60 Minutes · SEASON 52
The Promise of Plasma, Spilling Across the Border, Perseverance
Episode 34 · 2020-05-31
- News
Episode overview
Until new drugs are found to treat COVID-19, one of the more effective treatments has been plasma therapy. Bill Whitaker reports on how doctors are taking the blood plasma of COVID-19 survivors, and the virus-fighting antibodies in it, to create the life-saving therapy; produced by Michael Karzis, Julie Holstein and Howard L. Rosenberg. Lesley Stahl reports on raw sewage that is entering Southern California’s coast lands and waters from Tijuana, Mexico, just over the border; produced by Shachar Bar-On and Natalie Peel. In the most ambitious Mars rover mission yet, NASA hopes to launch Perseverance this summer to find evidence of ancient life on the “Red Planet,” Anderson Cooper reports; Andy Court produces.
44 minutes
Season 52 episodes
1. The Impeachment Inquiry, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Great White2019-09-29
2. The Impeachment Debate, The Ranger and the Serial Killer, The Farmer’s Advocate2019-10-06
3. Hong Kong, Nadia, Psychedelic Science2019-10-13
4. Tree of Life, Madame Lagarde, The Columbus Letters2019-10-20
5. Joe Biden, The Emerald Triangle, Giant Panda2019-10-27
6. Maria Butina, The Battle of Brexit, The Wright Way2019-11-03
7. Jamie Dimon, Dimon in Detroit, Targeting the Truth2019-11-10
8. Red Flag, Into The Deep, The Youngest Refugees2019-11-17
9. The Russian Hack, Tania’s Story, Mind Reading2019-11-24
10. YouTube, Unsheltered, Built by Angels2019-12-01
11. Genetic Information Age; City On A Hill; The Sandman2019-12-08
12. A Central Ally, The Lost Music2019-12-15
13. Mark Bradford, The Pavarotti of Pasta, Built by Angels2019-12-22
14. Genetic Revolution, Psychedelic Science, A Radical Solution2019-12-29
15. Jeffrey Epstein, Antibiotics On The Farm, Shakira2020-01-05
16. Venice is Drowning, Joaquin Phoenix, Rafa2020-01-12
17. 60 Minutes Presents: Whitaker’s Wildlife Tour2020-01-19
18. Frontotemporal Dementia, Pleistocene Park, John Green2020-02-02
19. 60 Minutes Presents: Great Adventures2020-02-09
20. A Continent on Fire, The Server, West Side Story2020-02-16
21. Bernie Sanders, 298 Counts of Murder, Vision of Music2020-02-23
22. Michael Bloomberg | The Trial of a Navy SEAL | Array of Hope2020-03-01
23. COVID-19, Fiona Hill, Elfstedentocht2020-03-08
24. On the Frontline, Children of Flint, Kings of the Road2020-03-15
25. Stopping the Virus, The Economic Emergency, A Populist Movement2020-03-22
26. The Epicenter, Brené Brown, The African Basketball Trail2020-03-29
27. Critical Condition, Talking to the Past2020-04-05
28. Short Supply, Staying Well, The Resurrection of St. Nicholas2020-04-12
29. Life and Death, Feeding a Nation, The Crown Prince of Kabuki2020-04-19
30. On the Line, Outbreak Science, The Unseen Enemy2020-04-26
31. The Jobless, Where Did the Money Go?, The State of Texas2020-05-03
32. Pandemic Politics, Amazon, Ghost Guns2020-05-10
33. Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Whistleblower, The Reckoning2020-05-17
34. The Promise of Plasma, Spilling Across the Border, Perseverance2020-05-31
35. Nation in Crisis, A Long Siege, Failure to Protect2020-06-07
36. 60 Minutes Presents: The Lost Music2020-06-07
37. The College Test, Exhume the Truth, Three Empty Chairs2020-06-14
38. The Chief, The Opioid Playbook2020-06-21
39. Voting During the Pandemic, The Wild West of Testing, Probiotics2020-06-28
40. The Children of Flint, A Different Kind of Vision, Rafa2020-07-05
41. 298 Counts of Murder, The Monuments, West Side Story2020-07-12
42. Nadia, A Populist Movement, The Wright Way2020-07-19
43. Genetic Revolution, The Youngest Refugees, Vision of Music2020-07-26
44. The Emerald Triangle, The Columbus Letters, Built By Angels2020-08-02
45. Know My Name, Giant Panda2020-08-09
46. Psychedelic Science, Malta, Shakira2020-08-16
47. The Russian Hack, Kings of the Road, The Sandman2020-08-23
48. Red Flag, Talking To The Past2020-08-30
49. The Ranger and the Serial Killer, Mind Reading, The Resurrection of St. Nicholas2020-09-06
50. Mr. Woodward? The President, Spilling Across the Border, Joaquin Phoenix2020-09-13
