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Radio Free Europe | The Vanishing Wild | Obesity
TV Flash files “Radio Free Europe | The Vanishing Wild | Obesity” as hour 657 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 15, aired 2023-01-01, 60 min.
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This leaf is S55E15: listed hour 657 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 15 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2023-01-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Convoy of Life | Litigation Funding | Lourdes” (S55E14). Next is “Prince Harry | A Hans Zimmer Score” (S55E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Radio Free Europe – Once seen as a Cold War relic, Radio Free Europe has become a vital tool in today's battle against disinformation and authoritarianism, especially since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. American taxpayers pay for RFE's $140 million budget, which recently got a bipartisan boost from Congress. Bill Whitaker visits the RFE headquarters in Prague and meets the brave journalists behind its fearless reporting. The Vanishing Wild – Scientists are sounding an alarm that we are living amid Earth's sixth mass extinction; the last one was 66 million years ago when an asteroid hit the Yucatan peninsula and wiped out the dinosaurs. They predict we are just 20 years away from life being altered on Earth again. Scott Pelley speaks with experts who offer solutions to what they call one of the most urgent global problems. Obesity – Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in America after smoking. Lesley Stahl reports on a new medication that helps with weight loss but is wildly expensive and covered by very few insurance companies.
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Where does Radio Free Europe | The Vanishing Wild | Obesity sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S55E15 is listed hour 657 of 767 — hour 15 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 15.
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Radio Free Europe | The Vanishing Wild | Obesity aired 2023-01-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 55
- S55E01 President Biden | Ebrahim Raisi
- S55E02 Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs
- S55E03 Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi
- S55E04 Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State
- S55E05 The Lost Souls Of Bucha | The Power Of Grimsby | Coach Prime
- S55E06 Dominion | American Prairie | Ina Garten