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The War in Gaza | The Prisoners | Wood to Whiskey
TV Flash files “The War in Gaza | The Prisoners | Wood to Whiskey” as hour 729 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 57, episode 25, aired 2025-04-06, 60 min.
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This leaf is S57E25: listed hour 729 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 25 of 31 in season 57. It aired 2025-04-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Hostages | Voice of America | Left Behind” (S57E24). Next is “Zelenskyy | Greenland | Banana Ball” (S57E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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The War in Gaza – Correspondent Scott Pelley reports on an American doctor who volunteers in Gaza, and from Doha where medical teams work to rehabilitate children injured in the war. Nicole Young is the producer. The Prisoners – Who are the men President Trump sent to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador using a wartime law dating back to 1798? The Trump administration says they are all violent gang members and terrorists. However, after obtaining internal government documents, 60 MINUTES could find no criminal records for most of the prisoners. Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports. Andy Court, Annabelle Hanflig, and Camilo Montoya-Galvez are the producers. Wood to Whiskey – With a history spanning two thousand years and still playing a vital role in global commerce, the oak barrel, as correspondent Bill Whitaker discovers, is much more than just a container. Barrels are a vital ingredient, especially in the production of Bourbon whiskey – giving it all of its distinctive color and much of its taste. Whitaker takes us inside the largest maker of wooden barrels to glimpse the magic and mystique of this essential tradition. Rome Hartman is the producer.
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Where does The War in Gaza | The Prisoners | Wood to Whiskey sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S57E25 is listed hour 729 of 767 — hour 25 of 31 in season 57, season 57 episode 25.
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The War in Gaza | The Prisoners | Wood to Whiskey aired 2025-04-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 57
- S57E01 The Prosecution of Jan. 6 | Danger in the South China Sea | Dua Lipa
- S57E02 Scourge of Our Time | The Trustbuster | Inside the Archives
- S57E03 After the Hurricane | Vladimir Kara-Murza | Welcome to the W | The Mezcaleros
- S57E04 The 2024 Presidential Ticket | Belief in the Ballot
- S57E05 Pennsylvania Counts | The Vatican's Orphans | Ballmer's Ballgame
- S57E06 Relief, N.C. | Navalny | The Swingiest County | The Cap Arcona