Episode
60 Minutes: Combustible Dust/Howard Hughes/Joel Osteen
Overview
"Combustible Dust" examines how dust explosions cause property damage and death in American factories. "Howard Hughes" rebroadcasts a looks at how the Howard Hughes Medical Institute became one of the riches charities in the United States. "Joel Osteen" rebroadcasts a profile of the famous preacher. "Andy Rooney" talks about watches.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 40
- Episode
- Episode 37
- Air date
- 2008-06-08
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Combustible Dust/Howard Hughes/Joel Osteen is Episode 37 in Season 40 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2008-06-08. The runtime is 44 min.
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