This week on "Sunday Morning" (June 25)
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COVER STORY: A second Titanic tragedy: The failure of OceanGate's Titan | Watch Video
This week a submersible carrying five passengers to the site of the wreck of the Titanic disappeared in the North Atlantic. After finding debris at the bottom of the ocean, searchers announced that all five aboard perished in a catastrophic implosion. Correspondent David Pogue, who rode in the same underwater vehicle last year, reports on this latest disaster.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extended interviews with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush from 2022 talking Titan sub's design, carbon fiber hull, safety and more
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Watch David Pogue's November 2022 report on board OceanGate's Titan submersible
NATURE: The secret world of owls | Watch Video
When David Johnson was 11 years old, an eastern screech owl landed on the edge of his tent. He was captivated. Today, he's the director of the Global Owl Project, which researches the enigmatic bird and works to preserve owl habitat around the world. Correspondent Conor Knighton talks with Johnson; science writer Jennifer Ackerman, author of the book "What an Owl Knows"; and Andrew Wildbill, wildlife manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, whose dwindling owl population is being restored.
READ AN EXCERPT: "What an Owl Knows" by Jennifer Ackerman
For more info:
- Global Owl Project (Facebook)
- "What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds" by Jennifer Ackerman (Penguin Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Author Jennifer Ackerman
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
BOOKS: Tom Brokaw's "Never Give Up": A prairie family history | Watch Video
Tom Brokaw's latest book, "Never Give Up," is a loving tribute to his family who headed west after the Civil War, and to other hardworking people of the Plains States whose stoic outlook built America's Midwest. The former NBC newsman talks with "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley about his parents, how Brokaw himself found the origins of his own success in a tiny town in South Dakota, and how he has persisted against an incurable form of blood cancer.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Never Give Up" by Tom Brokaw
For more info:
- "Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story" by Tom Brokaw (Random House), in Hardcover, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
HEADLINES: Wagner uprising "most significant threat" Putin has faced (Video)
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports on the latest developments from Russia, where mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, hired to wage battle against Ukraine, called out Vladimir Putin's war machine for its lack of support, and threatened mutiny against the Russian military. Former Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan calls it the most significant threat yet to Putin's iron grip on power.
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Tony- and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick ("Fiddler on the Roof").
MUSIC: Paul Simon on his hearing loss, and performing live again: "I haven't given up hope" | Watch Video
Five years ago, Paul Simon said he was finished writing songs. But he couldn't stop; new music was coming to him in dreams. The songs became the basis of his latest album, "Seven Psalms." The 81-year-old Simon talks with correspondent Anthony Mason about the addictive nature of songwriting, and whether his hearing loss will mean the end of performing publicly.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Paul Simon's guitar show-and-tell
In this web exclusive, singer-songwriter Paul Simon shares with correspondent Anthony Mason some of the guitars from his collection, and puts them through their paces.
To listen to selections from Paul Simon's album "Seven Psalms," click on the video player below:
For more info:
- paulsimon.com
- "Seven Psalms" by Paul Simon
FOOD: The story of ice (Video)
Let's be clear: Ice is more than just frozen cubes of water. Correspondent Serena Altschul checks out how the quality of ice, in all shapes and varieties, is key to a cocktail. (This story was originally broadcast on November 20, 2022.)
For more info:
- Hundredweight Ice, Queens, N.Y.
- GE's Nugget Ice Makers
MOVIES: Rock Hudson: The public and private lives of a gay Hollywood idol | Watch Video
For nearly four decades as a star of films and TV, Rock Hudson was Hollywood's epitome of heterosexual desire. But he also led a secret life as a closeted gay man, and in 1985 became the first celebrity to die of AIDS. Correspondent Tracy Smith looks back on the public and private lives of Hudson, and talks with Stephen Kijak, director of the new HBO documentary "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed"; biographer Mark Griffin; and actress Linda Evans, who shared a romantic scene with Hudson on "Dynasty" at a time when some feared that a kiss could transmit HIV.
To watch a trailer for the HBO documentary "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed," click on the video player below:
For more info:
- "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed" debuts on HBO and streams on Max beginning June 28
- "All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson" by Mark Griffin (HarperCollins), in Trade Paperback, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
COMMENTARY: Fear-mongering and the rise in white nationalist violence | Watch Video
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery, author of "American Whitelash," discusses violent acts by aggrieved white supremacists against democracy, and how a new election cycle, and increasingly-hateful political rhetoric, may raise the stakes.
For more info:
- "American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress" by Wesley Lowery (Mariner Books), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available June 27 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- wesleyjlowery.com
MUSIC: The lyrical gifts of songwriter Lucinda Williams | Watch Video
Grammy-winning songwriter Lucinda Williams was a late-bloomer as a singer, blurring rock, country, folk and blues into such hit albums as "World Without Tears," "West" and "Little Honey." With a new memoir ("Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You"), and a new album ("Stories from a Rock 'n' Roll Heart"), 2023 is shaping up to be a big year for the 70-year-old, just three years after she'd suffered a stroke. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Williams about her recovery, and her hard-won, late-blooming success.
WEB EXTRA: Lucinda Williams performs "Lake Charles" (YouTube Video)
In this web exclusive, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams performs "Lake Charles" (from her 1998 album "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"). She also talks with CBS News' Lee Cowan about the songwriting process. Lucinda Williams: vocals Stuart Mathis: guitar, backing vocals Travis Stephens: guitar, backing vocals
WEB EXTRA: Lucinda Williams performs "Jukebox" (YouTube Video)
In this web exclusive Lucinda Williams talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about the rules she lives by as a songwriter, including a few she learned from her late father, poet Miller Williams. She also performs the song "Jukebox," from her new album, "Stories from a Rock 'n' Roll Heart." Lucinda Williams: vocals Stuart Mathis: guitar Travis Stephens: guitar, backing vocals
WEB EXTRA: Lucinda Williams performs "Fruits of My Labor" (YouTube Video)
In this web exclusive, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams performs "Fruits of My Labor" (from her 2003 album "World Without Tears") She also talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about her longevity, and reflects on a career now stretching toward its fifth decade. Lucinda Williams: vocals Stuart Mathis: guitar Travis Stephens: guitar
For more info:
- lucindawilliams.com
- "Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir" by Lucinda Williams (Crown), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Pre-order her album "Stories From a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" available June 30
- Troubadour, West Hollywood, Calif.
NATURE: Elephant seals in California (Extended Video)
We leave you this first summer Sunday with elephant seals enjoying a day at the beach in San Simeon, California. Videographer: Russell Nickerson.
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David Morgan
David Morgan is a senior editor at CBSNews.com and cbssundaymorning.com.