The CBS Mornings Podcast

From combatting burnout to working remotely, workplace expert and author Anne Helen Petersen shares tips for navigating the modern work environment with CBS News' Errol Barnett. Petersen is the host of Crooked Media's new podcast, "Work Appropriate."

Jason Rezaian, opinion writer at The Washington Post, joins CBS News' Ed O'Keefe to discuss his experience being released nearly seven years ago after being held hostage in Iran for 544 days. Rezaian provides insight into his experience of reintegrating into civilian life and offers advice for Brittney Griner.

Samuel D. Hunter, playwright and screenwriter of "The Whale," joins CBS News' Jamie Wax to discuss adapting his 2012 play for the big screen and how the global pandemic gave new resonance to the story. He also talks about collaborating with director Darren Aronofsky and actor Brendan Fraser on the film

Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua discusses his latest movie, "Emancipation", with CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers. Inspired by a true story, "Emancipation" stars Will Smith as Peter, a slave in the 1860s who escaped from his plantation. A real photograph of Peter's bare back, scarred by whippings, helped spark the abolitionist movement. Fuqua shares what drew him to the project and the importance of telling this powerful story -- he calls it his "love letter to the country." Plus, Fuqua also comments on the infamous slap at the 2022 Oscar involving Will Smith and Chris Rock - and whether he's concerned it will taint viewers opinion of the film. "Emancipation" begins streaming on Apple TV+ December 9th.

Award-winning portrait and documentary photographer Lynn Goldsmith joins CBS News Vladimir Duthiers to discuss her new book, "Music in the '80s." Goldsmiith looks back at her career - switching gears from directing to managing bands before becoming an iconic photographer.

Writer and director Elegance Bratton joins CBS News' Jamie Yuccas to discuss his new film "The Inspection." Inspired by his own life, the film tells the story a young gay man - who rejected by his mother - finds unexpected strength, camaraderie and support after he joins the Marines.

Scott Prendergast, the creator and executive producer of CBS' "So Help Me Todd," joins CBS News' Jamie Wax to discuss how helping his estranged mother find her husband after he disappeared prompted him to write a TV series about the experience. He shares how the series at it's core is about parenting, and how becoming a father himself two years ago helped him reevaluate his own relationship with his mother. Prendergast talks about casting Marcia Gay Harden as the successful lawyer Margaret Wright and Skylar Astin as her son, Todd.

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The new film, Devotion tells the true story of Jesse Brown - the first black Navy pilot - and Tom Hudner, a fellow Navy pilot who tried to save Brown's life after he was shot down. Actors Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell spoke to CBS News' Jericka Duncan about playing the real life heroes and coming away from working on the film with a new sense of devotion. Plus, hear the promise Powell made to Hudner before his death in 2017.

Father of four and co-host of CBS Mornings, Tony Dokopuil joins soon to be first-time father CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers to offer advice on fatherhood. The two discuss co-parenting with spouses, asking the grandparents for help, baby proofing the house and the legacy children represent.

Christy Woodenthigh’s family rushed to her home on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation when they got the shocking news that the 33-year-old mother was dead. They arrived to find no police officers, no approaching sirens, and no sign of Christy. ”Missing Justice”, a new 6-episode limited series hosted by CBS News reporters Cara Korte and Bo Erickson, takes you inside what really happened that night and how the issues in Christy’s case connect to the larger Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Crisis. Missing Justice premieres on November 22nd wherever you get your podcasts.

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