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The Family Farm | Collateral Damage | The Indomitable Margaret Atwood
TV Flash files “The Family Farm | Collateral Damage | The Indomitable Margaret Atwood” as hour 742 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 7, aired 2025-11-09, 60 min.
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This leaf is S58E07: listed hour 742 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 7 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2025-11-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “President Trump | Officially Amazing” (S58E06). Next is “The President's Pardon | Anthropic | Chess Boxing” (S58E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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The Family Farm – American farmers have faced months of uncertainty after China stopped buying soybeans in retaliation for the White House's reciprocal tariffs strategy. Correspondent Cecilia Vega interviews farmers from Tennessee and Missouri who are struggling with high costs and low prices for their crops, and who fear they could be the generation to lose the family farm. Michael Rey is the producer. Collateral Damage – President Trump has accused elite universities of liberal bias and antisemitism and has been threatening their federal research funding to pressure them to change. At Harvard University, scientists tell correspondent Bill Whitaker that the government's actions are jeopardizing their research into potentially life-saving advances in medicine and could dismantle America's lead in scientific innovation. Sarah Koch is the producer. The Indomitable Margaret Atwood – Correspondent Jon Wertheim profiles literary titan Margaret Atwood, author of the dystopian classic The Handmaid's Tale. At 85, with 64 books to her name, Canada's best-known author has been called the "prophet of doom" for her uncanny ability to write about catastrophes in her fiction before they happen in real life. Wertheim talks to Atwood about her new memoir, Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts, why she thinks The Handmaid's Tale became a cultural touchstone, and how she refuses to be silenced by an increasing number of bans on her books. Nathalie Sommer is the producer.
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Where does The Family Farm | Collateral Damage | The Indomitable Margaret Atwood sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S58E07 is listed hour 742 of 767 — hour 7 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 7.
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The Family Farm | Collateral Damage | The Indomitable Margaret Atwood aired 2025-11-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 58
- S58E01 A Lonely Voice | The Mystery of the Eagle S | Dana White
- S58E02 Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner
- S58E03 The China Hack | Booms, Busts and Bubbles | The Road to Damascus
- S58E04 The Dealmakers | Erez Reuveni | Amy Sherald
- S58E05 On The Brink | Dr. Attia Will See You Now | The Mentalist
- S58E06 President Trump | Officially Amazing