60 Minutes - Season 41

Run Time: 44 mins
Air Date: Sun, 28 Sept 2008
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.591 (77 votes)
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The Bailout/General O/The Collider
Season 41 - Episode 1
"The Bailout" interviews Henry Paulson about government action on the economy. "General O" interviews General Ray Odierno the replacement fo...

Wall Street's Shadow Market, Kill bin Laden, 0 to 60 on a battery?
Season 41 - Episode 2
In tonight's first story, Steve Kroft with the details you might not have heard about the unraveling of the economy. What are 'credit defaul...

Made by the Mob, High Tech War, The Oldest Family Business
Season 41 - Episode 3
CBS News correspondent Armen Keteyian interviews Joaquin (Jack) Garcia, a fascinating undercover agent who infiltrated the Gambino crime fam...

al Qaeda Stronger, Government owned banks, Bullfighting today
Season 41 - Episode 4
Foreign born al Qaeda in Afghanistan gaining strength and sophistication. Lara Logan with Major General Jeffrey Schlosser and how this is ha...

Credit Default Swaps, T. Boone Pickens, Goronqosa
Season 41 - Episode 5
It sounds complicated and it actually is, but tonight, Steve Kroft makes it a lot easier to understand: Credit Default Swaps and their role ...

Welcome Home, you're fired, Fake Cop, Bionic People
Season 41 - Episode 6
Tonight, an atrocity exposed when Lesley Stahl investigates thousands of reservists and guardsmen returning home from duty to find their job...

The Inner Circle, The Wasteland, Ted Turner
Season 41 - Episode 7
Behind the scenes and a part of the "inner circle" with Steve Kroft on election night with Obama. You really haven't seen this anywhere els...

Obama's First Interview, Musical Savant
Season 41 - Episode 8
Steve Kroft with President elect Obama's first post election interview. This is expected to be one of the most watched shows of the season a...

Easy Nukes, For Better or Worse
Season 41 - Episode 9
Imagine the size of a 6-pack of soda able to cause a nuclear explosion. That's about all the HEU (highly enriched uranium) it would take and...

The Cheaters, The Silver Star, Michael Phelps
Season 41 - Episode 10
Online gambling is illegal in the U.S., but it's a nearly impossible law to enforce. In this story, a group of men turn a dishonest cyber-po...

The Oil Kingdom, Schnabel
Season 41 - Episode 11
Lesley Stahl visits Saudi Arabia and tours the oil producing facilities while interviewing Saudi officials. Though prices have plummeted in ...

Barney Frank, Where's the Bottom? And Win Forever
Season 41 - Episode 12
Lesley Stahl speaks with House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) Scott Pelley investigates the deepening m...

Governor Schwarzenegger, Airport Security, Elephant Orphans
Season 41 - Episode 13
Scott Pelley with Arnold Schwarzenegger and the sad state of the State of California. The man who once topped box office charts, now a polit...

The Road to the White House
Season 41 - Episode 14
Steve Kroft and a special edition 60 Minutes that explores President Elect Obama's long trek to winning the presidential election.

Mind Reading, Is It Murder?, The Mad Scientist of Football
Season 41 - Episode 15
Mind reading with a scientific spin. What studies have found by looking into our brains. Lesley Stahl reports. Bob Simon reports on drunk d...

Wall Street Speculation, Obama's Advisor, Wyclef Jean
Season 41 - Episode 16
Steve Kroft explores how our current economic mess had more contributors than we may have thought. Not the least of which being Wall Street ...

The Winter of Our Hardship, No Peace Deal, Wine Rx
Season 41 - Episode 17
Scott Pelley in Wilmington, Ohio where DHL, the town's largest employer has closed operations. The massive hardships are seen on a tremendou...

Brace For Impact, Coldplay
Season 41 - Episode 18
Long awaited Katy Couric interview with Capt. Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger, the heroic pilot who successfully landed a 75 ton jet in the Hud...

Buy American; Whistle Blower; Taliban Power
Season 41 - Episode 19
Lesley Stahl examines the new "Buy American" clause pushed for public works funded by the stimulus money. Dan DiMicco, CEO of the nation's l...

Lower Drinking Age; Muslim Militants; Nazi Mascot
Season 41 - Episode 20
Lesley Stahl reports on the newest argument to reduce the legal drinking age to 18. More than 100 college presidents believe this will reduc...

SEC Ignoring Fraud; Mexico's War; The Republican Obama
Season 41 - Episode 21
The Bernard Madoff rip-off involved thousands of victims and billions of dollars. Why does Harry Markopolos claim that the SEC (Security Exc...

Follow the Failure; DNA exoneration
Season 41 - Episode 22
Follow the FDIC as they actually take over a bank, secretly on a Friday night. What exactly happens when a bank fails? Scott Pelley reports....

What Went Wrong; Nourishment of a Nation
Season 41 - Episode 23
Scott Pelley with Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke about what went wrong and brought us to this incredible economic crisis. There is s...

Barrack & Michelle Obama
Season 41 - Episode 24

Do You Have Worms?; Kenya Cats; LeBron James
Season 41 - Episode 25
Cyber gangs use computer viruses to gain information to electronically rob bank accounts; the African lion is in danger of extinction; baske...

Closing the Clinic/Torture in Iran/Dolly
Season 41 - Episode 26
"Closing the Clinic" examines how the economic crisis is closing hospitals and medical clinic around the country. "Torture in Iran" intervie...

Bionic Veterans; Guns for Sale; Steve Wynn's Win
Season 41 - Episode 27
Scott Pelley gets some incredible insight as to the advances made in prosthetic limbs. Fred Downs, head of prosthetics for the Veterans Admi...

Delayed Retirement; Cold Fusion; Ole'!
Season 41 - Episode 28
With many people's 401(k) retirement investments surprisingly drained, not everyone is in the position to wait the predicted 10 plus years f...

Vice President Biden/Powered by Coal/The Orphanage
Season 41 - Episode 29
Lesley Stahl with Vice President Joe Biden as he allows this reporter to follow him around for three days. Just what does he do and how does...

Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, wine
Season 41 - Episode 30
Scott Pelley speaks with Ecuadorians suing oil maker Chevron because they claim the oil giant is polluting their fragile environment. David ...

Military, Spy, Baseball
Season 41 - Episode 31
The United States military has been relying on new technology to track and destroy enemies, many times from thousands of miles away. Lara Lo...

Secretary Gates, AIG, Anna Wintour
Season 41 - Episode 32
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates discusses the war in Afghanistan in a candid and wide-ranging interview with Katie Couric. Later...Ed Lidd...

Deepwater Horizon disaster, Conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Season 41 - Episode 33
On tonight's edition of "60 Minutes", Scott Pelley investigates the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Bob Simon catches up with Conductor Gustavo ...

Are They Safe?/The Seed School/Marty's Big Idea
Season 41 - Episode 34
"Are They Safe?" investigates the danger posed by phthalates a set of chemical compounds that are found in many plastics. "The Seed School" ...

Federal Reserve, Dolly Parton
Season 41 - Episode 35
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke tells Correspondent Scott Pelley what he believes led to the nation's economic crisis, and when he expects the rec...

The Man Who Knew/For Better or For Worse/Alice Waters
Season 41 - Episode 36
"The Man Who Knew" interviews the man who discovered Madoff's investment scheme. "For Better or Worse" rebroadcasts a segment on how immigra...

A Clean Version of Hell/The War Next Door/LeBron
Season 41 - Episode 37
"A Clean Version of Hell" rebroadcasts a segment on the Supermax prison where the United States holds some of its most dangerous criminals. ...

The Cheater$/Mind Reading/Gorongosa
Season 41 - Episode 38
"The Cheater$" rebroadcasts a segment on cheating in online poker. "Mind Reading" rebroadcasts a segment on how neuroscience is able to dete...

Saving Flight 1549/Bon Jovi
Season 41 - Episode 39
"Saving Flight 1549" rebroadcasts an interview with the captain and crew of US Airways Flight 1549 that was forced to make an emergency wate...

Kill Bin Laden/Eyewitness
Season 41 - Episode 40
"Kill Bin Laden" rebroadcasts a segment on what really happened during the Battle of Tora Bora. "Eyewitness" rebroadcasts a double length se...

Remembering Walter Cronkite
Season 41 - Episode 41
The Life & Times of Walter Cronkite We interrupt the summer re-runs and re-visits with a special edition, new 60 Minutes. In memoriam of...

Gun Rush/Poisoned/Steve Wynn
Season 41 - Episode 42
"Gun Rush" rebroadcasts a segment on how Americans are stocking up on weapons even though there is an economic slowdown. "Poisoned" rebroadc...

Screening the TSA/Is It Murder?/Wyclef
Season 41 - Episode 43
"Screening the TSA" rebroadcasts a segment on the hassles and problems associated with the Transportation Security Administration. "Is It Mu...

The Price of Bananas/Brain Power/Swimming with Sharks
Season 41 - Episode 44
"The Price of Bananas" rebroadcasts a segment on the troubles facing Chiquita banana in their dealings with Columbia. "Brain Power" rebroadc...

Michael Vick
Season 41 - Episode 45

Remembering Don Hewitt
Season 41 - Episode 46
Morley Safer looks back at the extraordinary life and career of television pioneer and 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt.

The Wasteland/Financial Weapon of Mass Destruction/The Bird Man of Idaho
Season 41 - Episode 47
Scott Pelley reports on the illegally shipped electronics refuse to China, which includes the harm which is caused to the environment and th...

The Age of Megafires/Combat in Afghanistan/Mr. Ayers and Mr. Lopez
Season 41 - Episode 48
Scott Pelley gives his report concerning the intensity and frequency of forest fires and their relationship with global warming. Lara Logan ...

President Obama/Big Teddy/Guiding Light
Season 41 - Episode 49
President Obama is interviewed by Steve Krofts. The life of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy is reflected on by Ted Kennedy Jr. and editor Jonathan...

The DEKA Arm
Season 41 - Episode 50
Scott Pelley shows us the biggest innovation in prosthetic arms since WW II; Also, Morely Safer on Anna Wintour, and Byron Pitts speaks with...