The Best Episodes of 60 Minutes

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#1 - NYPD's Counterterrorism Unit; Trey Parker and Matt Stone
S44:E19/25/2011
New York Police Department's counterterrorism unit; the murder of a neo-nazi leader; "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
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8.6/10(106 votes)
#2 - Mike Wallace
S44:E304/15/2012
Mike Wallace: "60 Minutes" will devote its entire hour to its beloved colleague and founding correspondent, Mike Wallace, who died on April 7 at the age of 93.
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8.6/10(11 votes)
#3 - The Syrian Civil War; New Program in Texas for War Vets; Daniel Craig & Barbara Broccoli
S45:E310/14/2012
The impact the Syrian Civil War has on the country; A new program in Texas for veterans who have gotten in trouble with the law; Props & gadgets from James Bond films and interviews with actor Daniel Craig and producer Barbara Broccoli.
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8.5/10(12 votes)
#4 - Inside the NSA; The Copts
S46:E1212/15/2013
The NSA gives unprecedented access to the agency's HQ and, for the first time, explains what it does and what it says it doesn't do: spy on Americans. The turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions of the country's Coptic Christians in the nearly 2,000-year history of the sect. Bob Simon reports from Egypt.
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8.5/10(15 votes)
#5 - Secretary Tillerson, Divided II
S50:E222/18/2018
Rex Tillerson opens up in rare, wide-ranging interview; and, Oprah follows up with the partisan voters in Michigan
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8.4/10(25 votes)
#6 - 60 Minutes remembers 9.11: The FDNY
S54:E19/12/2021
On September 11, 2001, 343 members of the Fire Department of New York perished while trying to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center. Scott Pelley speaks with firefighters who were there that day and the loved ones of those who never made it home.
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#7 - 50 years of 60 Minutes
S50:E1112/3/2017
Steve Kroft, Scott Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and more look back at 50 seasons of 60 Minutes
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8.2/10(15 votes)
#8 - Facial Recognition; UAP; Rafa
S53:E355/16/2021
Facial recognition used to identify criminal suspects; unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs, are being formally addressed by the U.S. government; professional tennis player Rafael Nadal.
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8.2/10(7 votes)
#9 - What Happened in Wuhan?, Ransomware, Sir David
S53:E386/6/2021
WHO-led inquiry ends with even more questions than it began with on coronavirus origin; Then, how cybercriminals hold data hostage... and why the best solution is often paying a ransom; And, Sir David Attenborough: The 60 Minutes Interview.
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8.2/10(25 votes)
#10 - 10/3/2021: The Facebook Whistleblower, Unforgiven, The Final Act
S54:E310/3/2021
Facebook whistleblower speaks to 60 Minutes; Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program not living up to its name; Despite his Alzheimer's, Tony Bennett prepares to perform with Lady Gaga.
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8.2/10(19 votes)
#11 - 1/2/2022: The Ritchie Boys
S54:E161/2/2022
The full story of a secret U.S. WWII military intelligence unit bolstered by German-born Jews.
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8.2/10(14 votes)
#12 - 2/6/2022: Death in Training, Breaking Point, Canada’s Unmarked Graves
S54:E212/6/2022
Investigating military vehicle training deaths; Shorthanded hospitals pushed to brink by COVID; The dark legacy of Canada’s residential schools.
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8.2/10(6 votes)
#13 - 60 Minutes Presents - The Ritchie Boys
S54:E467/3/2022
The full story of a secret U.S. WWII military intelligence unit bolstered by German-born Jews.
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8.1/10(13 votes)
#14 - Ingenuity and Perseverance, The Ritchie Boys
S53:E345/9/2021
Perseverance rover, Ingenuity helicopter, and the search for ancient life on Mars; Then, stories from members of the Ritchie Boys, a secret U.S. WWII intelligence unit bolstered by German-born Jews.
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8.1/10(13 votes)
#15 - 2/20/2022: The Front, Targeting Americans
S54:E232/20/2022
Inside Ukraine as it faces Russia; “Havana Syndrome” cases on U.S. soil.
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8.1/10(11 votes)
#16 - 3/6/2022: Platform 4, State of the Pandemic, Flying Blind
S54:E253/6/2022
Ukrainian refugees reaching Polish train station share their stories; the state of the coronavirus pandemic; legally blind, 15-year-old freeride skier Jacob Smith.
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8.0/10(15 votes)
#17 - 2/21/2021: Attack on the Judiciary, Handcuffed to the Truth, QAnon
S53:E232/21/2021
Judges say it's time for more security in the face of mounting violence; Then, Holding Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime accountable for war crimes; And, QAnon's corrosive impact on the U.S.
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8.0/10(12 votes)
#18 - Transgender Healthcare, Geldingadalir, Exhume the Truth
S53:E365/23/2021
Health care challenges for transgender youth; Iceland's newest volcano offers rare opportunities; Uncovering the Greenwood Massacre.
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#19 - 12/19/2021: “The Beast,” America’s Dirty Secret, Trevor Noah
S54:E1412/19/2021
The historic, devastating December 10-11 tornado outbreak; Americans lacking access to proper sewage disposal; Trevor Noah: The 60 Minutes Interview.
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8.0/10(11 votes)
#20 - 2/27/2022: The Grid, Wrongful Detainees, Headlines, Deadlines & Bottom Lines
S54:E242/27/2022
How secure is America’s electric grid; Americans detained by foreign governments; Financial firms gutting local newsrooms.
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8.0/10(12 votes)
#21 - 3/13/2022: Voting Rights and Wrongs, Secretary Pete, Ted Lasso
S54:E263/13/2022
In Wisconsin, a political battle over the 2020 vote still rages; Pete Buttigieg and the great American infrastructure upgrade; Behind the scenes of “Ted Lasso.”
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8.0/10(10 votes)
#22 - 4/3/2022: City of Lions, Londongrad, Laurie Anderson
S54:E294/3/2022
Hospitals and health care workers under attack in Ukraine; How the U.K. became a laundromat for Russian oligarchs’ dirty money; Laurie Anderson on her unique work and life.
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8.0/10(13 votes)
#23 - 4/17/2022: Shields Up, Running Volkswagen, eVTOLs
S54:E314/17/2022
U.S. officials warn about potential Russian cyberattacks on American soil; CEO Herbert Diess on the future of Volkswagen; Companies racing to develop eVTOL “air taxis”
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8.0/10(10 votes)
#24 - 6/5/2022: The Longest Running Oil Spill, Canada’s Unmarked Graves, Carnegie Heroes
S54:E396/5/2022
Containing the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history; The dark legacy of Canada's residential schools, where thousands of children died; What's in the heads of heroes?
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#25 - John Eastman; Our Mistake Is Your Responsibility; Monkey Island
S56:E811/5/2023
Scott Pelley interviews John Eastman, the conservative former law professor who gave controversial legal advice to former President Donald Trump and is facing possible prison time in Georgia's election conspiracy case. Then, an investigation into what happens when Social Security mistakenly overpays. And, a look at Hurricane Maria’s impact on Monkey Island.
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