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In 2020, Bill Whitaker reported on the Elfstedentocht, a 125-mile skating marathon across frozen canals through 11 cities, one of the Netherlands' greatest traditions that may not be held in the Netherlands again due to climate change.
In 2023, 60 Minutes' Jon Wertheim traveled to Australia and met Mason Cox, a Texas man who became an unlikely Australian rules football star.
In 1975, 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace spoke with Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who jumped onto JFK's limousine after the president was shot. Hill, who was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination, died Friday at the age of 93.
First a child star, then an accomplished actress, producer, director, and now host of her own show on CBS, Drew Barrymore spoke to Anderson Cooper in 2009 about her remarkable career.
Salman Rushdie came to terms with the attempt on his life the only way he knew: by writing about it in his book, "Knife." He detailed the experience in his first television interview following the attack, when he sat down with Anderson Cooper in 2024.
Bob Dylan tells 60 Minutes' Ed Bradley why he didn't like the name he was born with. In this expanded clip from the 2004 interview outtakes, the musician discusses some of the names he used before settling on Dylan.
In 2011, Bob Simon stepped back in time when he got rare access to some of the world's most ancient and secluded monasteries. The monks on Mount Athos follow ancient traditions that have remained virtually unchanged for a thousand years.
In 2006, Bob Simon traveled to Bangladesh, where thousands of low-paid workers — including children — were dismantling old ships for parts. Simon discovered appalling working conditions and toxic waste polluting the beaches
In 2008, Bob Simon reported on how the growing demand for bluefin tuna, highly coveted as the ultimate taste experience in sushi, was pushing fishermen to find new and more efficient ways to land this prized catch. Illegal fishing was rampant. One fisherman warned: "If we carry on like this, we are bound to catastrophe."
Bob Simon first met the Lost Boys of Sudan — a group of young men orphaned by civil war — in a Kenyan refugee camp in 2001. Their parents were killed, and their sisters were often sold into slavery. In 2013, after some had relocated to the United States, 60 Minutes caught up with them again.
