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Nature: White-throated bee-eaters

We leave you this Sunday with the vocals of the White-throated bee-eaters at Kruger National Park in South Africa. Videographer: Judith Lehmberg.

• Feb 2
• 02:16

Corky Lee's quest for "photographic justice"

Chinese-American activist Corky Lee was a self-taught photojournalist who chose a camera as his tool for social change, fighting for his deeply-held belief that America was at its best when it practiced diversity, equity and inclusion of all its peoples and communities.

• Feb 2

Corky Lee's quest for "photographic justice"

Corky Lee (1947-2021) was a Chinese-American activist and a self-taught photojournalist, who chose a camera as his tool for social change. His brother, John Lee, looks back on a life chronicling the Asian communities of America, fighting for Corky's deeply-held belief that America was at its best when it practiced diversity, equity and inclusion of all its peoples and communities.

• Feb 2
• 03:20

As bird flu ravages poultry industry, the damage spreads

After the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the U.S. in 2022, more than 148 million birds have been euthanized. What is the outbreak's potential impacts on humans, the poultry industry, egg prices, and U.S. exports?

• Feb 2

The impact from bird flu spreads

After H5N1, the current strain of bird flu, reached the United States in 2022, more than 148 million chickens, turkeys and other farm birds have been euthanized. Since last year, when the virus jumped from poultry and wild birds to mammals, the number of human cases rose to 67, with one death. Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at the outbreak's potential impacts on humans, the poultry industry, egg prices, and U.S. exports.

• Feb 2
• 05:12

Jesse Eisenberg on the bitter and sweet of "A Real Pain"

The actor-writer-director's latest film, a poignant comic-drama costarring Kieran Culkin, earned him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. But Jesse Eisenberg finds it difficult to not feel miserable.

• Feb 2

Extended interview: Jesse Eisenberg

In this extended conversation, actor-writer-director Jesse Eisenberg, nominated for an Academy Award for best original screenplay for "A Real Pain," talks about his journey as a writer; developing his acclaimed comic-drama about cousins visiting the homeland of their late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor; how acting helped him outgrow being a "miserable kid"; and living a life with one foot (or more) outside the entertainment industry.

• Feb 2
• 17:53

Jesse Eisenberg on the bitter and sweet of "A Real Pain"

Actor-writer-director Jesse Eisenberg's latest film, "A Real Pain" (a poignant comic-drama co-starring Kieran Culkin), earned him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Eisenberg about the origins of his story, about cousins visiting Poland and the home of their late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor; his difficulty with enjoying success; and how he found happiness far from the movie industry.

• Feb 2
• 08:07

Italy's 1000 Miglia road race, where the car is the star

Enzo Ferrari called the Mille Miglia, a thousand-mile auto race from Brescia, Italy, to Rome and back, "the most beautiful race in the world." And it's not just the scenery that's beautiful; it's also the vintage automobiles that are entered. This past year, more than 400 classic vehicles, restored and certified, were accepted. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with drivers participating in what may be the world's largest motor sport event and classic car show all in one.

• Feb 2
• 07:06

The deadliest week in U.S. aviation since Nov. 2001

On Friday night, a small medical jet carrying a young girl who'd just completed treatment at Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia was going home to Mexico when something went terribly wrong right after takeoff. The crash of the Learjet 55, which destroyed cars and starting buildings ablaze, came just days after the horrifying mid-air collision of an Army Blackhawk helicopter with an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on a week that brought an unparalleled period of aviation safety in the United States to an end.

• Feb 2
• 03:42

The pioneering Suzanne de Passe

A giant in the music and entertainment industry, the trailblazing record executive helped Motown find such talent as The Jackson 5, The Commodores, and Rick James. And at 78, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee is still listening for new stories to tell.

• Feb 2

Music industry legend Suzanne de Passe

Suzanne de Passe is a giant in the music and entertainment industry – a trailblazing record executive who helped Motown find such talent as the Jackson 5, the Commodores, and Rick James; an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (for "Lady Sings the Blues"); and a producer of the classic miniseries "Lonesome Dove." And at 78, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee tells correspondent Michelle Miller that she is still listening to her ear, and her gut, to find new stories to tell.

• Feb 2
• 07:53

New sounds: Check out these new musical instruments

The standard configuration of the symphony orchestra has remained mostly unchanged for the past century. But innovative artists continue to design new instruments to create sounds never before heard. Correspondent David Pogue attended the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Georgia Institute of Technology, where groundbreaking acoustic and electronic instruments were demonstrated.

• Feb 2
• 06:05

Making time for Christian Marclay's "The Clock"

The multimedia artist talks about his cinematic timepiece, a 24-hour film comprised of scenes from movies and TV that track the viewer's own experience of time, minute by minute, currently screening at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

• Feb 6

Making time for Christian Marclay's "The Clock"

Multimedia artist Christian Marclay became a contemporary art superstar with "The Clock," his 24-hour film comprised of scenes from movies and TV that track the viewer's own experience of time, minute by minute. He talks with correspondent Conor Knighton about his cinematic timepiece (currently screening at New York's Museum of Modern Art), and about his early years experimenting with "turntablism" in New York's underground DJ scene.

• Feb 2
• 05:15

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