60 Minutes: A Second Look

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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

From Saturday Night Live to Sunday with 60 Minutes

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 Seth Meyers as they pitched, wrote and rehearsed sketches up until 1...

Sep 24, 2024•44 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

When Lesley Stahl Met Taylor Swift

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 take a "second look," these conversations help us better understand...

Sep 17, 2024•46 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

Book Banning's Early Chapter

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 his latest reporting on book banning in 2024. See Privacy Policy at...

Sep 17, 2024•46 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast

It’s Time for a Second Look

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. From the battle over what’s taught in our schools to what the t...

Sep 12, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast