News: This week: Carrie Underwood's gospel album, Hunter Biden's memoir, and vaccinating bunnies

Monday, April 5, 2021

This week: Carrie Underwood's gospel album, Hunter Biden's memoir, and vaccinating bunnies

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April 5, 2021

Did you miss this week's "Sunday Morning"? Catch up now!

Agree to disagree: Achieving positive outcomes from conflict

Conflict seems to be a big part of life these days, but is conflict inevitable, and can it yield positive, even innovative results? A conflict survivor from Chicago's South Side, and experts in navigating "good" conflicts, believe so. Correspondent Susan Spencer reports.

Hunter Biden on his struggles with substance abuse

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, and author of a new memoir, "Beautiful Things," opens up to "Sunday Morning" correspondent Tracy Smith about his abuse of drugs and alcohol; the loss of his brother, Beau; and becoming the center of an election-year firestorm launched by his father's political opponents.

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Carrie Underwood's gospel gifts

On Easter Sunday country star Carrie Underwood performed a virtual live concert of gospel music on the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, available today on her Facebook channel. Underwood talks with correspondent Michelle Miller about performing at the "Mother Church of Country Music," and about recording her first gospel album, "My Savior," on which she sings beloved Christian hymnal standards.

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Rescuing sacred music of the Renaissance

The Medici family funded numerous artists and architects during the Italian Renaissance – but less is known of their patronage of composers and musicians, and subsequently the music of that era is not as familiar. Researchers are now unearthing, deciphering and performing music that has not been heard in more than four hundred years. Seth Doane reports.

Vaccinating bunnies

While humans have been fighting COVID-19, bunnies have been battling their own virus – RHDV2. As this highly-contagious strain of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus spreads across the country, correspondent Conor Knighton reports on what's being done to protect rabbits at home and in the wild.

Fabergé eggs: Jewels of the Russian crown

In the era of the Russian tsars, Peter Carl Fabergé's jewel-studded objets d'art were a royal riff on a much humbler Easter tradition. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer takes a look at the lore of Fabergé eggs, from opulent originals to sparkling counterfeits.

Wash. Post editor Marty Baron on press freedom

The retiring leader of the Washington Post's newsroom talks with "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl about the changing world of newspapers; how Jeff Bezos' purchase of the Post reinvigorated the paper; and how events of the past several years have shined a light on the fragility of democratic institutions and the importance of a free press.

Keeping the faith, at a distance

One big challenge today, for people of many faiths, is how to hold religious observances while still remaining protected from COVID. Correspondent Steve Hartman checks out how even pandemic-safe rituals have a devoted following.

NIH director: COVID vaccine "an answer to prayer"

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, a scientist and an evangelical Christian, says we are at a "love your neighbor" moment, when Americans can get vaccinated to help protect the vulnerable from severe illness and death.

Extended Nature Video: Birds in Montana

"Sunday Morning" takes us this Easter Sunday to northeastern Montana's Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, home to some 250 species of birds. Videographer: Derek Reich.

Passage: In memoriam

"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including G. Gordon Liddy, mastermind of the 1972 Watergate burglary.

Watch the full April 4 episode!

Hosted by Tracy Smith.

Book excerpt: "High Conflict," when life becomes "us vs. them"

Bestselling author Amanda Ripley's new book looks at how tribalism forces people into narrow categories, breeding conflict that makes divisions even harder to overcome.

Book excerpt: "The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization"

Psychology professor Peter T. Coleman's book examines conflict resolution, the importance of overcoming political and social schisms, and healing the divides.

Book excerpt: "Until the Lion Speaks" by Billy Moore

A survivor of conflict on the streets of Chicago, the author writes of his post-prison experience in trying to inspire youth to develop the emotional skills that will protect them from life-altering, even deadly mistakes.