This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 24): By Design — A Weekend in New Orleans
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Hosted by Jane Pauley
ABBLASEN: "CBS Sunday Morning" theme song (Video)
World-famous French Quarter clarinetist Doreen Ketchens performs a unique New Orleans version of "Abblasen," the "CBS Sunday Morning" theme song.
COVER STORY: Welcome to New Orleans (Video)
Playwright and longtime resident Tennessee Williams counted New Orleans, known as a thriving hub for art, culture and cuisine, among America's top three cities. But NOLA has also faced its share of challenges — fires, wars, diseases, hurricanes and, most recently, a terrorist attack — and survived. Correspondent Lee Cowan shines a light on the city's rich history, and the resilience of the people who live there. [Originally broadcast May 18, 2025.]
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- Mona Lisa Saloy
- Red Beans and Ricely Yours
- Dooky Chase's Restaurant
- Robert Florence, New Orleans Historic Tours
- The Cabildo, A Louisiana State Museum
- New Orleans & Company
- St. Louis Cathedral
- Thahn Thahn restaurant
- Cafe Beignet
RIDE IN STYLE: New Orleans' iconic streetcars
By the 1960s, New Orleans had replaced nearly all of its streetcars with buses. And while the city reintroduced contemporary streetcars in recent decades, it also maintained a few originals. Michelle Miller talks with machinist Anthony Maggio, who shares how he and an army of craftsmen keep them running. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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- Terrance Osborne
- New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
- Thomas Built Buses
- "All on a Mardi Gras Day" by director Michal Pietrzyk
BEYOND GUMBO: Acclaimed New Orleans chefs inspired by dishes from childhood (Video)
Mo Rocca visits with award-winning New Orleans chefs who reached back into their childhood memories of cooking and culture: Nina Compton and her husband, Larry Miller, who explain the impact of St. Lucia on the menu at Compère Lapin; and chef Serigne Mbaye and his business partner Effie Richardson, who bring a Senegalese flavor to the food at Dakar NOLA. [First aired 5/18/25.]
For more info:
- "Kwéyòl / Creole" by Nina Compton
- Compere Lapin
- Dakar Nola (follow chef Serigne Mbaye on Instagram)
ARCHITECTURE: New Orleans' Longue Vue House and Gardens (Video)
|Host Jane Pauley visits Longue Vue House and Gardens, a 20th-century estate and architectural masterpiece designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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SUITING UP: The seersucker suit: A New Orleans fashion staple (Video)
Southern gentlemen know all about the beauty and coolness of the seersucker suit. Jamie Wax takes viewers on a trip through the sartorial side of New Orleans, from a historic men's clothing store to an iconic suit maker and, finally, to a fashionable NOLA party. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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DESIGNING OUTSIDE: Outdoor living: Turning homes inside-out (Video)
As the American backyard has evolved, outdoor living spaces have become a booming business. David Pogue talks with House Beautiful editor-in-chief Joanna Saltz about the trends, and visits a home with Foxterra Design founder Justin Fox to see just how some people are taking interior design outside. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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- New Orleans property featuring Jane Pauley on the porch
- Hyatt Hood - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
- Foxterra Design (on Instagram)
- House Beautiful (on Instagram)
HIDE AND SEEK: Creating secret rooms and hidden spaces (Video)
Nancy Giles goes in search of hidden rooms, and finds some of them in the most unexpected places. She talks with Steven Humble, founder of Creating Home Engineering, which specializes in building secret passageway doors and high-security panic rooms. She also talks with researcher April Tucholke, who says the phenomena of secret rooms goes back centuries. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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FLOWER POWER: The ancient art of Hawaiian lei-making (Video)
Hawaii is renowned for the ancient tradition of lei-making. But the future of the craft could be in peril, as flower farms disappear. Jonathan Vigliotti learns the history of making leis; attends the annual Lei Day Festival in Waikiki; and meets Island Boy founder Andrew Mau, who's reinventing what a lei can be. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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EASY DOES IT: Restoring the French Quarter's historic ironwork (Video)
A city known for its centuries-old ironwork needs an expert who can keep it looking like new. Michelle Miller meets Darryl Reeves, one of a handful of restoration blacksmiths still working in New Orleans, where vintage, wrought-iron pieces survive in the French Quarter. [First aired 5/18/25.]
For more info:
- Darryl Reeves
- New Orleans Master Crafts Guild
- Professor Richard Campanella
- Lower Pontalba Apartments
- "New Orleans Icons: Iron Lace" by Kit Wohl
ARCHITECTURE: New Orleans' Besthoff Sculpture Garden (Video)
Host Jane Pauley visits the Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Christian Bale's mission to keep foster siblings together (Video)
"Batman" actor Christian Bale is on a mission to help kids who could use a real-life superhero, by helping build Together California, a foster care home designed to keep orphaned siblings from being separated. He talks to correspondent Tracy Smith about his inspiration for the project. [First aired 5/18/25.]
EXTENDED INTERVIEW: Christian Bale (Video)
In this web exclusive, actor Christian Bale talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about the genesis of the organization he co-founded: Together California: A Village for Brothers and Sisters, a Palmdale, Calif.-based home for foster children dedicated to creating a stable environment for kids at risk by keeping foster siblings together.
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ANNIVERSARY: The Air Jordan turns 40 (Video)
The Air Jordan sneaker turns 40 this year. Luke Burbank traces the origins of the iconic shoe back to NBA legend Michael Jordan's first meeting with Nike, then a relatively small sneaker company in Oregon. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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WORLD: Italy's classic trulli houses (Video)
Nestled in the Itria Valley of Puglia, in southern Italy, traditional limestone huts with conical roofs are part of the landscape. Called trulli, the unique structures that traditionally housed farmers and livestock have become a beloved attraction, drawing tourists from around the globe. Seth Doane travels to Puglia to explore their past and present. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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MARDI GRAS: New Orleans artist and "beadmaster" Demond Melancon (Video)
Michelle Miller delves into the centuries-old Carnival tradition of Black Masking, and talks with artist Demond Melancon, who creates elaborate beaded suits as the Big Chief of the Young Seminole Hunters Black Masking Tribe. [First aired 5/18/25.]
For more info:
- Demond Melancon
- Black Street Museum
- The Historic New Orleans Collection
- African American Museum in Philadelphia
NATURE: Black-bellied whistling ducks in New Orleans (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday morning with Black-bellied whistling ducks, basking in the sun at the Audubon Park and Zoo in New Orleans. Videographer: Mike Hernandez. [First aired 5/18/25.]
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INSIDE LOOK: "CBS Sunday Morning" invited Architectural Digest to come inside the making of By Design: A Weekend in New Orleans.
- Inside Architectural Digest's 2025 Design Issue in New Orleans (on Instagram)
- Created by: Erin Kaplan, Jeremy Kohm, Chris Conti, Keleigh Nealon, and India Roby.
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TOURISM
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MARATHON: The charm of lighthouses (YouTube Video)
Enjoy these stories from the "Sunday Morning" archives about lighthouses and how they've served as both protectors for sailors, and muses for artists.
- Commercial photographer Susan Brown shoots lighthouses using infrared film (1991)
- The first lighthouses built on the U.S. coast, on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor (2006)
- How automation is making lighthouse keepers obsolete (1987)
- The effort to move Block Island's Southeast Lighthouse from the encroaching sea (1994)
- Photographer Chuck Feil takes pictures of lighthouses from the air (1998)
- The history of Cape Hatteras lighthouse in North Carolina (2007)
MARATHON: The marvels of Alaska (YouTube Video)
Explore the majesty of the 49th State with these entertaining stories from the "Sunday Morning" archives:
- Charles Osgood looks back on the 1867 purchase of Alaska (2008)
- A visit to the Gates of the Arctic National Park (2017)
- Surfing in the frigid waters off Yakutat, Alaska (2000)
- Luke Burbank on a grueling 750-mile boat race from Port Townsend, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska (2017)
- How WWII soldiers and laborers helped pave the way for Alaska's expansion (1992)
- Prince William Sound, five years after the Exxon Valdez disaster (1994)
- The World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska (2015)
- Raising sled dogs in Denali National Park (2016)
- Lee Cowan visits Whittier, Alaska, where nearly the entire population lives under the same roof (2021)
- The search for the remains of a U.S. Air Force crew lost in a plane crash on an Alaskan glacier in 1952 (2022)
- Humorist David Sedaris on the highlights of his trip to Alaska (2022)
- Conor Knighton takes a ride on the Alaska Railroad (2023)
- Nature: Northern Lights (2024)
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