Jane Pauley hosts our annual special broadcast about design. In our cover story, Luke Burbank looks at a plan backed by Silicon Valley billionaires to build a new city in California. Also: Serena Altschul looks at the history of baby strollers; Martha Teichner meets the country's most acclaimed maker of weathervanes; Jonathan Vigliotti sits down with actress and entrepreneur Courteney Cox; Kelefa Sanneh investigates the rising popularity in bidets; Martha Stewart gives tips on throwing a garden tea party; and Susan Spencer enjoys fun and games with Wordle, jigsaw puzzles, and the board game Monopoly.

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, David Pogue looks at how designers have failed at keeping product design, from cars to computers, simple. Also: Robert Costa interviews comedian Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time"; Luke Burbank goes behind the scenes of the series finale of "Young Sheldon"; and Tracy Smith sits down with Tony-nominee Sarah Paulson.

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. Seth Doane interviews Whoopi Goldberg about her new memoir, "Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me"; Also Tracy Smith talks with "Blue Bloods" star Tom Selleck; David Pogue looks back on the remarkable Mars mission of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter; and John Dickerson talks with bestselling author and humorist A.J. Jacobs about his "Year of Living Constitutionally."

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Susan Spencer looks at the importance of spending time being lazy. Plus: Lee Cowan sits down with news veteran Dan Rather; Anthony Mason joins author Erik Larson at Fort Sumter to explore the opening shots of the Civil War; and Conor Knighton visits a unique zoo for rescued animals, housed at a detention facility in Key West, Florida.

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Conor Knighton looks at the creation of wildlife crossings to allow animals to safely bypass heavily trafficked roadways. Also: Jim Axelrod investigates a growing epidemic of romance scams by fake dating app profiles; and Tracy Smith profiles "The Covenant of Water" author Abraham Verghese.

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Jane Pauley hosts our annual "Money Issue." In our cover story, Lee Cowan looks at how books, films and music falling out of copyright into the public domain are inspiring new works. Also: Mo Rocca talks with Jerry Seinfeld about his new film, "Unfrosted," a not-very-true origin story of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts; David Pogue finds out why Arkansas residents are complaining about the noise from bitcoin mines; Ben Tracy looks at the problems of recycling plastic; Martha Teichner examines how Houston is successfully reducing homelessness; Conor Knighton visits the Waterford Crystal factory, while Kelefa Sanneh checks out running shoe company New Balance; Robert Costa sits down with FTC chair Lina Khan; Tracy Smith talks with Hollywood psychic Tyler Henry; and Lilia Luciano visits flower growers in Colombia.

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, David Pogue previews what to expect from the Great American Eclipse this Monday. Also: Tracy Smith explores misconceptions about menopause; Kelefa Sanneh meets the cast and creatives behind the Broadway revival of "The Wiz," including star Wayne Brady; Ben Mankiewicz talks with the director and stars of "Civil War," a new film depicting an America at war with itself; Ben Tracy examines the legacy of British explorer Captain James Cook; and Erin Moriarty reports on how a loophole is depriving some foster children of their rightful benefits – while allowing states to cash in.

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Jim Axelrod reports on identical twins, Joe and Will Lawrance, and the legacy of remarkable artwork they left behind. Also: Mo Rocca sits down with Michael Douglas to discuss his new series, "Franklin," in which he plays founding father Benjamin Franklin; Lee Cowan interviews actress Rebel Wilson; Tracy Smith sits down with The Who's Pete Townshend, whose rock opera "Tommy" is returning to Broadway; Martha Teichner talks with Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai, producers of a Broadway musical about suffragists called "Suffs".

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. Seth Doane reports on the heartbreaking ordeal of Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist detained in Russia, while Lesley Stahl investigates efforts to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has spent nearly a year in a Moscow prison. Also: Tracy Smith sits down with comedian Steve Martin, who is now the subject of an Apple TV+ documentary; Robert Costa profiles historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; Martha Teichner talks with author Percival Everett about his new novel, "James"; Kelefa Sanneh interviews Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's "GPS"; and Nancy Giles meets Christopher Cooper, the "Extraordinary Birder."

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Martha Teichner looks at the history of turmoil in Haiti. Also: Conor Knighton explores Irish emigration, and his own family history; Tracy Smith sits down with Christine Blasey Ford, whose new memoir, "One Way Back," recounts the fallout from her testimony in Brett Kavanaugh's 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings; Luke Burbank poses questions to "Jeopardy!" champion-turned-host Ken Jennings; David Pogue reports on how the bestselling romance "The Notebook" has been adapted to a Broadway musical; Mark Whitaker visits a sculpture park in Montgomery, Ala., that explores the history of slavery; and Lee Cowan profiles Danish artist Thomas Dambo, who uses reclaimed wood from landfills to create giant sculptures depicting trolls.

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