Episode 53
GOOD NEWS – David Pogue looks at some of the good news and positive developments that emerged worldwide in 2023.
MIDEAST – Imtiaz Tyab reports from Jerusalem on the war between Israel and Hamas and what's ahead as the conflict heads into the new year.
RESOLVED – Mo Rocca explores the issue of New Year's resolutions and the people we'd all become if we only stuck to those all-too-easy-to-make promises.
UKRAINE – Holly Williams reports on the war in Ukraine, which in February will mark three years since it started, and the resolve of Ukrainians to fight on.
HAIL AND FAREWELL – Lee Cowan looks back on the lives of those we lost in 2023.
TITAN – David Pogue looks back on his ride on the Titan submersible and how the implosion of the vehicle on a subsequent trip, killing all aboard, became an international story.
NEWTON MINNOW – Jane Pauley notes the passing of former FCC chairman Newton Minnow, an outspoken critic of commercialism on television.
COMMENTARY – Historian Douglas Brinkley has thoughts about endangered species and how a 50-year-old law protects them.
COMMENTARY – Anderson Cooper of 60 MINUTES shares some thoughts on living with grief, which is also the subject of his podcast, "All There Is."
COMMENTARY – Jim Gaffigan weighs in on the loss of a great American.
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