Robert Redford: An appreciation

Lee Cowan looks back on the actor, director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, who died this past week at age 89. [Watch our interviews with Redford from 1994, 2006 and 2018.]

• Sep 21

Robert Redford: An appreciation

Lee Cowan looks back on the actor, director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, who died this past week at age 89.

• Sep 21
• 03:56

Dwayne Johnson on tackling a dramatic role in "The Smashing Machine"

The action movie star, who tapped into some childhood trauma to play mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr in his new film, reveals that he told costar Emily Blunt and director Benny Safdie he was scared to take on the dramatic role.

• Sep 21

Extended interview: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

In this web exclusive, the actor and former wrestler talks with Tracy Smith about his new film, "The Smashing Machine."

• Sep 21
• 40:42

Dwayne Johnson on "The Smashing Machine"

Action movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says he tapped into some childhood trauma to play mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr in the new film "The Smashing Machine." He reveals to Tracy Smith that he told costar Emily Blunt and director Benny Safdie he was scared to take on the role, and talks about where he finds peace nowadays: his own fishing hole.

• Sep 21
• 08:09

Brown v. Board of Education: Ending the "separate but equal" doctrine

In December 1953, attorney Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court against racial segregation, leading to a landmark court ruling.

• Sep 21

These United States: Brown v. Board of Education

In December 1953, Thurgood Marshall, an attorney who headed the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that racial segregation in America was an attempt to keep the formerly enslaved in "as near that stage as is possible." Bill Whitaker reports on how a long-standing legal doctrine was ended.

• Sep 21
• 02:53

Nature webcams that "soothe the soul"

This summer, as salmon swimming up the Katmai National Park's Brooks Falls became an all-you-can-eat buffet for bears, more than 15 million people watched via explore.org, which runs live-streaming webcams in nature settings around the world. Conor Knighton talks with the site's founder Charlie Annenberg Weingarten, who says the portals into nature provide viewers with an "antidote to stress."

• Sep 21
• 05:23

Almanac: September 21

"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.

• Sep 21
• 00:55

An artist's remarkable new vision for St. Patrick's Cathedral

When asked to create a mural for the entrance of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, Adam Cvijanovic depicted a celestial apparition that points both to the Church's history and to America's tradition of immigration.

• Sep 21

An artist's remarkable new vision for St. Patrick's Cathedral

When asked to create a mural for the entrance of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, artist Adam Cvijanovic depicted a celestial apparition that points both to the Church's history and to America's tradition of immigration. Mo Rocca talks with Cvijanovic, and with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, about a mural that asks us to treat everyone with decency and respect.

• Sep 21
• 07:28

From the archives: Sonny Curtis – from Buddy Holly to Mary Tyler Moore

Musician and songwriter Sonny Curtis, who was an early bandmate of Buddy Holly, and who penned "Love Is All Around" (the theme song of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), died on Sept. 19, 2025 at age 88. In this Jan. 9, 2022 "Sunday Morning" profile, Mo Rocca talked with Curtis about a career during which he truly made it after all.

• Jan 9, 2022
• 09:04

Book excerpt: "Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis" by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

In her new memoir, the widow of Elvis Presley writes of what she lost when she divorced the King, and how she found herself – as a single mother, businesswoman and actress.

• Sep 21

This week on "Sunday Morning" (Sept. 21)

A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.

• Sep 21

From the archives: Olive Garden reviewer Marilyn Hagerty

Grand Forks, N.D. restaurant critic Marilyn Hagerty, who died Sept. 16, 2025 at age 99, went viral in 2012 when she wrote a glowing review of the local Olive Garden, which led to internet fame and a book deal with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. In this Jan. 19, 2014 "Sunday Morning" report, she spoke with Bill Geist about becoming an online sensation in her mid-80s.

• Jan 19, 2014
• 05:11

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