Living with COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is the nation's third-biggest killer, after heart disease and cancer. About 150,000 Americans die of COPD each year. Among women, it is more deadly than breast and ovarian cancers combined. "Sunday Morning" Senior Contributor Ted Koppel interviews his wife, Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, who was given only a few years to live when she was diagnosed with COPD 16 years ago. Today, the couple advocates for more research into prevention and treatment, which lags far behind what is devoted to other diseases.

• Nov 26, 2017
• 12:33

How Ted Turner might run CNN today

In this preview of an interview to air on "Sunday Morning" September 30, CNN founder Ted Turner talks with Ted Koppel about his view of the cable news network today.

• Sep 28, 2018
• 01:09

A poem by Ted Koppel

"Sunday Morning" is treated to an ode by our Special Contributor Ted Koppel.

• Jan 27, 2019
• 02:11

South Carolina newspapers evolve a new paradigm to survive

In South Carolina in 2020, ten local newspapers folded their print editions, and those that remain are often shoestring operations. But some papers are bucking the trend, either by hiring staff, or collaborating with other papers to expand their coverage and investigate corruption in local governments. And readers are supporting them for providing news they can't get anywhere else. "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel looks at how journalists are maintaining small-town papers at a time when industry trends are pessimistic.

• Jul 2, 2023
• 10:24

Jazz clarinetist Doreen Ketchens plays her dream gig

Doreen Ketchens is an institution in New Orleans, where the jazz musician performs at the intersection of Royal Street and St. Peter, affectionately known as "Doreen's Corner." When "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel interviewed Ketchens in 2022, she stated her dream was to play the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. This month she got her wish, and "Sunday Morning" was there.

• May 28, 2023
• 06:46

Henry Kissinger at 100

The former Secretary of State, long an adviser to presidents and architect of U.S. foreign policy positions, is reaching a milestone birthday this month. Henry Kissinger talks with "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel about today's global tensions; the hazards that artificial intelligence poses in crisis situations; and his response to critics about his record on war and peace.

• May 7, 2023
• 11:02

In Baltimore, changing minds, and saving lives

In Baltimore, where gun violence claims the lives of hundreds each year, what is missing from so many young men is a solid foundation. The youth workers behind a program called Roca (Spanish for rock) aim to provide that grounding, by teaching alternative ways to handling the stresses of life in a challenging environment. As one Roca participant, a former drug dealer, tells "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel, "I came a long way, from nothing to something now."

• Feb 26, 2023
• 12:58

Colleagues remember Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters, the longtime NBC and ABC journalist who became the first woman to anchor a network TV evening news broadcast, died Friday at age 93. Three friends and colleagues – "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley, and former ABC News veterans Ted Koppel and Sam Donaldson – sit down to reminisce about Walters' stellar career: the interviews, the successes, and the competitiveness.

• Jan 1, 2023
• 09:47

Norman Lear on laughing at what ails America

TV legend Norman Lear, whose credits include such hit series as "All in the Family" and "Maude," always managed to make audiences laugh about dangerous topics: Racism, sexism, bigotry, homophobia. And today, at age 100, he's determined to find out if we'll still laugh together. He sits down with "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel to discuss his upcoming projects, including a possible remake of one of the most controversial sitcom episodes of all time.

• Oct 16, 2022
• 07:16

Trade secrets

Not everyone is interested in a white collar job or college degree (or in racking up student loan debt). "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel meets plumbers and apprentices about their chosen profession, who talk about their work and why it's stigmatized by others.

• Oct 16, 2022
• 06:26

The enduring popularity of "Tuesdays with Morrie"

After sportswriter Mitch Albom reconnected with retired university professor Morrie Schwartz, who was dying of ALS (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease), their weekly conversations became the basis of Albom's bestselling "Tuesdays with Morrie." Twenty-five years after the book's publication, "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel talks with Albom about how its examination of impending death turned his life inside-out.

• Sep 25, 2022
• 08:04

Making the American Dream of home ownership possible

A program organized more than 40 years ago by local churches in East Brooklyn and the Industrial Areas Foundation to build a community within a destitute neighborhood – where no one would wish to drive through, let alone live – has since enabled first-time homeowners to build equity, and hope for the future, as the homes have become, literally, the foundation of community development. And the forces behind the Nehemiah housing project have never stopped, expanding to cities around the nation, where they have built 6,500 homes. "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel reports.

• Sep 11, 2022
• 09:07

Mikhail Gorbachev on the last days of the Soviet Union

In December 1991 Ted Koppel interviewed the Soviet President at the Kremlin as the USSR ceased to exist. The man who oversaw the dissolution of a Cold War superpower (who died this week at age 91) offered a Russian fable to help explain his country's fate.

• Sep 4, 2022
• 05:03

Fans return to Mayberry, a town that never was

Andy Griffith was born and raised in Mount Airy, North Carolina, a community that was the inspiration for Mayberry in the classic comedy "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spinoff, "Mayberry, R.F.D." Now, Mount Airy has reinvented itself as a destination for fans who come by the hundreds of thousands each year. Senior contributing correspondent Ted Koppel visits Mount Airy to find out what attracts so many nostalgic for a show created more than 50 years ago. (This story was originally broadcast September 19, 2021.)

• Aug 14, 2022
• 13:13

A visit to Andy Griffith's "Mayberry," a town that never was

Mount Airy, N.C., the inspiration for Mayberry in the 1960s comedy "The Andy Griffith Show," has reinvented itself as a destination for hundreds of thousands of fans of the show who visit each year – nostalgic for a town that never really existed.

• Aug 14, 2022

Confronting Putin: What can Americans expect?

No one can possibly know for sure what Russia's leader Vladimir Putin – who has launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine – may do next. But how might Americans be forced to sacrifice in hopes of saving Ukraine's fragile young democracy? And will Putin's weapons of warfare (cyber or nuclear) target the U.S. and the West? "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel talks with Russia experts Fiona Hill and Nina Khrushcheva (great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev), retired Gen. Keith Alexander, and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.

• Mar 6, 2022
• 09:48

Preserving jazz in the Big Easy

In good times and bad, New Orleans musicians have been schooled in a unique culture, one severely hit by the pandemic, when the Big Easy's streets were unnaturally quiet and empty, and players moved online. But the music, and the joy, persists.

• Jan 30, 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci: "I didn't create political divisiveness"

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases talks about political and social media attacks on him and his work, and on the current state of our nation's response to COVID-19: "We are in the middle of a war against a virus."

• Nov 14, 2021

A trip to the original "Mayberry"

Mount Airy, N.C., the inspiration for Mayberry in the 1960s comedy "The Andy Griffith Show," has reinvented itself as a destination for hundreds of thousands of fans of the show who visit each year – nostalgic for a town that never really existed.

• Sep 19, 2021

Gun violence: America's other epidemic

As young people with weapons perpetuate cycles of violence and retaliation. officials and advocates in Baltimore are working to stop the contagion of violence.

• Aug 29, 2021

Views from behind the badge: Rebuilding the public's trust in the police

Officers from across the country offer a street-level perspective of the issues they face (from anti-police sentiment to the price paid by all officers for the actions of bad cops), and how they are working to strengthen community ties.

• Jun 6, 2021

The unapologetic Ben Crump

The civil rights lawyer who has sought justice for victims of police brutality and civil rights abuses talks about his pursuit of justice against what he calls "legalized genocide," and his battle against the "enemies of equality."

• May 16, 2021

Koppels raise awareness for COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the nation's third biggest killer after heart disease and cancer. About 150,000 Americans die of COPD each year. Among women, it is more deadly than breast and ovarian cancers combined. Ted Koppel focuses on the disease for a report next weekend on CBS "Sunday Morning." His wife, Grace Anne, was given only a few years to live when she was diagnosed 16 years ago. The Koppels join "CBS This Morning" to discuss why they're advocating for more research into prevention and treatment.

• Nov 20, 2017
• 06:11

Cancel culture, a new wedge issue

Pillorying targets on social media serves the outrage of both the left and the right, and it's not going away. Senior contributor Ted Koppel explores what it means for our politics and our society.

• May 2, 2021

Ted Koppel interviews Trump

"Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss Donald Trump's acceptance speech and preview his interview with the Republican nominee. Watch the full interview this weekend on "Sunday Morning."

• Jul 22, 2016
• 03:45

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