Overview of '60 Minutes' Season 45

Episode 1 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai; US General John Allen; Arnold Schwarzenegger

Release Date: 2012-09-30

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Marine General John Allen discuss the war with Laura Logan in Afghanistan; Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about marital issues.

Episode 2 - Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei; U.S. Eyeware Company Luxotyica; Singer Rodriguez

Release Date: 2012-10-07

The potential risks of Huawei, a Chinese telecom giant; doing business with the U.S. eyewear company Luxottica; singer Rodriguez.

Episode 3 - The Syrian Civil War; New Program in Texas for War Vets; Daniel Craig & Barbara Broccoli

Release Date: 2012-10-14

The impact the Syrian Civil War has on the country; A new program in Texas for veterans who have gotten in trouble with the law; Props & gadgets from James Bond films and interviews with actor Daniel Craig and producer Barbara Broccoli.

Episode 4 - Medical Marijuana; Goldman Sachs Employee Greg Smith; Steven Spielberg

Release Date: 2012-10-21

Colorado's medical marijuana industry; former Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith; director Steven Spielberg discusses his upcoming film, "Lincoln," and shares the first clips of the movie.

Episode 5 - Jobs & the Economy in Asheboro, NC; Missing American Historical Treasures; Shahid Khan

Release Date: 2012-10-28

Jobs and the economy in Asheboro, NC; American historical treasures that have gone missing; Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan.

Episode 6 - Partisan U.S. Senate Gridlock; Historian David McCullough; Football Player Aaron Rodgers

Release Date: 2012-11-04

Current and former members of the U.S. Senate discuss the partisan gridlock; historian David McCullough; professional football player Aaron Rodgers.

Episode 7 - Residents of Belle Harbor, NY; Manufacturers Looking for High-Tech Capable Employees; David McCullough

Release Date: 2012-11-11

Residents of Belle Harbor, a shoreline neighborhood in New York, who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy; U.S. manufacturers looking for employees capable of operating high-tech machinery; historian David McCullough.

Episode 8 - An Immigration & Customs Enforcement Investigation; Infant Morality; College Football Programs

Release Date: 2012-11-18

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's three-year investigation into the largest drug trafficking cartel ever seen; morality in infants; college football programs.

Episode 9 - Free The Children; New York City Ballet; Dereck & Beverly Joubert

Release Date: 2012-11-25

The organization Free the Children empowers kids to help others; the New York City Ballet; filmmakers Dereck & Beverly Joubert.

Episode 10 - Claims Against a Hospital Chain; Shin Dong Hyuk; Adventurers Bertrand Piccard & Abdre Borschberg

Release Date: 2012-12-02

Claims a hospital chain pressured doctors to admit patients; Shin Dong Hyuk talks about his escape from a North Korean prison camp; adventurers Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg discusses their plan to fly a solar-powered plane around the world.

Episode 11 - Individuals Confessing To Crimes They Did Not Commit; The Race to Save the Tortoise; Hugh Jackman

Release Date: 2012-12-09

Individuals confessing to crimes they did not commit; poachers sell endangered turtles and tortoises for large sums of money; actor Hugh Jackman discusses his childhood, his family, and his latest role in "Les Miserables."

Episode 12 - Tragedy in Newton; Costa Concordia; The Vatican Library's treasures

Release Date: 2012-12-16

60 Minutes reports: Tragedy in Newtown Scott Pelley reports on the Newtown shooting and interviews a school nurse, a former classmate of the alleged gunman's, and former Secret Service members. Scott Pelley reports on the Newtown shooting and interviews a school nurse, a former classmate of the alleged gunman's, and former Secret Service members. Costa Concordia: Salvaging a shipwreck Eleven months after wrecking at sea, the Italian luxury liner awaits one of the most expensive and daunting salvage operations ever. Lesley Stahl reports. A rare look at the Vatican Library's treasures No one is allowed to borrow a book from the Vatican Library except the pope. And no wonder: the archive holds some of the oldest and most precious works of art and treasure known to man. Morley Safer and "60 Minutes" cameras get to see the best of the best.

Episode 13 - The Year of Adele/Rodriguez/Taylor Swift

Release Date: 2012-12-23

"The Year of Adele" rebroadcasts a profile and interview with the singer. "Rodriguez" rebroadcasts a profile and interview the famous singer and songwriter about the recent film about his life. "Taylor Swift" rebroadcasts a profile and interview with the young musician.

Episode 14 - Bionic limbs; Danish Spy; Judd Apatow

Release Date: 2012-12-30

How humans can move robotic limbs with their thoughts; a former Danish spy who claims to have played a role in the killing of an Al-Qaeda leader; filmmaker Judd Apatow.

Internet's Impact on the News and Print Media; David Kelley and his company, IDEO; the Barcelona soccer team's unique training system is spotlighted

Episode 15 - Internet's Impact on the News and Print Media; David Kelley and his company, IDEO; the Barcelona soccer team's unique training system is spotlighted

Release Date: 2013-01-06

Morley Safer explores the Internet's impact on newspapers and the print media; Charlie Rose profiles David Kelley and his company, IDEO, a creator of iconic products such as the computer mouse. Also: the Barcelona soccer team's unique training system is spotlighted.

Episode 16 - March of the Machines; Justice Sotomayor; Free Diving

Release Date: 2013-01-13

Steve Kroft reports on technological advances, especially robotics, that are revolutionizing the workplace, but not necessarily creating jobs; In her first broadcast interview, Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks to Scott Pelley about her life and career leading up to her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, including the role affirmative action played; In a growing extreme sport in which divers reach great depths on one breath, records are being broken and doctors are increasingly surprised by feats never thought possible. Bob Simon reports.

Episode 17 - The President and the Secretary of State; The Fall of Lance Armstrong

Release Date: 2013-01-27

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appear in their first joint interview when they speak together to Steve Kroft; He confessed to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week, but U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart, says the evidence proves Lance Armstrong withheld the truth and lied to Winfrey on key issues. Tygart tells Scott Pelley that if the disgraced cyclist wants his lifetime ban lifted, he will have to tell all.

Episode 18 - Attack in Algeria; 40 Million Mistakes; Lincoln

Release Date: 2013-02-10

Mark Cobb, Steve Wysocki and Nick Frazier, three of the five Americans who survived the al Qaeda attack on an Algerian natural gas facility that resulted in the deaths of 37 foreign workers, recount their ordeals for the first time to Charlie Rose. Howard L. Rosenberg and Julie Holstein are the producers. A Steve Kroft investigation looks into the accuracy of the credit reports that American consumers rely on for credit cards and loans. James Jacoby and Michael Karzis are the producers. 60 Minutes explores the character of Lincoln, the president and the man, as seen through the eyes of the team that made the 12-time Oscar nominated film "Lincoln": best director nominee Steven Spielberg, best actor nominee Daniel Day Lewis and the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, on whose book the movie was based. Lesley Stahl reports. Ruth Streeter is the producer.

Episode 19 - Israel's Iron Dome; World's Largest Civilian Hospital Ship; Downton Abbey's Maggie Smith

Release Date: 2013-02-17

Bob Simon reports on Israel's "Iron Dome," a game-changing defense system that the Israeli Air Force says shot down 85 percent of the rockets its enemies fired into the country from nearby Gaza last November. The world's largest civilian hospital ship takes volunteer medical staff to the Third World where they have restored sight to thousands of people suffering from cataracts and returned smiles to victims of facial tumors and cleft palates. Scott Pelley reports. Steve Kroft profiles Downton Abbey's Maggie Smith, who, at 78, has reached new heights of stardom due to the popular PBS series.

Episode 20 - The Life and Death of Clay Hunt; China's Real Estate Mogul; China's Real Estate Bubble

Release Date: 2013-03-03

Byron Pitts reports on the suicide of Clay Hunt, a former marine combat veteran; Lesley Stahl profiles Chinese billionaire Zhang Xin, a leading real-estate developer in China. Also: an examination of China's economy and its troubled real-estate market.

Episode 21 - Lethal Medicine; Sheryl Sandberg; God's Architect

Release Date: 2013-03-10

Scott Pelley investigates the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 48 people and sickened hundreds of others; Norah O'Donnell profiles Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg; Lara Logan reports on construction of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Episode 22 - Disillusionment Among Nuns in America; Twitter Creator Jack Dorsey; Former Hit Man Says He Has Found God

Release Date: 2013-03-17

Bob Simon reports on how Pope Francis may address the disillusionment among American nuns; Lara Logan interviews Twitter creator Jack Dorsey; Byron Pitts profiles former Mafia hit man John Veasey, who claims he is now a born-again Christian.

Episode 23 - Crackdown in Russia; Blindsided; The Nile Crocodile

Release Date: 2013-03-24

Lesley Stahl interviews a member of Russia's punk protest band Pussy Riot, about the group's anti-Putin demonstration that resulted in two members being imprisoned. Also: James Brown interviews NFL hopeful Brian Banks, who spent five years in prison for a rape he did not commit; and Anderson Cooper swims in the Nile with crocodiles.

Episode 24 - The Pioneer Hotel Fire; The Lost Boys

Release Date: 2013-03-31

Steve Kroft looks back at the Pioneer Hotel fire in Tucson that killed 29 people in 1970, exploring new evidence that could free a man in prison for the blaze. Also: Bob Simon files a two-segment report on Sudanese refugees who have settled in the U.S.

Episode 25 - Parents of Children Killed in the Newtown Massacre on Gun Law; Professional Basketball Player Jeremy Lin

Release Date: 2013-04-07

Parents of the victims of the Newtown, Conn., massacre speak with Scott Pelley about their efforts to change gun laws. Also: Charlie Rose interviews NBA player Jeremy Lin.

Searching for warlord Joseph Kony; professional baseball player R.A. Dickey discusses his career; culture in the quirky town of Marfa, Texas

Episode 26 - Searching for warlord Joseph Kony; professional baseball player R.A. Dickey discusses his career; culture in the quirky town of Marfa, Texas

Release Date: 2013-04-14

Lara Logan joins African soldiers and U.S. military advisers as they search for warlord Joseph Kony; Lesley Stahl interviews Cy Young Award-winning knuckleball pitcher R.A. Dickey; Morley Safer visits cowboys and artists in Marfa, Texas.

Episode 27 - The Boston Bombings; Sniffing For Bombs; The 9/11 Museum

Release Date: 2013-04-21

The inside story of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation: Scott Pelley interviews Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. Lara Logan gets a rare look into the secretive world of these special dogs, some of whose capabilities are classified. Lesley Stahl gets the first in-depth look at the National September 11 Memorial Museum currently under construction seven stories below ground at ground zero, touring the massive space, getting a preview of its planned exhibits, and speaking to its director, president, and family members of victims who sit on its board.

Episode 28 - Angel of Death; Rosie's Run for the Roses

Release Date: 2013-04-28

Angel of Death - Serial killer nurse Charles Cullen confessed to as many as 40 murders, but some believe he killed many, many more patients over a 16-year career. The serial killer speaks to Steve Kroft in his first television interview. Graham Messick is the producer. Watch a preview Rosie's Run for the Roses - One of the hottest American jockeys, Rosie Napravnik, is the only female riding in the upcoming Kentucky Derby and one of only a handful of successful female jockeys in the sport's history. Bob Simon reports. Tom Anderson and Michelle St. John are the producers

Episode 29 - Counterinsurgency Cops; Robin Hood; Invisible Wounds

Release Date: 2013-05-05

Lesley Stahl examines counterinsurgency tactics used by police in Springfield, Mass., to combat gangs; Scott Pelley interviews Paul Tudor Jones, founder of the charity Robin Hood Foundation; David Martin reports on brain injuries suffered by soldiers.

Episode 30 - The Rescue of Jessica Buchanan; Succeeding As Civilians; Bill Gates 2.0

Release Date: 2013-05-12

Scott Pelley interviews Jessica Buchanan, an American aid worker who was captured and held hostage for three months in Somalia before being rescued by Navy SEALs. Also: a look at a Syracuse University course designed to help disabled military veterans start their own businesses; a visit with Bill Gates.

Episode 31 - A Face in the Crowd, Three Generations of Punishment, Michael Jackson

Release Date: 2013-05-19

Lesley Stahl reports on facial-recognition technology; Anderson Cooper interviews human-rights activist Shin Dong-hyuk, who is believed to be the only person born in a North Korean prison camp who successfully escaped; Lara Logan examines some of the personal belongings of Michael Jackson.

Episode 32 - A Long & Dangerous Journey, Lion Kings, Taylor Swift

Release Date: 2013-05-26

Anderson Cooper reports on thousands of Afghan boys who are fleeing their war-torn country to escape to Europe; Lara Logan visits documentary filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert as they film African lions; Lesley Stahl profiles Taylor Swift.

Episode 33 - Bionic Limbs, Missing American Historical Treasures, Maggie Smith

Release Date: 2013-06-02

Scott Pelley reports on robotic prostheses; Bob Simon investigates the theft of thousands of historical documents; Steve Kroft profiles Maggie Smith.

Episode 34 - The Cost of Admission, Justice Sotomayor, God's Architect

Release Date: 2013-06-09

Steve Kroft investigates allegations that a hospital chain pressured doctors to admit patients regardless of their medical needs; Scott Pelley profiles Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor; Lara Logan visits the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Episode 35 - The Super Cartel, Sticker Shock, Barca

Release Date: 2013-06-16

Lara Logan investigates the bust of a massive drug-trafficking cartel; Lesley Stahl reports on the Italian eye-wear company Luxottica; Bob Simon visits Barcelona and the city's Bar‡a soccer team, which includes Lionel Messi.

Episode 36 - Evidence of Innocence, Crackdown in Russia, Design Thinking

Release Date: 2013-06-23

Lara Logan interviews Michael Morton, who spent nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit; Lesley Stahl reports on the Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot; Charlie Rose profiles David Kelley and his company, IDEO, a creator of iconic products such as the computer mouse.

Episode 37 - Sheryl Sandberg, David McCullough

Release Date: 2013-06-30

Norah O'Donnell profiles Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg; Morley Safer interviews historian David McCullough and accompanies him to Paris.

Episode 38 - Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Lincoln

Release Date: 2013-07-07

Scott Pelley profiles Hugh Jackman; Anderson Cooper interviews Daniel Craig and producer Barbara Broccoli who discuss the James Bond films; Lesley Stahl explores the character of Abraham Lincoln with Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Episode 39 - Angel of Death, The Race to Save the Tortoise

Release Date: 2013-07-14

Steve Kroft interviews convicted serial killer Charles Cullen, a former nurse who pleaded guilty to killing 29 patients during his 16-year career. Also: A report from Madagascar centers on the poaching of turtles and tortoises.

Episode 40 - Sniffing for Bombs, The Lost Boys

Release Date: 2013-07-21

Lara Logan reports on dogs that are trained to sniff out bombs; Bob Simon visits with Sudanese refugees who settled in the U.S.

Episode 41 - American Nuns, Bill Gates 2.0, The Baby Lab

Release Date: 2013-07-28

Bob Simon addresses disillusionment among nuns in the U.S.; Charlie Rose interviews Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Also: a study of morality via the behavior of infants.

Episode 42 - Counterinsurgency Cops, Africa Mercy, Marfa, Texas

Release Date: 2013-08-04

Lesley Stahl examines counterinsurgency tactics employed by police in Springfield, Mass., to combat gang violence; Scott Pelley goes aboard the Africa Mercy hospital ship, where thousands of Third World patients are treated for cataracts, facial tumors and cleft palates; Morley Safer visits cowboys and artists in Marfa, Texas.

Episode 43 - Lethal Medicine, China's Real Estate Mogul, China's Real Estate Bubble

Release Date: 2013-08-11

Scott Pelley investigates the deadly, multistate fungal-meningitis outbreak that killed more than 50 people; Lesley Stahl profiles Chinese billionaire Zhang Xin, a leading real-estate developer in China. Also: an examination of China's economy and its troubled real-estate market.

Episode 44 - Morten Storm, Robin Hood, Free Diving

Release Date: 2013-08-18

Lara Logan interviews a former Danish spy who claims to have played a role in the killing of an Al-Qaeda leader; Scott Pelley interviews Paul Tudor Jones, founder of the charity Robin Hood Foundation; Bob Simon reports on extreme sport free diving.

Episode 45 - 40 Million Mistakes, A Face in the Crowd, The Nile Crocodile

Release Date: 2013-08-25

Steve Kroft investigates the accuracy of credit reports that American consumers rely on for credit cards and loans; Lesley Stahl reports on facial-recognition technology; Anderson Cooper swims in the Nile with crocodiles.

Episode 46 - Costa Concordia, Khan Academy, The Innovator

Release Date: 2013-09-01

Lesley Stahl reports on the salvage operation to tow the capsized Costa Concordia passenger ship; Sanjay Gupta interviews Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, who discusses his educational philosophy; Lara Logan profiles Twitter creator Jack Dorsey.

Episode 47 - March of the Machines, The 9/11 Museum, Michael Jackson

Release Date: 2013-09-08

Steve Kroft explores groundbreaking technological advances and robotics in the workplace; Lesley Stahl visits the September 11 Memorial Museum; Lara Logan examines some of the personal belongings of Michael Jackson.

Episode 48 - Syria, The Briefer, Rocky Mountain High

Release Date: 2013-09-15

Charlie Rose interviews Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Also: Scott Pelley speaks with Barack Obama about chemical weapons use in Syria; John Miller questions former CIA deputy director Michael Morell about the crisis in Syria. Steve Kroft reports on the business of growing and selling medical marijuana in Colorado.