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Boeing's Whistleblowers | Big Crypto | A Tutor for Every Student | Thai Elephants

TV Flash files “Boeing's Whistleblowers | Big Crypto | A Tutor for Every Student | Thai Elephants” as hour 717 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 57, episode 13, aired 2024-12-08, 90 min.

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This leaf is S57E13: listed hour 717 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 13 of 31 in season 57. It aired 2024-12-08 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Notre Dame | Smith Island | Kate Winslet | Welcome to the Wedding” (S57E12). Next is “Road to Damascus | Unveiling | The House of Hermes” (S57E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Boeing's Whistleblowers | Big Crypto | A Tutor for Every Student | Thai Elephants (S57E13)

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BOEING'S WHISTLEBLOWERS – Less than a year after a panel blew off a 737-9 MAX airplane carrying 177 people thousands of feet above the ground, Boeing has faced four new federal investigations and appointed a new CEO to "restore trust." Yet that has not slowed down the steady stream of Boeing whistleblowers coming forward with safety and quality concerns. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi meets with several of those whistleblowers in Washington, including one who is speaking out in his first television interview. Alfonsi hears about their serious concerns for commercial airplanes leaving their factories and why they weren't surprised when that panel blew off the side of a Boeing airplane in the Oregon sky. Lucy Hatcher is the producer. BIG CRYPTO – Rarely in American politics has a new industry spent so much money, with such apparent impact, as the cryptocurrency business did in the last election. With the price of Bitcoin reaching record highs after the election, Margaret Brennan examines how much money the crypto industry spent, how effective it was and what it hopes to get from the new "pro-crypto" Trump administration and Congress. Andy Court is the producer. A TUTOR FOR EVERY STUDENT – Correspondent Anderson Cooper explores AI in the classroom and learns how the education nonprofit Khan Academy teamed up with the AI company OpenAI to enhance teacher efficiency and deepen student learning. Cooper previews a new voice and vision technology from OpenAI, and test-drives a pioneering online tutor named "Khanmigo" from Khan Academy to experience firsthand how the two companies are hoping to help shape the future of education. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer. THAI ELEPHANTS – For centuries, the people of Thailand have held a deep reverence for their national animal – the Asian elephant. Today that reverence and co-existent relationship is being tested. Deforestation and overdevelopment are driving these 10-thousand-pound animals out of the wild and into farms and villages in search of food – creating a growing and sometimes dangerous human-elephant conflict. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsitravels into the forests of Thailand to meet with villagers who are dealing with weekly elephant incursions and talks to American and Thai scientists who are developing novel solutions to combat the problem. This is a double length segment. Ashley Velie is the producer.

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Where does Boeing's Whistleblowers | Big Crypto | A Tutor for Every Student | Thai Elephants sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S57E13 is listed hour 717 of 767 — hour 13 of 31 in season 57, season 57 episode 13.

When did 60 Minutes S57E13 air?

Boeing's Whistleblowers | Big Crypto | A Tutor for Every Student | Thai Elephants aired 2024-12-08 and is listed at 90 minutes.

Is 1980s 60 Minutes different from today's?

The grammar is the same: multi-segment hour, stopwatch motif, investigations plus profiles. In the 1980s it frequently outrated sitcoms — proof news could dominate prime time.

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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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