Episode 53

GOOD NEWS – David Pogue looks at some of the good news and positive developments that emerged worldwide in 2023.

MIDEAST – Imtiaz Tyab reports from Jerusalem on the war between Israel and Hamas and what's ahead as the conflict heads into the new year.

RESOLVED – Mo Rocca explores the issue of New Year's resolutions and the people we'd all become if we only stuck to those all-too-easy-to-make promises.

UKRAINE – Holly Williams reports on the war in Ukraine, which in February will mark three years since it started, and the resolve of Ukrainians to fight on.

HAIL AND FAREWELL – Lee Cowan looks back on the lives of those we lost in 2023.

TITAN – David Pogue looks back on his ride on the Titan submersible and how the implosion of the vehicle on a subsequent trip, killing all aboard, became an international story.

NEWTON MINNOW – Jane Pauley notes the passing of former FCC chairman Newton Minnow, an outspoken critic of commercialism on television.

COMMENTARY – Historian Douglas Brinkley has thoughts about endangered species and how a 50-year-old law protects them.

COMMENTARY – Anderson Cooper of 60 MINUTES shares some thoughts on living with grief, which is also the subject of his podcast, "All There Is."

COMMENTARY – Jim Gaffigan weighs in on the loss of a great American.