FACEBOOK LIVE CHAT: Lee Cowan
Our correspondent will answer viewer questions on the CBS Sunday Morning Facebook page after our broadcast Sunday, May 17 beginning at 11 a.m. ET.
Host: Jane Pauley
OPENING: “Abblasen”
COVER STORY: The stuff that coronavirus dreams are made of
From tidal waves consuming New York City to toilet paper nightmares, reports of apocalyptic, frightening or just plain bizarre pandemic-driven dreams are everywhere. Correspondent Susan Spencer talks about anxiety-fueled dreams with Harvard psychologist Deirdre Barrett, who has collected thousands of pandemic dreams and nightmares as part of a study of our sleep-state responses to coronavirus; Mississippi State University professor Michael Nadorff; and poet Jackie Wang and artist Sandra Haynes, whose dreams have provided metaphorical stories of fear and triumph.
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- Deirdre Leigh Barrett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University
- Take Deirdre Barrett’s Coronavirus Dream Survey (surveymonkey.com)
- “The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Their Dreams for Creative Problem Solving – and How You Can, Too” by Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. (Oneiroi Press), available in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- Michael R. Nadorff, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University
- Jackie Wang (Poetry Foundation)
- Follow LoneberryWang on Twitter
- Artist Sandra Haynes
POSTCARD FROM ITALY: Balconies: The new performance space
Quarantine has popularized a new venue for musicians and singers. Seth Doane reports how, in Italy, musical artists lacking a stage are making their balconies and terraces a platform for bringing communities together.
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EDUCATION: Class of 2020: A graduation season like no other
Rituals matter, and the time-honored rituals of a high school or college graduation have been taken away from seniors and their families because of the 2020 pandemic. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with students and educators about how this generation is responding to a defining societal event.
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MUSIC: Graham Nash
Anthony Mason interviews the singer-songwriter, whose sold-old tour was cancelled due to coronavirus.
PREVIEW: Graham Nash has created half an album of new song demos while in social isolation
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CORONAVIRUS: Living in isolation
The forced isolation brought about by stay-at-home orders poses an unnatural state for human beings conditioned to thrive on social interactions, but our experience of being alone could just inspire a new way of living. Lee Cowan talks with professors of sociology and genomics, and with a Benedictine monk, about how to adapt to the stresses of this period of isolation, and explores how some people are coping via hobbies – sketching, baking, or quilting.
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HARTMAN: TBD
DISASTER: Mount St. Helens anniversary
Forty years ago, the volcano in Washington state erupted, killing 57 and triggering a debris avalanche that destroyed hundreds of square miles of forest. Luke Burbank looks back at the largest volcanic event in U.S. history.
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TRAVEL: The Faroe Islands’ virtual tourism
The picturesque Faroe Islands, located halfway between Iceland and Norway, were gearing up for a record-breaking tourist deluge this year, until the coronavirus pandemic scuttled the world’s travel plans. So now, the Faroese Tourism Bureau is serving as the eyes and ears of those forced to put their trips on hold. Equipped with cameras and headsets, volunteers are live-streaming hour-long walks through the islands’ stunning landscapes, taking their guidance from online visitors who direct their movements from home. Conor Knighton reports.
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COMEDY: Jerry Seinfeld
In his new Netflix special, “23 Hours to Kill,” comedian Jerry Seinfeld offers a hilarious standup act recorded before the world shut down – a time capsule that, through his on-point observational humor, is a piquant reminder of what performers and audiences are now missing because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tracy Smith chats with Seinfeld (via Zoom, of course) about what he gets excited about now; having only his family as an audience; and whether he believes we will ever get back to “normal.”
To watch a trailer for “23 Hours to Kill” click on the video player below:
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BETWEEN THE LINES: Humor from The New Yorker
COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on living in unprecedented times
The comedian, now in Week 9 of his quarantine, reflects on just how many precedents have been broken in 2020.
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AT HOME: Tony Dokoupil & Katy Tur
The married “CBS This Morning” co-host and MSNBC anchor have each had to make do broadcasting from their basement.
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NATURE: Fiji
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SNAPSHOT: The Jersey Shore under lockdown (Video)
Summer on the beaches and boardwalks of New Jersey is a rite of passage for millions. But shortly before Memorial Day weekend, the beach communities sit quiet, due to coronavirus closures. “Sunday Morning” presents haunting black-and-white images by Lori Nichols, a staff photographer for NJ Advance Media.
GALLERY: Pandemic: A snapshot of life on the Jersey Shore
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COMMENTARY: Joel Sartore: For nature, life goes on during pandemic | Watch Video
The National Geographic photographer says it took a terrible pandemic to give Mother Nature a break.
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“SUNDAY MORNING” MATINEE: The Juilliard Orchestra (Coming soon!)
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