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In the mid-1970s inflation was so high, President Gerald Ford referred to it as "public enemy #1." To combat inflation that had risen to 12%, he instituted a slogan, "Whip Inflation Now," created by a Madison Avenue ad agency as a rallying cry for the American people. Correspondent Mo Rocca looks back on an idea whose detractors regarded as "unbelievable stupidity."

Staircases grand and modest are finished with a finial, a largely decorative element also known as a Newel post cap, the same as George Bailey repeatedly grabs a hold of in "It's a Wonderful Life."

Mo Rocca looks back at the beloved entertainer, whose utterly sincere songs about Colorado and nature made him one of the biggest stars of his era, before his death 25 years ago this week.

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By her temperament, and her reassuring presence in the lives of her subjects, Queen Elizabeth II was the very model of a modern monarch. Tina Brown talks about the Queen's mystique, and how Her Majesty evoked history and familiarity in a turbulent world.

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With her sultry voice and precise stagecraft, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, known for hits like "Is That All There Is" and "Fever," exerted an alluring command over her audience as a writer-vocalist of jazz, pop and torch songs.

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The journalist and editor's latest book chronicles the last quarter-century of the monarchy, one of the most difficult and at times scandalous periods in its history.

The New York Times columnist examines the myriad takes about Will Smith's physical and verbal confrontation against comedian Chris Rock during the Academy Awards broadcast.

Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and writer-director James Lapine connect the dots of how the classic Stephen Sondheim musical "Sunday in the Park with George" - inspired by a pointillist painting - broke new ground on Broadway.

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The Biblical tale of overcoming a seemingly insurmountable adversary is evoked by Zelensky's defiant stand against Putin, whose military is attempting to crush his neighboring country.

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No survey of worst presidents would be complete without our 14th, whose amiability and good looks were offset by his support for the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which led to clashes between pro- and anti-slavery forces, presaging the Civil War.

With her sultry voice and precise stagecraft, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, known for hits like "Is That All There Is" and "Fever," exerted an alluring command over her audience - an unrivaled writer-vocalist of jazz, pop and torch songs.

The two-time Tony Award-winner has played characters who are sophisticated, smart and savvy. She now stars in "The Good Fight," and a new series, "The Gilded Age," from the creator of "Downtown Abbey."

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His music dates back to the birth of rock 'n' roll, as an early bandmate of Buddy Holly, and the writer of such classic songs as "I Fought the Law." But Sonny Curtis' most memorable composition may be a TV theme song that turned the world on with a smile.

His music dates back to the birth of rock 'n' roll, as an early bandmate of Buddy Holly, and as the writer of such classic songs as "I Fought the Law" and "Walk Right Back." But Sonny Curtis' most memorable composition may be "Love Is All Around," his theme song for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with the disarmingly humble Rock and Roll Hall of Famer about a career during which he truly made it after all.

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He was a composer of extraordinary gifts, but he had to overcome a lifetime of maladies – including hearing loss – to compose his masterwork: the Ninth Symphony, with its optimistic final movement.

Most writers write; Fran Lebowitz talks. The opinionated essayist and raconteur discusses the reaction of her parents to her outspoken manner; why she still smokes; and her thoughts on gay marriage.

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For much of the 20th century the Automat was a destination restaurant – a gleaming, coin-operated self-service eatery, whose chrome doors opened to reveal comfort foods to match Mom's cooking. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Lisa Hurwitz, director of a nostalgic new documentary about Horn & Hardart's chain of cafeterias; and with Broadway star Chita Rivera, who fondly remembers her days as a dance student, when the Automat was a home away from home.

Douglas Carter Beane's comic romp mixes the stories and messages of fairytales (such as Cinderella and Pinocchio) with Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream."

It's not just tennis players that display their athleticism at the U.S. Open; tennis ball persons, who retrieve balls during play, must train for an intense, physically-demanding job that can also be treacherous, as Mo Rocca found out.

The big, bountiful blooms are abundant on Cape Cod, and available in hundreds of varieties. Mo Rocca tiptoes through the hydrangeas, and talks with aficionados to learn the secrets to growing these showy summer shrubs.

The nonagenarian jazz singer wasn't about to let a pesky pandemic prevent her from doing what she was put on this Earth to do: sing the Great American Songbook.

Since 2003, the non-profit Old Friends has provided a retirement home for aging equines, founded by a former film critic whose love of horses drew him to gamble on a new vocation, which is paying out in unexpected ways.

BENTON HARBOR, MI — A wide variety of speakers are coming to Lake Michigan College, including actor and director Henry Winkler, NPR broadcaster Mo Rocca and “science guy” Bill Nye. The announcement of a seven-speaker lineup for the season marks the planned return of in-person events for the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series hosted by The Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College. “Two of the three final speakers from last season – Brian Skerry and Henry Winkler – rejoin our slate of guests,” Nadolski said. Those who are 2019-20 Speakers Series members have the first opportunity to purchase season memberships beginning May 5. • 3+ speaker membership level• 5+ speaker membership levelAll Speaker Series memberships also include Mendel Center Mainstage Performance Series member benefits, including ticket discounts and pre-sale opportunities.

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"Sunday Morning" Full Episode 3/28 Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Seth Doane meets a Catholic priest who is breaking the silence of gay clergy in the church. Plus: Tracy Smith sits down with Leslie Odom Jr., a double-Oscar-nominee for "One Night in Miami"; Nancy Cordes profiles Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth; Mo Rocca chats with actress Brenda Vaccaro; John Blackstone looks back to 1974 when Los Angeles became the center of the pop culture universe; Erin Moriarty examines cancel culture and reappraising the art of controversial artists; and Nancy Giles tucks into the history and medicinal properties of chicken soup.

"Sunday Morning" Full Episode 3/14 Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Susan Spencer reports on how the pandemic has worsened sleep quality for many Americans. Plus: Holly Williams examines the power and influence of British tabloid newspapers covering the royal family; Melissa & Doug co-founder Melissa Bernstein talks with David Pogue about how she overcame a crippling lifelong depression; Mo Rocca looks at the life of first lady and White House diarist Lady Bird Johnson; Seth Doane meets Grammy-nominee Michael Kiwanuka; Kelefa Sanneh explores the online music battle series Verzuz; Rita Braver interviews the makers of the acclaimed documentary about disability rights activists, "Crip Camp"; and Conor Knighton visits a school in Oregon where classes are held in a forest.

In 1993 Lady Bird Johnson, widow of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, welcomed "Sunday Morning"'s Charles Kuralt to the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas, where they talked about the former first lady's legacy. Lady Bird Johnson in 1993. Lady Bird Johnson kept a meticulous audio diary throughout the Lyndon B. Johnson presidency. Sweig said, "LBJ asked Lady Bird to write out the pros and cons for him of running or not running." READ AN EXCERPT: "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight"Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Julia Sweig's "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight," narrated by Kirsten Potter:For more info:Story produced by Jay Kernis.

Lady Bird Johnson, first lady and diarist In her new book, "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight," author Julia Sweig uncovers the first lady's surprisingly powerful role in her husband President Lyndon B. Johnson's life and political career. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Sweig, and also with one of Lady Bird's daughters, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, and granddaughters, Lucinda Robb, about the woman who was the consummate political insider, an environmentalist, and an audio diarist who documented every moment of LBJ's presidency – recording history as she was helping make it.

Sunday Profile: LeVar Burton When LeVar Burton switched his career ambitions from the seminary to the stage, his first audition was for the TV miniseries “Roots,” which brought him instant fame as the enslaved Kunta Kinte. Since then the actor became renowned for his role in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and as host of the PBS literacy series “Reading Rainbow.” Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Burton about the broad sweep of his career, including his podcast, “LeVar Burton Reads.”

"Sunday Morning" Full Episode 2/28 Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Serena Altschul talks with experts about the dangers of avalanches. Plus: Lee Cowan looks at the enduring popularity of the late TV painting instructor Bob Ross; Mo Rocca interviews actor LeVar Burton; Nancy Giles harmonizes with Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., founding members of The 5th Dimension; Tracy Smith talks with actress Ellen Pompeo about the future of "Grey's Anatomy"; Erin Moriarty investigates allegations of sexual harassment by former female employees of McDonald’s and its franchisees; and Jim Gaffigan ponders the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus lockdown.

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Mo Rocca with lively thoughts about our deceased presidents This Presidents Day Weekend, the "Sunday Morning" presidential scholar-in-residence discusses his visits to the final resting places of our former chief executives.

For over 50 years, "A Mike Nichols Film" became something of a promise that we were about to see ourselves at our best, at our worst, and at all those complicated, all-too-human places in-between. Penguin PressHis tale began improbably: "Mike Nichols' life story is the story of someone who started with the odds pretty well stacked against him," said Harris. Mike Nichols had flops … more than a few … but the theater always welcomed him back. When he was 56, Mike Nichols married for the fourth time, to journalist Diane Sawyer. READ AN EXCERPT: "Mike Nichols: A Life" by Mark HarrisIn this excerpt the director searches for the perfect actor to star in his groundbreaking 1967 film, "The Graduate."

The improbable life of Mike Nichols Director and comedian Mike Nichols arrived in the U.S. as a child refugee from Nazi Germany, and he went on to become a Tony- and Oscar-winning master of both stage and screen, with such classics as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "The Graduate," and "Silkwood." Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with biographer Mark Harris and actress Candice Bergen about Nichols, the outsider who became a Hollywood and Broadway A-Lister, mining real life for comedic and dramatic gold.

"Sunday Morning" Full Episode 1/31 Guest host: Mo Rocca. In our cover story, Susan Spencer meets a pioneer in the study of stroke recovery. Plus: David Pogue explains the GameStop stock battle pitting Wall Street hedge funds against day traders; Rocca talks with Mark Harris, author of a new biography of director Mike Nichols; Holly Williams profiles actor and Negroni-mixer Stanley Tucci; Tracy Smith talks with Andra Day and Lee Daniels, star and director of a new film about legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday; and Martha Teichner tells the story behind her new book, "When Harry Met Minnie," a true tale of puppy love and friendship.

Correspondent David Pogue breaks down this complex controversy and examines the anti-Wall Street culture that has prompted calls to revise stock trading rules. For more info:The Emmy Award-winning "CBS Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. Find out when "Sunday Morning" airs in your city"Sunday Morning" also streams on CBSN beginning at 9:00 a.m. Full episodes of "Sunday Morning" are now available to watch on demand on CBSNews.com, CBS.com and CBS All Access, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. You can also download the free "Sunday Morning" audio podcast at iTunes and at Play.it.

Charles Curtis, the first Native American vice president Elected in 1928, Charles Curtis became the first, and only, Native American Vice President of the United States. After being raised among the Kaw Tribe in Kansas, he stayed in Topeka to live with his White father's family. His professional and political rise (from lawyer, to Congressman and Senator, to Herbert Hoover's running mate) was swift and compelling. Correspondent Mo Rocca looks back at the incredible life of Curtis, and the not-always-positive impact he had on Native American peoples.

It's a harmless, almost funny-sounding term to describe the two-and-a-half-month stretch between the general election and an outgoing president's departure: "Lame duck." "Lame duck, I gather, goes back to a time when they were British businessmen who had become bankrupt," said presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. The lame duck label migrated to American politics; it was used to describe outgoing President Calvin Coolidge. But as Goodwin points out, a lame duck still has wings. Kevin Lamarque/ReutersThis presidential transition period has been bereft of all these rituals.

"Lame ducks": A history of presidential transitions Once the electorate has voted them out, what have politicians accomplished as they linger in office? And how was the term "lame duck" coined? Correspondent Mo Rocca looks at America's time-honored practice of peaceably handing over the reins of presidential power.

"Sunday Morning" Full Episode 1/10 Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Lee Cowan looks back at this week's tumultuous events in Washington, D.C. Plus: Martha Teichner presents a history of the U.S. Capitol Building; David Martin reviews the security response to Wednesday's attack on the Capitol; Mo Rocca explores the traditions of presidential transitions; Dr. Jon LaPook visits with his father-in-law, legendary TV producer Norman Lear; Rita Braver celebrates the 100th anniversary of Scholastic Publications; and contributor Josh Seftel and his mother, Pat, discuss trying to make an appointment online for a COVID vaccination.

"You're teaching a course on world religions, but are you also kind of secretly teaching about kindness?" McIntyre is just one crusader of kindness featured in a new documentary, "The Antidote," on Amazon Prime. Asked to define kindness, De'amon Harges, a community organizer with Indianapolis' Broadway United Methodist Church, said, "The first real cornerstone is love thy neighbor." Rocca said, "I think a lot of the time when people hear the word 'kindness,' it's lost a lot of its power. Just saying hello to somebody, rather than ignoring them, is really, really powerful."

The passage of a milestone 100,000 lives lost due to the coronavirus in the United States has brought attention to how news organizations are trying to tell the stories behind the numbers. Yet since the pandemic started, the nation's obituary writers have tried to tell the world about Lopez, Morgan and thousands like them, to make clear there's a life behind every number. The Times was well-prepared to deal with the lives of the famous and accomplished. Its the one area, sadly, of advertising thats booming, says Los Angeles Times obituaries editor Steve Marble. Rocca said that the current crisis might mark a resurgence in interest about obituaries and finding out about people's lives.