Episode
60 Minutes: Billionaire on the Bus, Pleistocene Park, JR
Overview
A venture capitalist spreading funding to Middle America; then, bringing back pieces of the Ice Age to combat climate change; And, larger than life displays by French photographer JR
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 51
- Episode
- Episode 40
- Air date
- 2019-07-07
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Billionaire on the Bus, Pleistocene Park, JR is Episode 40 in Season 51 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2019-07-07. The runtime is 44 min.
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