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The tragic cost of e-waste and new efforts to recycle

The vast majority of electronic waste produced each year winds up in landfills in the global South, creating hazardous and toxic conditions. “Sunday Morning” examines efforts to ramp up formal recycling and extending the life of products like smartphones. Source

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Chaka Khan: I regret “nothing”

The 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, who built her legacy on such hits as “I’m Every Woman” and “I Feel for You,” talks about her friendship with Prince, her past struggles with addiction, and how her music is being discovered and celebrated by new generations. Source

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Chaka Khan, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee

Singer Chaka Khan, who started as part of the funk group Rufus, built her legacy on a string of monster hits, including “Tell Me Something Good,” “I’m Every Woman,” “I Feel for You,” and “Ain’t Nobody.” Now 70, the recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee talks with correspondent Kelefa Sanneh about her friendship with Prince, her past struggles with addiction, and how her music is being discovered and celebrated by new generations. Source

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Director Ridley Scott on “Napoleon”

The director of such classics as “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” “Thelma & Louise ” and “Gladiator” is back, taking on – at age 85 – one of the most controversial figures in history: the French emperor who dominated European battlefields but found defeat at Waterloo. Source

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Ridley Scott on directing “Napoleon”

The director of such classics as “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” “Thelma & Louise ” and “Gladiator” is back with his epic “Napoleon,” starring Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor who conquered Europe but found defeat at Waterloo. Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with the filmmaker about taking on, at age 85, one of the most controversial figures in history; the power of a storyboard; and how he really feels about never having won a best director Academy Award. Source

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The art of the gourd

A former midwife, Ithaca, N.Y. artist Graham Ottoson now births gourd art – sculptures, lamps and other objects produced from gourds. Correspondent Martha Teichner checks out some of Ottoson’s “gourd-geous” creations at the gallery Gourdlandia, and tries her own hand at gourd carving. Source

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Fighting the good fight against ALS

Brian Wallach has beaten the odds after being diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease). Given six months to live, remarkably he has survived six years. During that time, he and his wife Sandra have lobbied for funds for promising drugs and treatments. Two years after first meeting Wallach in 2021, correspondent Lee Cowan revisits with him to find out how he and his grassroots organization I Am ALS helped pass a law (Act for ALS) funding more than $100 million a year for five years for various ALS initiatives, and why Wallach himself is hopeful for the future. Source

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