60 Minutes: A Second Look

As the most successful broadcast in television history, 60 Minutes has made and marked history since its premiere in 1968. 60 Minutes: A Second Look revisits the most impactful moments and people profiled on 60 Minutes with a fresh perspective and the introduction of rare archival treasures. Host and CBS News correspondent Seth Doane takes you on a journey through the 60 Minutes vault, sharing never-before-heard tapes from interviews with some of the most influential people who shaped our culture and witnessed seismic moments in American history. Along the way, Doane is joined by key figures from these interviews and some of the 60 Minutes correspondents who brought these episodes to life. Hear how our world has–and hasn’t–changed in the past 50 years through the lens of this American institution, 60 Minutes.

Episodes

President Carter: The 60 Minutes Interviews

December 30, 2024 • 34 mins

President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29th at the age of 100, sat down with 60 Minutes three times during his long life: once while in office; once soon after losing his re-election bid; and once in his golden years. In all of the interviews, he was candid -- sometimes even a bit bitter -- about his political adversaries, his personal values, and his public perception. The conversations chronicle not just a man's life, but h...

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Roy Cohn is Not an Enigma

December 3, 2024 • 31 mins

When Donald Trump delivered a birthday toast to power lawyer Roy Cohn, back in 1986, 60 Minutes was there to record the future president's tribute to Cohn's loyalty. Much has been written about Cohn's influence on the young Trump and by listening through 60 Minutes' two interviews with Cohn, you can hear why the notorious lawyer is the subject of so much fascination. In never-before-broadcast conversations with Mike Wallace and Mor...

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A Second Look at Book Banning

November 26, 2024 • 49 mins

When Morley Safer traveled to West Virginia in 1975 to report on a fight over books in schools, he couldn't have known how that conflict would help lay the blueprint for many contemporary challenges over what students are allowed to read. In our first "second look," we revisit a battle that informs our current day culture wars by talking to the people who bore witness fifty years ago. Plus, insights from a 60 Minutes producer on hi...

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The Gladiator of Acting: Denzel Washington

November 19, 2024 • 39 mins

It's rare that 60 Minutes interviews someone once, practically unheard of to interview the same person three times, but that's what happened with Denzel Washington. As he prepares to star in one of the most anticipated films of the year, Gladiator II, we look back at his journey from stage actor to blockbuster star, director and producer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com...

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The Forgotten Queen of Romance Novels feat. Casey McQuiston

November 12, 2024 • 42 mins

In 2024, romance – a genre once relegated to the back corners of bookstores – might just be saving the publishing industry. But while more and more readers are looking for love between their covers, few are reaching for titles by one of the first giants of the genre, Dame Barbara Cartland, author of over 600 romances, colloquially known as the “Queen of Romance,” and a favorite writer of Princess Diana. While her work has fallen ou...

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Who Owns History?

October 29, 2024 • 42 mins

In 2023, Anderson Cooper reported that a large number of antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection had come to the world-class museum by way of theft. Ancient art had been looted from Cambodian temples fifty years ago and the Cambodian Government wanted them back. But as Cooper discovered, returning the stolen goods was no simple matter – a lesson that another 60 Minutes correspondent had learned two decades prior....

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The Big Gamble: Sports Betting

October 22, 2024 • 42 mins

One of the biggest stories in sports may be happening off the field – and on betting apps. As 60 Minutes correspondent Jon Wertheim reported earlier this year, what was once done in the shadows is now as much a part of the spectator experience as hot dogs and foam fingers. Placing wagers on everything from point spreads to the color of gatorade bottles is now fully legal in most states. But the popularization of sports betting has ...

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The Original Silicon Valley Boys

October 15, 2024 • 41 mins

Before Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, there was Adam Osborne and Jerry Sanders. You may not be familiar with their names, but the brash business leaders of Silicon Valley of the early 1980s understood that technology had the capacity to change all of our lives. In this episode, we explore what they got right, what they got wrong, and how lessons learned from early Silicon Valley might help us learn how to navigate the advent of art...

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Princess Alice: First Daughter, First Influencer

October 8, 2024 • 33 mins

In the early 20th Century, there was no bigger celebrity than first daughter, Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. She captured the attention of the nation with care-free, hard-partying ways and eccentricities, like her habit of carrying around a pet snake. Songs were written about her and a color was even named in her honor. On top of that, she married a future Speaker of the House and had an enduring affair ...

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The JFK Assassination: Secret Service Agent #9

October 1, 2024 • 38 mins

Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace once said that, in all his years as a journalist, very few interviews stayed with him like his time with Clint Hill, a former U.S. Secret Service agent on duty the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. During that interview, Hill stunned Wallace -- and the nation -- by admitting he felt responsible for the president's death. Hill would later say it was the first time he had ev...

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From Saturday Night Live to Sunday with 60 Minutes

September 24, 2024 • 47 mins

Name a successful comedian of the last five decades and chances are, they got their start on Saturday Night Live -- under the direction of Lorne Michaels. As SNL enters its 50th season, we share never-before-heard audio from Lesley Stahl's 2004 interview with the show’s famously private creator and executive producer, who allowed 60 Minutes cameras unique behind-the-scenes access. Stahl also spoke with Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Set...

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When Lesley Stahl Met Taylor Swift

September 17, 2024 • 49 mins

Taylor Swift rarely grants journalists access to her life. But when she was just 21 years old, she invited 60 Minutes inside her home and on tour to see firsthand how she was revolutionizing the music business. Now, for the first time, we hear previously unreleased audio. While Lesley Stahl and a 60 Minutes team spent long days with Swift in both Nashville and Los Angeles, only thirteen minutes was broadcast on television. As we ta...

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Book Banning's Early Chapter

September 17, 2024 • 49 mins

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It’s Time for a Second Look

September 12, 2024 • 3 mins

When “60 Minutes” premiered in 1968, there was nothing like it on television. Now more than 50 years later, we’re taking you on a journey back in time, sharing rare archival treasures, including never-before-heard audio from the likes of Taylor Swift and Lorne Michaels. You’ll hear from a Secret Service agent who witnessed the Kennedy assassination and the President’s daughter who became one of the biggest “influencers” of her time...

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