This week’s ‘Sunday Morning’ (December 1)

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Host: Jane Pauley

Cover Story: Ted Turner’s Conservation: A Carefully Curated “Heaven on Earth”
One of America’s largest landowners, media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner, has spent decades restoring struggling species such as the American bison and rebuilding biodiversity on 2 million acres of land. Now Turner is opening up some of his land to visitors, creating a private national park system almost overnight. Reporter Lee Co-wan reports.

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Almanac: December 1
‘Sunday Morning’ looks back on the historical events of that day.

Author: Tom Colicchio on “Why I Cook”
Chef, restaurateur and TV cooking judge Tom Colicchio learned to be himself amid the chaos of the kitchen. The author of the new cookbook memoir Why I Cook joins CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil about his journey from middle-class New Jersey to elite restaurants in New York and Las Vegas and deep into the world. Substance abuse reaching the pinnacle of fine dining.

recipe: Possibly the best grilled cheese by Tom Colicchio.

recipe: Tom Colicchio’s Skirt Steak

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HARTMAN: A special honor for a beloved Missouri school administrator.
When residents of Swedeborg, Missouri decided to name their elementary school building, they all knew it had to be named after someone truly special. Correspondent Steve Hartman speaks with the woman the school board unanimously selected for this honor.

Broadcast: Elvis Duran talks about the magic of radio and the special connection he feels with listeners.
Since 1996, New York City disc jockey Elvis Duran has hosted America’s most popular Top 40 morning program, “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.” He talks to correspondent Mo Rocca about growing up fascinated by radio in Texas and becoming friends with “this voice in the dark.” how radio has changed over the years; And how being in Santa Fe, New Mexico changed him.

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Passage: In commemoration
‘Sunday Morning’ remembers some notable people who passed away this week.

History: The Lynching of Emmett Till and the Evil Hidden in Plain Sight
Fifth-generation Mississippi Delta cotton grower Wright Thompson’s new book, “The Barn,” examines the infamous site where 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. Correspondent Jim Axelrod speaks with Thompson about injustice and shining a light on Mississippi Delta culture. Thompson spent decades trying to stamp out horrific crimes. We visit the still-standing barn where Till was beaten to death.

Read the excerpt: “Barn: The Secret History of Murder in Mississippi” (Wright Thompson)
The author’s New York Times bestseller explores the culture of silence that enveloped the Mississippi Delta in the wake of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till.

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COMMENTARY: Jane Fonda has the secret to aging well.
A Yale study found that older adults with more positive beliefs about aging lived an average of 7.5 years longer than those who equated aging with disease and decline. Actress and activist Jane Fonda and anti-age discrimination activist Ashton Applewhite give ‘Sunday Morning’ viewers the key to living longer by maintaining a better outlook.

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Movie: Selena Gomez on why she’s “the happiest she’s ever been”
Selena Gomez, 32, is an accomplished actress (including in the new film Emilia Perez), a successful singer-songwriter, a billionaire businesswoman, and a philanthropist. But her most courageous act may have been sharing herself. She talks to correspondent Tracy Smith about her mother’s inspiration. his relationships with his “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short; “One of the most powerful things you can do is be vulnerable,” she said in the documentary “My Heart and Me,” in which she opened up about her health issues and bipolar diagnosis.

Click the video player below to watch the trailer for “Emilia Pérez.”

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Commentary: Jim Gaffigan on adjusting to new reality: “How did this happen?!?”
Comedian Jim Gaffigan says he’s trying to come to terms with recent events that have left him feeling blindsided and wanting to curl up and mop. But he admits that the world keeps spinning, even if it’s not what he wants.

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The World: On Chancellor Angela Merkel, Putin, Trump, and a still-divided post-Cold War world.
Angela Merkel grew up in East Germany, a police state ruled by the Communist Party, and served as German Chancellor for 16 years, becoming the most powerful woman in the world while dealing with the most powerful men. She talks with correspondent Mark Philips about her new book, “Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021.” Former US President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin; And it talks about the state of the world after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Read the excerpt: Angela Merkel’s “Freedom: A Memoir 1954-2021”
Former German Chancellor writes about two lives. His childhood growing up under the dictatorship of East Germany and his years as leader of a reunited nation after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Personality: TBC

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Marathon: Stories to Be Thankful for Steve Hartman (YouTube video)
Enjoy over an hour of Steve Hartman’s “Sunday Morning” stories that will make you laugh and cry.

Marathon: Wild Turkey (YouTube video)
Celebrate Thanksgiving with wild turkeys that have been captured on camera across the country for years.

Culinary Arts in History (YouTube Video)
Enjoy a classic “Sunday Morning” feature where the worlds of art and food dramatically collide.

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