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City of Lions | Londongrad | Laurie Anderson
TV Flash files “City of Lions | Londongrad | Laurie Anderson” as hour 635 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 24, aired 2022-04-03, 60 min.
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This leaf is S54E24: listed hour 635 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 24 of 31 in season 54. It aired 2022-04-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Economic Shock and Awe | Through The Roof | Sue Bird” (S54E23). Next is “President Zelenskyy | Bitcoin Beach” (S54E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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City of Lions – Hospitals, health care facilities, and ambulances in Ukraine have been under attack in recent weeks. Since the start of the conflict, there have been more than 70 attacks on hospitals, doctors, and ambulances, according to the World Health Organization. Medical facilities are quickly running out of vital medical supplies like oxygenators, blood transfusion equipment, and PPE. The International Medical Corps (IMC) has plans to intervene. Scott Pelley embeds with the IMC as they deliver much-needed supplies, training, and resources into Ukraine. The "City of Lions" is the nickname for Lviv, Ukraine. Londongrad – One of the ways the West is hoping to derail Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is by waging war on his inner circle: the hundreds of mega-rich oligarchs who hide Putin's money abroad and prop up his regime. For decades, Britain has actively courted the Russian billionaires, ignoring reports of their suspicious wealth. Billions of dollars poured in. Today, there's so much Russian cash in London; the capital is nicknamed "Londongrad." Now, with Russia laying waste to Ukraine, Britain is under pressure to show it can stop the flood of corrupt money. Bill Whitaker goes to the heart of Russia's capital abroad – London – to find out. Laurie Anderson – 60 MINUTES' Anderson Cooper profiles artist Laurie Anderson, one of America's most unusual – and visionary – creative pioneers. There is little Anderson hasn't done over a genre-blurring five-decade career as a performance artist, composer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, and, first and foremost, storyteller. She has won a GRAMMY for an album about Hurricane Sandy, served as the first official artist in residence for NASA, and still, today, at 74, remains uncategorizable and busy as ever. 60 MINUTES catches up with Anderson as her largest-ever U.S. exhibition is on display at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Where does City of Lions | Londongrad | Laurie Anderson sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S54E24 is listed hour 635 of 767 — hour 24 of 31 in season 54, season 54 episode 24.
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City of Lions | Londongrad | Laurie Anderson aired 2022-04-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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- S54E02 Take the Fight to the Night | Rep. Liz Cheney | King of the Deep
- S54E03 The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act
- S54E04 Deepfakes | 1,000 Children | Deep Springs
- S54E05 Robert Gates | The Green River Drift | Whither Ye Olde English Pub
- S54E06 Prince V. Spy | Running Dry | Michael Keaton