve Kroft reports. The gender gap is widening in computer science jobs. Sharyn Alfonsi spotlights an organization that hopes to change that, by getting girls interested in STEM -- BEFORE high school. In his first interview with Lesley Stahl, Mark James, a former Amtrak engineer, recounts the deadly crash which killed 2 and injured more than 90. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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

In his first television interview, Bryant Vinas, an American-Muslim who joined Al-Qaida tells Scott Pelley about his experiences, before being an informant for the U.S. Bill Whitaker learns the FDA's role in the opioid epidemic. Plus, Holly Williams reports on the race on electric cars. Who is currently in first place? Those stories on this week's "60 Minutes."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 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