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. Source

Officials lifted the veil slightly before Sunday’s launch, saying two experiments from NASA were on board. Source

The comedian’s new Netflix special, “23 Hours to Kill,” offers a time capsule of life pre-COVID – which, he tells “Sunday Morning,” he’s confident will return Source

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. Correspondent 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.” Source

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, such as sketching, baking or quilting. Source

Singer-songwriter Graham Nash had recently embarked on a sold-out tour, until it was cancelled due to coronavirus. Anthony Mason sits down with Nash in New York City to talk with the former member of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash about how he has maintained his productivity while remaining under lockdown. Source

From bugs, tidal waves and violence to stockpiling toilet paper, reports of apocalyptic, frightening or just plain bizarre pandemic-driven nightmares are offering vivid subconscious reactions to these perilous times Source

Quarantine has popularized a new venue for musicians and singers to bring communities together Source

Quarantine has popularized a new venue for musicians and singers living under stay-at-home orders. Correspondent Seth Doane reports how, in Italy for example, musical artists lacking a stage are making their balconies and terraces a platform for bringing communities together. Source

Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Susan Spencer talks with researchers who are studying pandemic-inspired dreams and nightmares. Plus: Anthony Mason sits down with singer-songwriter Graham Nash; Tracy Smith chats with comedian Jerry Seinfeld about his new Netflix special, “23 Hours to Kill”; Seth Doane examines how balconies have become a new performance venue for musicians living under lockdown; Luke Burbank looks back at the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens; Rita Braver visits with students and educators in a graduation season like no other; Lee Cowan explores how people are adapting to isolation; and Conor Knighton discovers how the Faroe Islands are responding to a drop in tourists with a unique technological innovation: Virtual tourism. Source