(CBS) RECAP: October 30, 2005

AFTERLIFE
It’s a question we’ve all pondered. When it’s over, is it really over? Is there life after death? Correspondent Mika Brzezinski journeys through the sometimes inspired, sometimes zany world of The Great Unknown and explores man’s attempts to make sense of it all.

For more information:

"Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife," By Mary Roach
"Life after Death," By Alan Segal
Psychic Barbara Reeder (212) 580-9106
"The Perfect Medium" (exhibit in Metropolitan Museum of Art)

ALMANAC
Charles Osgood celebrates the birthday of "the world's most perfectly developed man," Charles Atlas.

For more information:

charlesatlas.com

A DAY IN THE LIFE
There are still vestiges of the vision that Iraq could emerge from war and dictatorship as a bastion of democracy and prosperity. But the dream has been replaced by its antithesis, a reality that it is potentially more damaging and far harder to fix than the physical damage of conflict. Allen Pizzey gives us a slice of everyday life in Baghdad these days.

THE BOONDOCKS
He’s been called "the angriest black man in America." He’s Aaron McGruder, creator of "The Boondocks." It’s a race-conscious, radical, politically in-your-face comic strip that can leave you laughing, or fuming. And now, "The Boondocks" is coming to television as a cartoon for grownups. Correspondent Bill Whitaker takes us to "The Boondocks" and profiles Aaron McGruder.

For more information:

boondocks.net

PASSAGE
It happened this weekl: a celebration that had all of St. Louis looking up. Friday was the 40th anniversary of the Gateway Arch, the towering structure that commemorates the 19th century migration of Americans to the new western lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.

GENIUSES
Jim Stewart meets a pair of computer software developers who have decided to give their money away, to the brightest young geniuses in America.

For More Information:

Davidson Institute for Talent Development

Jacob Komar's computer charity

BIG PICTURE
Charles Osgood shows us the aerial images of "Through the Eyes of the Gods," National Geographic’s first book of aerial photography, and photographer Bobby Haas’ first commercially available book.

For more information:

Through the Eyes of the Gods : An Aerial Vision of Africa (Hardcover)
Through the Eyes of the Gods (African American Museum)
Through the Eyes of the Gods (National Geographic)

SANTANA
Carlos Santana was just 22-years-old when a riveting performance at Woodstock made him an international superstar. Thirty years later, his album topped the charts, selling more than 25 million records. Correspondent Russ Mitchell visits Santana at his home and in the studio to get his views on music, family, and the secret to his success with both.

For more information:

santana.com
milagrofoundation.org
salvadorsantana.com
arista.com

COMMENTARY
Contributor Ben Stein opines on the Delphi bankruptcy.

PAMPERED PETS
We've all known for some time that we're clinically crazy about our pets. How crazy? This Sunday Morning, Bill Geist stops in for a check up at SuperZoo, the pet industry trade show in Las Vegas.

For more information:

Super Zoo Web site

Products mentioned in piece:

Hydro Dog Bottled Water
Evanger's dog and catfood
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Dog Food
Talking Bone
Pet Spa Grooming Machine
Doggles Dog Goggles
A Pet’s Place of "Business"
The Beak Place: roller skates for birds
e-mail: TheBeakPlace@aol.com, or call 530-577-4465
Edible Greeting Cards
Feathered Phonics CDs
The Movie for Dogs

NATURE
Pumpkin patch in Oregon

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RECAP: October 23, 2005

BY DESIGN
Darwin’s theory of evolution is a cornerstone of modern science. But a new theory called “intelligent design” challenges Darwinism, claiming scientific evidence of a “designer” guiding the formation of life. Some say this yet another attempt to bring religion into the science classroom. Rita Braver examines the debate.

For more information:

nas.edu
discovery.org
answersingenesis.org
amnh.org
carnegieinstitution.org

ALMANAC
October 23, 1752: the birthday of Nicolas Francois Appert, the man who invented the first effective method for preserving food.

CHARLIZE THERON
Contributor David Edelstein reviews the movies of Charlize Theron.

TWO CITIES
From the vantage points of his adopted home of New York City's Harlem and his hometown of Toldeo, Ohio, Steve Hartman explores the question: When it comes to race, can't we all live next to each other?

JAMIE CULLUM
Anthony Mason takes us to meet British music sensation Jamie Cullum, who at 26 is generating international buzz. He can sing it all: straight jazz, classic ballads, hip-hop-tinged pop songs, and he's getting rave reviews for his efforts. In a recording session with Cullum, we get to hear his latest musical release, just out, and in a couple of concerts, he struts his explosive talent.

For more information:

jamiecullum.com
vervemusicgroup.com

PASSAGE
It happened this week: word of a possible celebrity reconciliation. Mattel says Ken wants to win Barbie back, and he's willing to undergo a makeover to do it.

CAMOUFLAGE
In war, camouflage is used to hide in plain sight. In fashion, camouflage patterns are used to stand out. And in nature, where it all began, camouflage is used to survive. Serena Altschul takes us on a tour of an unusual exhibit in Boston, at the Institute for Contemporary Art.

For more information:

icaboston.org

TAB HUNTER
Susan Spencer of 48 Hours chats with 1950s Hollywood heartthrob Tab Hunter, about his revealing new memoir: "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star." He talks candidly about acting, fame, and his secret love life.

For more information:

tabhunter.com

COMMENTARY
Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ World Series win.

ROAD BOWLING
At this time of year, all the talk is about football and baseball. But this Sunday Morning, Bill Geist brings you the latest from the Irish Road Bowling circuit in West Virginia. What is Irish Road Bowling? Well, it involves rolling a 28 ounce steel ball (originally a small cannonball) down a road from a start line to a finish line, and the person or team that gets to the finish with the fewest rolls, wins. Historically, Irish Road Bowling was played in West Virginia by soldiers between battles during the Civil War. It disappeared from those country roads, but was brought back in the town of Ireland, W. Va. in 1995. These days, Irish Road Bowling is gaining popularity on the roads of West Virginia, and is played in Boston and New York City. It is, of course, still very popular in Ireland.

For more information:

irishroadbowling.com

NATURE
Fall foliage in Wisconsin.

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RECAP: October 16, 2005

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
Attendance at American movie theaters was down 12 per cent this summer from last year. Contributor David Pogue of The New York Times sets out to find out what happened, and what lies ahead for movie theater chains as they struggle to adapt to changing technology and a changing market. Are Americans staying home to watch movies on DVDs on their home theater sets? We meet Todd Wagner, a theater chain owner and producer who has some radical ideas about how to get movies out to their audience.

For more information:

Todd Wagner
National Association of Theater Owners
Exhibitor Relations
Theo Kalomirakis Home Theaters

ALMANAC
October 16th, 1987, 18 years ago today: the day the dramatic saga of Jessica McClure’s fall down a well came to a very happy end.

THE LAST BEST CHANCE
Could terrorists steal a nuclear warhead? Could they make a bomb themselves? These chilling questions are the heart of a new film called "Last Best Chance." It's not your typical Hollywood fare. It was produced by Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonpartisan organization that fights nuclear proliferation. The group's hope is that this film awakens the public and politicians to what many feel is the greatest threat to American security. Thalia Assuras reports.

For more information:
Nuclear Threat Initiative

SHAKE UP!
This week, the producers of one of the most famous film franchises in history unveiled the latest man to step into the role of a lifetime, that of James Bond. Mark Philips introduces us to the new Bond, Daniel Craig, and looks at the history, legacy and myths surrounding that most famous of spies.

WIDOW OF THE SOUTH
Martha Teichner introduces us to Robert Hick’s best-selling novel, "The Widow of the South," a fictional account of a very real Civil War battle, the Battle of Franklin, and the story of one woman’s struggle to honor the thousands who fell in one of war’s bloodiest battles.

PASSAGE: TOP 40 MAGAZINE COVERS OF THE LAST 40 YEARS
Charles Osgood offers us a sneak peak at the top forty magazine covers of the last forty years as chosen by a blue ribbon panel of the American Society of Magazine Editors.

DUCK, DUCK…
John Blackstone meets Pat Marmon, a man on a mission to rescue ducks and re-release them for the good of the wild and the hunt.

IN COLD BLOOD
Truman Capote was almost as famous for his lavish parties as his penetrating writing. But the author was very serious when he changed the literary landscape with the first true crime novel, "In Cold Blood." Writing it, however, almost broke him. It is this period that is the focus of the new film "Capote," starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. Rita Braver talks with the actor, the filmmakers and Capote's biographer about the enigmatic writer.

For more information:

"Capote," by Gerald Clarke

"Capote" (the movie)

DAGUERROTYPES
Russ Mitchell shows us a traveling exhibition of daguerreotypes, an early form of photography, and meets a photographer who still uses that silver-emulsion process to take pictures of the way they once did.

NATURE
Beavers in Snakr River, Wyoming

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RECAP: Oct. 9, 2005

AVIAN FLU
The 1918 flu virus killed as many as 50 million people. This past week, we learned that scientists have actually recreated it. The virus bears a startling similarity to the new Asian bird flu that has public health officials all over the world alarmed.

Martha Teichner unravels the mysteries of the flu.

ALMANAC
October 9, 1936: Sixty-nine years ago today, a moment of enlightenment from deep in the southwest desert. For it was on that evening that electricity from the new Boulder Dam on the Colorado River along the Arizona-Nevada border was first transmitted to the lights of Los Angeles.

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Contributor David Edelstein reviews "Good Night, and Good Luck," the new movie about the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950s America, and we take a look back at the original CBS broadcast on which the film is based, "See it Now," with Edward R. Murrow.

For more information: http://wip.warnerbros.com/goodnightgoodluck/

SLICE OF LIFE
To a chef, pizza is a holy trinity of ingredients: bread, cheese and sauce. In the right combination, it’s nothing less than a sublime creation. Contributor Bobby Flay samples some of the best slices in the city.

PASSAGE
Artifacts featured on Johnny Carson’s "Tonight Show," including the clock, stage marker and desk, are auctioned off.

PULP FICTION
Growing up, writer Stephen King loved reading dime store novels. Now, the established author has written one of his own, a paperback murder mystery called "The Colorado Kid," the latest in the retro series, "Hard Case Crime." Anthony Mason sits down with the author and learns about his role in the comeback of pulp fiction.

OSGOOD FILE: LETTERS
We check our mailbox. Charles Osgood responds to questions and comments.

GROWING UP KENNEDY
Christopher Kennedy Lawford, son of Peter Lawford and Patricia Kennedy, tells correspondent Erin Moriarty about growing-up in the glow — and shadows — of Hollywood and political royalty.

For more information:

http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060732482

http://www.cklawford.com/ — Christopher Lawford's Official Web site

http://www.symptomsofwithdrawal.com/

OPINION
Nancy Giles offers her opinion on cronyism.

OAK TREE
Oak trees are practically everywhere, native to 49 of our 50 states, and for centuries have been used for almost everything: shipbuilding, homebuilding, even as a source of food. Serena Altschul learns more about America’s national tree.

For more information:

"Oak, The Frame of Civilization" by Bill Logan

National Arbor Day Foundation

The New York Botanical Garden

Plimoth Plantation

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RECAP: Oct. 2, 2005

PRIVATE
The long-cherished American right to privacy is fundamentally changing. As we go about our lives under the view of surveillance cameras, being tracked on the Internet and giving up personal information with virtually every transaction, being anonymous no longer seems to be an option. Vince Gonzales looks at what information is being kept by whom, the tradeoffs we’re making for security and convenience, and why you may no longer be able to outrun your past.

For more information:

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
World Privacy Forum

ALMANAC
October 2, 1985, 20 years ago today: Rock Hudson passed away after battling AIDS.

DUMA
Contributor David Edelstein reviews the new movie, "Duma."

For more information:

The Warner Brothers "Duma" Web site

LIVING IN STYLE
Rita Braver visits Ten Chimneys, longtime home of theater legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

For more information:

The Ten Chimneys Web site.

PASSAGE
It happened this week: The Census Bureau said that for the first time, there are now at least 1-MILLION owner-occupied homes in the U.S. that are worth at least $1-MILLION. That's up from just under 400,000 homes just five years ago.

FALL PREVIEW: BOOKS
Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" recommends some of the fall’s best books.

For more information:

"Tab Hunter Confidential," by Tab Hunter
"The March," by E.L. Doctorow
"On Beauty," by Zadie Smith
"Fallen," by David Maine
"The Year of Magical Thinking," by Joan Didion
"The Singularity is Near," by Ray Kurzweil
"Goodnight, Nobody," by Jennifer Weiner
"The Tender Bar," by J.R. Moehringer

RARE BIRD
Steve Hartman braves snake-infested swamps to get the first clear photograph of the remarkably elusive ivory-billed woodpecker.

For more information:

The Nature Conservancy

Bird information from Cornell University

GWYNETH PALTROW
Russ Mitchell sits down with Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow to talk about her life and career.

OPINION
Vaughn Ververs introduces the new CBS News blog, Public Eye.

THE TRUCK STOPS HERE
Bill Geist meets Carl Cornelius of Carl’s Corner, Texas, who has created a veritable paradise for truckers and is now entertaining the trucking community and others in a new musical theater with the help of Willie Nelson.

NATURE
Yellow-nosed albatrosses and Rockhopper penguins on Nightingale Island in the far South Atlantic

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RECAP: Sept. 25, 2005

HURRICANE RITA
John Roberts, Lee Cowan, and Harry Smith report the latest on the impact of Hurricane Rita.

ALMANAC
Sept. 25, 1981, 24 years ago today, the day Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice of the United States Supreme Court.

PAYING THE PRICE
Anthony Mason looks at the big economic picture in the wake of this latest natural disaster.

FOOTING THE BILL
Joie Chen examines how America will pay for the damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

FALL PREVIEW: MUSIC
Contributor Bill Flanagan of VH1 recommends some of the best CDs of the fall season.

For more information:

Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang
CD/DVD release of Martin Scorsese's documentary: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
Kanye West: Late Registration
Laura Veirs: Year of Meteors
Bettye LaVette: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise
Peter Guralnick: Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke

PASSAGE
It happened this week: the loss of the man who was the conscience of the world. Simon Wiesenthal died this past Tuesday at his home in Vienna, at the age of 96.

TRAVELIN’ MAN
Alan K. Hogenauer is a traveling man, the only known person to have visited every unit of the National Park system. And that's just for starters. Where has he been and how does he do it? Jerry Bowen finds out.

For more information:

mosttraveledman.com
cheklist.com

GARBO
Legendary movie star Greta Garbo lived her life shrouded in mystery. Rita Braver speaks with the enigmatic star’s great-nephew, and others, about the very private life and loves, as well as the enduring movies, misperceptions and mystique of Garbo.

For more information on the exhibit: scandinaviahouse.org

For more info the DVD collection: garbodvd.com

For buying info about the book and DVD collection: amazon.com

turnerclassicmovies.com

MISSING
Erin Moriarty of 48 Hours looks into the stories of some of the hundreds of children missing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

COMMENTARY
In seeking explanations for our recent spate of natural disasters, some have suggested it's God's wrath, punishment for the wicked. Rev. Calvin Butts, pastor of New York City’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, disagrees. He offers his opinion on the matter.

DÉJÀ VU
Residents of Galveston, TX are thankful that Hurricane Rita dealt them only a glancing blow this weekend. Martha Teichner remembers a time when the city wasn't so lucky.

NATURE
Wildlife on the coast of Sri Lanka

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RECAP: September 18, 2005

OUT OF SIGHT
Among the many things that have surfaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is a new awareness of poverty in America. Correspondent Susan Spencer examines this critical issue, one that seems to have slipped from the nation's front pages in recent years.

For more information:

Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.

Douglas Besharov, DBesharov@aei.org, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.

Stanley Battle, Coppin State University, Baltimore, Md.

Rep. Roy Blunt, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Sen. Barak Obama, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Sheldon Danziger, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

ALMANAC
September 18, 1964, 41 years ago today: "The Addams Family" premiered on television, and then on this date in 1965, "Get Smart" debuted.

KATRINA AFTERMATH
Correspondent Lee Cowan reports the latest on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

MOVIE PREVIEW
Correspondent Jerry Bowen offers a preview of the fall movie season.

PASSAGE
It happened this week: a curtain call, of sorts, for a beloved photograph. Astronomers and photographers and just plain nature lovers gathered Thursday at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park to view a real-life repeat of Ansel Adams' classic photograph "Autumn Moon."

100 IN JAPAN
Correspondent Barry Petersen sends us a Postcard from Japan, whose citizens are more and more regularly living well beyond 100 years of age.

CRAIGSLIST
Serena Altschul meets Craig Newmark, the man behind www.craigslist.org, to learn more about the evolution of his Web site from small startup to veritable Web phenomenon, as well as the site’s impact on the lives of some of its many users.

The documentary "24 hours on craigslist" will be having its theatrical premiere at the Red Vic in San Francisco on October 7, and then will open in 17 cities across North America: 24hoursoncraigslist.com

Susan Knight, her husband Gene and their family have their own Web site: susanandgene.com

Michael de Zayas’ company, Neighborhoodies, can be found at: neighborhoodies.com

John Holt’s art gallery can be reached through: bottomfeederstudiogallery.com

SIR PAUL
More than 40 years after taking America by storm with The Beatles, Paul McCartney is back with a new, critically acclaimed CD, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," and a sold-out concert tour. Paul talks with Correspondent Jim Axelrod about The Beatles, life after the Beatles, and his thoughts as he approaches the age of “64,” which he sang so famously about many years ago.

For more information:

paulmccartney.com

HEAD OVER HEELS
Correspondent Steve Hartman takes a ride with Nancy Lynn, one of the United States’ few female acrobatic pilots.

NATURE
Sunflowers in Zeeland, North Dakota

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RECAP: September 11, 2005

RUNNING ON EMPTY
A quarter of the nation's oil and gas production has been affected by Katrina, sending the price at the pump above $3 in many parts of the country and increasing the cost of heating your house this winter. But Katrina is a short-term phenomenon. The real problem is that the world is barely producing enough oil to meet growing demand. John Blackstone reports.

For more information:
Phil Flynn: http://www.alaron.com/home.htm
Ed Murphy at the American Petroleum Institute
Paul Roberts: Official Web Site
Robert Esser from Cambridge Energy Research Associates

ALMANAC
September 11, 1941, 64 years ago today: the day construction began on the Pentagon. Charles Osgood looks back.

AFTERMATH
Lee Cowan meets Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, the man in charge of the National Guard’s relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and gets a firsthand look at what the military is doing to help.

FOUR YEARS LATER…
On the fourth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York City, Martha Teichner examines the struggle to rebuild lower Manhattan.

For more information:
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Larry Silverstein Properties
World Trade Center Memorial Foundation
Santiago Calatrava, architect
Michael Arad, architect, Partner, Handel Architects
Peter Walker, landscape architect
Daniel Libeskind
For a listing of various family groups

ALL THAT JAZZ
Documentarian Ken Burns discusses New Orleans' rich jazz history

STORM WARNINGS
With the Federal Emergency Management Agency under attack after last week’s catastrophe on the Gulf Coast, Anthony Mason takes a look at FEMA’s past endeavors and looks into what the organization could have done differently this time around.

For more information:
http://www.fema.gov/

OPINION
Contributor Ben Stein reflects on Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the pets of the storm’s survivors.

PLAY ON
Rita Braver takes us to meet the most famous Cajun band in history, Beausoleil, and its founder, Michael Doucet.

For more information:
Beausoleil Web Site

HOME BASE
CBS News' Steve Hartman contemplates the concept of altruism in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

NATURE
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge on Ohio's Lake Erie shore.