This week’s “Sunday Morning” hosted by Jane Pauley features Tony Dokoupil’s cover story on the van life – people making their homes on the open road in converted minivans or school buses. Plus: Serena Altschul interviews Annette Bening, a Tony Award nominee for “All My Sons”; Faith Salie looks at efforts to make more monuments to female historical figures; Martha Teichner talks with the conductor of the Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams; Conor Knighton hears the story of how an Iraq war veteran found music to be a source of healing; and Lee Cowan meets author Tim DeRoche, whose new novel, “The Ballad of Huck & Miguel,” tells the story of Huckleberry Finn with a modern-day twist. Source
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Nature: Bears Ears National Monument
“Sunday Morning” takes us to Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, named for a pair of buttes resembling, well, bears’ ears! Videographer: Scot Miller. Source
On Broadway: Annette Bening
Serena Altschul talks with actress Annette Bening, now a Tony nominee for her performance in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” Source
“The Ballad of Huck & Miguel”: A Huck Finn for today
In his new novel, “The Ballad of Huck & Miguel,” author Tim DeRoche reframes Mark Twain’s story of comradeship and child-like wonderment in a contemporary tale about boy-adventurer Huckleberry Finn and an undocumented Mexican immigrant rafting down the Los Angeles River. Lee Cowan reports. Source
Maestro Teddy Abrams, the Louisville Orchestra’s rock star
At 32, Teddy Abrams is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra in the United States, and he’s done what most orchestras are desperate to do: increased the audience, young and old. Martha Teichner reports. Source
Annette Bening on “All My Sons”
The actress, a Tony nominee for the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s classic drama, has an emotional connection to its story of a family’s loss during World War II Source
Transcript: Beto O’Rourke on “Face the Nation”
The following is a transcript of the interview with presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke that aired Sunday, May 26, 2019, on “Face the Nation” Source
Scott Pelley on “We the People” and the flag that unites us
“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley says Americans can only sustain a democracy when divisions do not recklessly tug at the threads holding us together. Source
The War and Treaty: Songs of healing
Among the songs performed by the duo of Michael and Tanya Trotter are those he wrote while serving in the Army in Iraq, as tributes to fallen comrades Source
The War and Treaty: Healing songs
As the duo The War and Treaty, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter sing some of the songs Michael wrote while serving in the Army in Iraq as tributes to fallen comrades – songs they now perform in concerts across the country and in their debut album, “Healing Tide.” Conor Knighton reports. Source