60 Minutes - Season 43 - Eps 38: Designing Life/The N-Word/The King's Speech
Designing Life - Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls "the first synthetic species." The N-Word - A Southern publisher's sanitized edition of "Huckleberry Finn" that replaces the N-word with "slave" over 200 times is the focal point for a debate on the use of the controversial word in American society. The King's Speech - "60 Minutes" talks to its starring actor, Colin Firth, and reports on the historic find in an attic that helped make the "The King's Speech" an Oscar favorite.
About 60 Minutes
Title: 60 Minutes
First Air Date: 1968-09-24
Last Air Date: 2025-06-15
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.651/10 (from 73 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 57
Total Episodes: 953
Network: CBS
Genres: News
Production Companies: CBS News Productions
Synopsis
America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.
