This week on “Sunday Morning” (December 1)

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Presented by Jane Pauley

COVER STORY: Ted Turner’s Nature Reserves: A Carefully Curated ‘Heaven on Earth’
As one of the largest landowners in America, media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner has spent decades restoring struggling species like the American bison and rebuilding biodiversity on his two million acres. Now Turner is opening up some of his land to visitors, creating a private national park system almost overnight. Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.

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ALMANAC: December 1
‘Sunday Morning’ looks back on historical events on this date.

BOOKS: Tom Colicchio on “Why I Cook”
It was in the chaos of a kitchen where chef, restaurateur and TV cooking judge Tom Colicchio learned to be himself. The author of the new cookbook memoir “Why I Cook” talks with Tony Dokoupil, co-host of “CBS Mornings,” about his journey from middle-class New Jersey to elite restaurants in New York and Las Vegas, and from the depths of drug abuse to the heights of fine dining.

RECIPE: Possibly the Best Grilled Cheese You’ll Ever Have, by Tom Colicchio

RECIPE: Skirt steak from Tom Colicchio

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HARTMAN: A special honor for a beloved Missouri school custodian
When the residents of Swedeborg, Missouri, decided to name their elementary school building, everyone knew it should be named after someone very special. Correspondent Steve Hartman talks to the woman who was unanimously chosen for the honor by the school board.

BROADCAST: Elvis Duran about the magic of radio and his special bond with listeners
Since 1996, New York City disc jockey Elvis Duran has hosted “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” the nation’s most popular Top-40 morning program. He talks to correspondent Mo Rocca about growing up in Texas, in love with radio, and befriending “this voice in the dark”; how radio has changed over the years; and how his stay in Santa Fe, New Mexico, changes him.

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PASSAGE: In memory
“Sunday Morning” remembers some notable figures who left us this week.

HISTORY: The lynching of Emmett Till and the evil that hides in plain sight
In his new book “The Barn,” author Wright Thompson, also a fifth-generation cotton farmer in the Mississippi Delta, investigates the scene of the infamous 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks to Thompson about clarifying of injustice and a culture in the Mississippi Delta that, Thompson says, spent decades trying to erase a terrible crime; and visits the barn, which still stands, where Till was beaten to death.

READ AN EXCERPT: “The Barn: The Secret History of a Mississippi Murder” by Wright Thompson
The author’s New York Times bestseller explores the culture of silence that enveloped the Mississippi Delta after the 1955 murder of Emmett Till.

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COMMENT: Jane Fonda with the secret to aging well
A Yale study found that older people with more positive views about aging lived an average of 7.5 years longer than those who equated aging with illness and decline. Actress and activist Jane Fonda and anti-ageism advocate Ashton Applewhite present “Sunday Morning” viewers with a key to living longer by maintaining better prospects.

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MOVIES: Selena Gomez on Why She’s “The Happiest I’ve Absolutely Been”
At the age of 32, Selena Gomez is an accomplished actor (including in the new film “Emilia Pérez”), successful singer-songwriter, billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist. But perhaps her bravest move was sharing herself. She talks to correspondent Tracy Smith about her mother’s inspiration; her relationships with Steve Martin and Martin Short, her co-stars in “Only Murders in the Building”; and why she went public with her health issues and bipolar diagnosis in the documentary “My Mind and Me,” in which she said, “One of the strongest things you can do is be vulnerable.”

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COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on adjusting to the new reality: “How did this happen?!”
Comedian Jim Gaffigan says he’s trying to adjust to recent events that have left him blindsided and wanting to curl up in a ball and mope. But he recognizes that the world keeps turning, even if that’s not what he wanted.

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WORLD: Angela Merkel, on Putin, Trump and a post-Cold War world still divided
After growing up in the communist-controlled police state of East Germany, Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of Germany for 16 years, becoming the most powerful woman in the world while dealing with the most powerful men. She talks to correspondent Mark Philips about her new book, “Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021”; her relationships with former US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin; and about the state of the world since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

READ AN EXCERPT: “Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021” by Angela Merkel
The former chancellor of Germany writes about two lives: her early years growing up under a dictatorship in East Germany, and her years leading a nation reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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NATURE: to be determined

WEB EXCLUSIVE:

Marathon: Steve Hartman Stories to Be Thankful For (YouTube Video)
Enjoy over an hour of Steve Hartman’s ‘Sunday Morning’ stories that will make you laugh and cry.

MARATHON: Turkeys in the Wild (YouTube Video)
Enjoy Thanksgiving with wild turkeys captured on camera across the country over the years.

FROM THE ARCHIVES Culinary Arts (YouTube Video)
Enjoy this classic ‘Sunday Morning’ film where the worlds of art and food collide in spectacular fashion.

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