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All episodes Season 49 S49E06 2016-10-30 60 min 1980s CBS

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In God's Name | The Pot Vote | The Music of Zomba Prison

TV Flash files “In God's Name | The Pot Vote | The Music of Zomba Prison” as hour 441 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 49, episode 6, aired 2016-10-30, 60 min.

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This leaf is S49E06: listed hour 441 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 6 of 37 in season 49. It aired 2016-10-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ask Ohio | Thrown for a Loss | The Influncers” (S49E05). Next is “The Zika Virus | The Battle for Mosul | The National Mood” (S49E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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In God's Name - An American leader of an ISIS cell tells Scott Pelley how videos of the dead Anwar al-Awlaki persuaded him to recruit for ISIS on American soil. A 21-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support (fighters) to ISIS tells Scott Pelley how he was radicalized by the Internet videos of the dead American al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Speaking in his first interview, Abdirizak Warsame takes responsibility for his actions and the blame for the deaths of friends he helped send to fight in Syria. The Pot Vote - Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado, where recreational pot is legal, urges caution to states voting on it because there's not enough data. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper urges caution to the five states voting on legalizing recreational pot next month. There still isn't enough reliable information on the drug's impact, especially on drivers and teenagers, he tells Dr. Jon LaPook. Dr. LaPook went to Pueblo, Colorado -- a town where pot is produced and sold. The Music of Zomba Prison - Beautiful music created by inmates and their guards offers happiness and hope behind prison walls. Anderson Cooper's report from Malawi, Africa.

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Where does In God's Name | The Pot Vote | The Music of Zomba Prison sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S49E06 is listed hour 441 of 767 — hour 6 of 37 in season 49, season 49 episode 6.

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In God's Name | The Pot Vote | The Music of Zomba Prison aired 2016-10-30 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.

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