60 Minutes - Season 53

Run Time: 44 mins
Air Date: Sun, 20 Sept 2020
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.591 (77 votes)
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The Battle for the Ballot | H.R. McMaster | Coach O and the Sideways Season
Season 53 - Episode 1
Pennsylvania's battle over mail-in voting; Then, an interview with former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster; And, Ed Orgeron's journey...

Florida's Amendment 4, The Wall, Sir David
Season 53 - Episode 2
How many of Florida's felons will be able to vote in the swing state? Then, engineers say a private section of the border wall will eventual...

Cause and Effect, Talent on the Spectrum, Seinfeld in 2020
Season 53 - Episode 3
Climate scientists on 2020’s wildfires and storms; Then, companies seek out potential employees with autism; And, Jerry Seinfeld: The 2020 6...

Nadia, A Different Kind of Vision, The Wright Way
Season 53 - Episode 4
Nobel laureate Nadia Murad's fight to bring ISIS to court; Then, an architect goes blind, but says he's actually gotten better at his job; A...

Treating COVID-19 Today, The Lincoln Project, Grizzlies
Season 53 - Episode 5
The COVID-19 treatments showing the most promise; Then, inside the Lincoln Project's campaign against President Trump; And, finding ways to ...

Genetic Revolution, The Youngest Refugees, Vision of Music
Season 53 - Episode 6
Could gene therapy cure sickle cell anemia? Then, Sesame and the IRC join forces to help Syrian refugee children. And, 60 Minutes profiles b...

Putin’s Public Enemy, Dr. Fauci, Hell Flight
Season 53 - Episode 7
Alexey Navalny describes being poisoned; Then, Dr. Anthony Fauci on his media restrictions, Trump contracting COVID, masks, voting and more;...

The Republican Ticket, The Democratic Ticket
Season 53 - Episode 8
Lesley Stahl speaks with Republican candidates, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, while Norah O'Donnell speaks with the ...

Ask Ohio, Arizona Counts, The First Outbreak
Season 53 - Episode 9
Ohio voters on who they're backing in 2020; Then, Arizona's move from Republican stronghold to swing state in play for Democrats; And, Insid...

Counting the Vote, Operation Warp Speed, Ken Burns
Season 53 - Episode 10
Pennsylvania election officials detail their vote count, share experiences from election week; Then, planning the distribution of a future C...

The 44th President, TikTok
Season 53 - Episode 11
Barack Obama on his book, President Trump, George Floyd, the divisions in the country, and more; And, is TikTok a harmless app or a threat t...

COVID's Long-Haulers; Where did they Go?; 90+
Season 53 - Episode 12
Long-term symptoms plague COVID "Long-Haulers"; Then, student enrollment down during pandemic; And, checking in on the 90+ Study on aging.

Securing the Election, The Last Slave Ship, James Corden
Season 53 - Episode 13
Former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Chris Krebs; descendants of those transported aboard the last known ...

Peddling PPE, Secondary Sports, Viola Davis
Season 53 - Episode 14
Inside the wild world of PPE sales; Then, some colleges cutting "secondary sports"; And, Viola Davis: The 60 Minutes Interview.

Saudi Fugitives, The High Cost of Healing, Excited Delirium
Season 53 - Episode 15
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to run HHS, says Sutter Health's practices led to some of the h...

An End in Sight, Justice Defenders, Built by Angels
Season 53 - Episode 16
How the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was developed; Then, inside the organization helping prisoners in Africa become lawyers and paraleg...

60 Minutes Presents: Home for the Holidays
Season 53 - Episode 17
Shakira shows what it takes to prepare for a Super Bowl halftime show; Then, meet the blind piano player who's so good, scientists are study...

Section 230, The Case Against Curtis Flowers, Notes of Grace
Season 53 - Episode 18
What is Section 230 and why do people want it repealed; Then, podcast helps save man from death row; And, Igor Levit: The 60 Minutes Intervi...

January 6th, 11,780 Votes, American Independent
Season 53 - Episode 19
Nancy Pelosi speaks to 60 Minutes about the Capitol riot; Then, President Trump's phone call with Georgia's top election official; And, Angu...

Against All Enemies, The Threat, The Comeback
Season 53 - Episode 20
How Washington is bolstering security for the inauguration; Then, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund's account of the Capitol assault; ...

Left Behind, The Biodata Race, DNA For Sale
Season 53 - Episode 21
Families remember loved ones lost to COVID-19; Then, How China is racing to collect Americans’ DNA; And, The big money market for your DNA.

2/14/2021: SolarWinds, Bill Gates 3.0, Simone Biles
Season 53 - Episode 22
Unprecedented Russian SolarWinds hack that infiltrated federal government likely still happening; Then, Bill Gates on how the world can avoi...

2/21/2021: Attack on the Judiciary, Handcuffed to the Truth, QAnon
Season 53 - Episode 23
Judges say it's time for more security in the face of mounting violence; Then, Holding Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime accounta...

2/28/2021: Progress and Patience, Incoming, Colson Whitehead
Season 53 - Episode 24
The efforts to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations; Then, never-before-seen video of the attack on Al Asad Airbase; And, Colson Whitehead: The 60 ...

3/7/2021: The Unequal Recession, The Long Shot, Back to the Moon
Season 53 - Episode 25
Scott Pelley goes to Ohio and reports on the people who have lost their income and homes. Sharyn Alfonsi reports on how COVID, a California ...

3/14/2021: Variants, The Prosecutor, Best Band in the Land
Season 53 - Episode 26
An in-depth look at coronavirus variants; Then, Prosecutor Kim Gardner's fight to reform the St. Louis justice system; And, the story of New...

3/21/2021: Prosecuting the Riot, Race in the Ranks, Back to School
Season 53 - Episode 27
Detailing the charges facing the Capitol rioters. Then, changing how the military handles racial bias in the ranks. And, studying coronaviru...

3/28/2021: What Happened in Wuhan?, Dynamic Robots, Kindred in the Bleachers
Season 53 - Episode 28
Finding the origin of the coronavirus; Then, robots of the future at Boston Dynamics; And, Dave Kindred goes back on the beat to cover high ...

4/4/2021: A Fair Shot, Darren Walker, Survival
Season 53 - Episode 29
Inside Florida's chaotic vaccine rollout; How Darren Walker, the head of the Ford Foundation, wants to change philanthropy; And, survivors r...

Chairman Powell, The Last Pandemic, Prince and the Revelation
Season 53 - Episode 30
Fed Chair Jerome Powell tells 60 Minutes America is going back to work; Pentagon programs hope to make COVID-19 the last pandemic ever; And,...

The Oath Keepers; Race and Health; Viola Davis
Season 53 - Episode 31
Profile of the militia movement the Oath Keepers; the link between race and health outcomes; actress Viola Davis.

The Prosecutors; Putin's Public Enemy; Showstoppers
Season 53 - Episode 32
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and special prosecutors Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher discuss the conviction of Derek Chauvi...

The Secretary of State | Chips | The Premonition
Season 53 - Episode 33
Secretary of State Antony Blinken; a shortage of semiconductors reveals the U.S. is increasingly trailing behind Asia in the key sector; a b...

Ingenuity and Perseverance, The Ritchie Boys
Season 53 - Episode 34
Perseverance rover, Ingenuity helicopter, and the search for ancient life on Mars; Then, stories from members of the Ritchie Boys, a secret ...

Facial Recognition; UAP; Rafa
Season 53 - Episode 35
Facial recognition used to identify criminal suspects; unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs, are being formally addressed by the U.S. governm...

Transgender Healthcare, Geldingadalir, Exhume the Truth
Season 53 - Episode 36
Health care challenges for transgender youth; Iceland's newest volcano offers rare opportunities; Uncovering the Greenwood Massacre.

Attacks on the Judiciary; 90+; Notes of Grace
Season 53 - Episode 37
The rise in threats against federal judges; people older than 90 provide valuable information on the secrets to a long and healthy life; pia...

What Happened in Wuhan?, Ransomware, Sir David
Season 53 - Episode 38
WHO-led inquiry ends with even more questions than it began with on coronavirus origin; Then, how cybercriminals hold data hostage... and wh...

High Velocity, The Last Slave Ship, Simone Biles
Season 53 - Episode 39
What makes the AR-15 style rifle the weapon of choice for mass shooters; Inside the wreck of the last ship known to have brought enslaved Af...

The Prosecutors, The Oath Keepers, Japan’s Babe Ruth
Season 53 - Episode 40
The prosecution team in the Derek Chauvin murder trial speaks to Scott Pelley; Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the Oath Keepers militia group's pa...

Targeting Americans, The Nuremberg Prosecutor, James Corden
Season 53 - Episode 41
Brain trauma suffered by U.S. diplomats abroad could be work of hostile foreign government; What the last Nuremberg prosecutor alive wants t...

SolarWinds, Ken Burns, Best Band in the Land
Season 53 - Episode 42
Unprecedented Russian SolarWinds hack that infiltrated federal government likely still happening; Scott Pelley interviews Ken Burns; And, th...

Handcuffed to the Truth, Robots to the Rescue, Colson Whitehead
Season 53 - Episode 43
Holding Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime accountable for war crimes; Then, Robots come to the rescue after Fukushima Daiichi nuc...

Left Behind, Talent on the Spectrum, Survival
Season 53 - Episode 44
Families remember loved ones lost to COVID-19; Then, companies seeking out potential employees with autism; And, survivors recount being str...

The Case Against Curtis Flowers, The Wright Way, Prince and the Revelation
Season 53 - Episode 45
Podcast helps save man from death row; The family that dominates saddle bronc riding; And, what's hidden in Prince's vault of unreleased mus...

Ingenuity and Perseverance, Darren Walker, The Premonition
Season 53 - Episode 46
Perseverance rover, Ingenuity helicopter, and the search for ancient life on Mars; Darren Walker speaks with Lesley Stahl; Early pandemic ...

Incoming, Dynamic Robots, Grizzlies
Season 53 - Episode 47
The attack on Al Asad Airbase; Robots of the future at Boston Dynamics; And, Finding ways to coexist with grizzly bears in Montana

Hell Flight, Justice Defenders, Kings of the Road
Season 53 - Episode 48
The COVID flight from hell; Inside the organization helping prisoners in Africa become lawyers and paralegals; Will driverless trucks soon...

Race in the Ranks, Geldingadalir, Kindred in the Bleachers
Season 53 - Episode 49
Changing how the military handles racial bias in the ranks; Iceland's newest volcano offers rare opportunities; And, Dave Kindred goes bac...

Chips, UAP, The Comeback
Season 53 - Episode 50
America's microchip problem; Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs; Former NFL Quarterback Alex Smith on his comeback.

The Last Pandemic, The Ritchie Boys
Season 53 - Episode 51
Pentagon programs hope to make COVID-19 the last pandemic ever. Stories from members of the Ritchie Boys, a secret U. S. WWII intelligence u...