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Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State

TV Flash files “Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State” as hour 646 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 4, aired 2022-10-09, 60 min.

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This leaf is S55E04: listed hour 646 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 4 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2022-10-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi” (S55E03). Next is “The Lost Souls Of Bucha | The Power Of Grimsby | Coach Prime” (S55E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State (S55E04)

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Taiwan – As tensions keep rising between the U.S. and China over Taiwan, 60 MINUTES' Lesley Stahl travels to the island – a progressive, thriving democracy – to see how people on the ground are reacting and preparing for the possibility of a Chinese invasion.  After Ian – 60 MINUTES spans the affected coastline of southwestern Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Correspondent Bill Whitaker and his team return to Sanibel Island with a family to discover what happened to their home and visit America's first sustainably designed, hurricane-proofed, solar-powered town, which suffered almost no damage after a direct hit from the category four storm.  Church and State – As the Southern Baptist Convention finds itself at the center of a sexual abuse scandal under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, 60 MINUTES' Anderson Cooper meets the convention's newly elected president. Bart Barber was tapped in June to lead the largest evangelical institution in America. A small-town Texas pastor, Barber speaks with Cooper about the sex abuse scandal, his faith, and what he hopes evangelicals will keep in mind during the upcoming midterm elections.

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Where does Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S55E04 is listed hour 646 of 767 — hour 4 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 4.

When did 60 Minutes S55E04 air?

Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State aired 2022-10-09 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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