Episode
60 Minutes: 4/4/2021: A Fair Shot, Darren Walker, Survival
Overview
Inside Florida's chaotic vaccine rollout; How Darren Walker, the head of the Ford Foundation, wants to change philanthropy; And, survivors recount being stranded on an island as teens 50 years ago.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 53
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 2021-04-04
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
4/4/2021: A Fair Shot, Darren Walker, Survival is Episode 29 in Season 53 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2021-04-04. The runtime is 44 min.
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