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Guest host: Seth Doane
COVER STORY: Young women on Girls State: “The most life-changing week of my life”
At a time when politics leaves many of us bitterly divided, high school students from all walks of life attend the week-long Girls State to participate in an exercise in democracy. “Sunday Morning” anchor Jane Pauley (herself a veteran of Hoosier Girls State, where she was elected governor) talks to young women in Indiana engaging in mock political campaigns to create a model government; and meets Emily Worthmore, now a college sophomore, who was featured in the Apple TV+ documentary “Girls State,” who talks about how the experienced shaped her life.
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ALMANAC: August 25
“Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.
MUSIC: Opera for Peace: A master class for diversity in the arts
By inviting singers from around the world, the non-profit Opera for Peace hopes to develop greater diversity among performers of opera, and to inspire the next generation of opera audiences. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with African American singer Hannah Jeané Jones, who traveled to Rome to participate in the program; and with soprano Forooz Razavi, who sang with an R&B group in Iran before she fell in love with opera.
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TECHNOLOGY: The electric-plane future is about to take off
Correspondent David Pogue checks out advances being made in aviation technology that allow a plane to be powered by batteries, promising a more environmentally-friendly, quieter and cheaper ride that doesn’t require a runway.
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U.S.: The tiny N.Y. town where bookstores rule
The tiny town of Hobart, New York, is home to around 400 residents and seven bookstores. Correspondent Conor Knighton finds out how this “book village” became a dream destination for bibliophiles.
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COMMENTARY: “Siri, what the heck?” David Sedaris on talking to one’s devices
Commanding your device to do things you could just as well do yourself is a mark of technological progress that humorist David Sedaris finds peculiar, when your voice-activated app is not up to the job.
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