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Return to RAM | Ghost Train | The Mardi Gras Indians
TV Flash files “Return to RAM | Ghost Train | The Mardi Gras Indians” as hour 759 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 24, aired 2026-04-05, 60 min.
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This leaf is S58E24: listed hour 759 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 24 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2026-04-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Inside the Tower | Unmanned | Wonder of the World” (S58E23). Next is “Pope Leo's Church | Risk on the Road | What Happened to the Great White Sharks?” (S58E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Return to RAM – As the affordable care marketplace has seen premiums rise and Medicaid faces its biggest cuts ever, correspondent Scott Pelley revisits one charity, Remote Area Medical, that delivers aid to Americans cut off from healthcare by location and cost. At one of RAM's free pop-up clinics, Pelley meets patients sleeping in their cars and standing in line, many hundreds of miles from their homes, in desperate need of care. Henry Schuster and Sarah Turcotte are the producers. Ghost Train – Countries around the world have built high-speed rail – why has it failed to catch on in the U.S.? An ambitious state-run project connecting L.A. and San Francisco is vastly behind schedule and has seen costs balloon. One private company is hoping to succeed where the public sector hasn't – but that too faces challenges. Correspondent Jon Wertheim reports on the state of high-speed rail in the U.S., which has become a stand-in for a broader question: can America still build big things? David M. Levine is the producer. The Mardi Gras Indians – Every year on Mardi Gras, Black revelers roam the backstreets of New Orleans in dazzling hand-sewn suits that take an entire year to create. Correspondent Bill Whitaker meets the Mardi Gras Indians, also known as Black Masking Indians, one of America's last secret societies, who are preserving a culture that dates to at least the 1800s. It's a tradition marked by resilience and resistance that honors their ancestors. Nichole Marks is the producer.
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Where does Return to RAM | Ghost Train | The Mardi Gras Indians sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S58E24 is listed hour 759 of 767 — hour 24 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 24.
When did 60 Minutes S58E24 air?
Return to RAM | Ghost Train | The Mardi Gras Indians aired 2026-04-05 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