Episode
60 Minutes: Costa Concordia, Khan Academy, The Innovator
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 45
- Episode
- Episode 46
- Air date
- 2013-09-01
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Costa Concordia, Khan Academy, The Innovator is Episode 46 in Season 45 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2013-09-01. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 45: 40 Million Mistakes, A Face in the Crowd, The Nile Crocodile
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.
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