We're choosing objects today that will speak to people 250 years from now.
On a Sunday morning in mid-June, CBS assembles a broadcast that moves between the intimate and the monumental — from the quiet discipline of a Japanese lunch table to a time capsule meant to outlast everyone alive today, from the death of a painter who spent eighty-eight years learning to see, to a vice president navigating faith and geopolitics at once. These are stories about how human beings choose to carry themselves forward: through what they eat, what they bury, what they make, and what they believe.
- America's obesity crisis sharpens into focus against Japan's strikingly lean population — not because Japan resists fast food, but because it has built deliberate rituals around how food is eaten and what it is meant to teach.
- A time capsule engineered to survive 250 years underground will be sealed in Philadelphia on July 4, forcing a reckoning with what a nation believes is worth remembering about itself.
- David Hockney, who died at eighty-eight on June 11, leaves behind six decades of restless experimentation — swimming pools, Yorkshire fields, iPad paintings — and a legacy that a sitting prime minister called one of the most important in two centuries of contemporary art.
- Vice President JD Vance, expecting a fourth child and preparing a book on his Catholic conversion, signals that a deal with Iran may be near — even as his position puts him at odds with Pope Leo XIV.
- The Houston Astrodome, once the Eighth Wonder of the World, sits empty beside its successor and waits for a decision that no one has yet been willing to make.
Jane Pauley anchors a broadcast that moves across time and scale with unusual ambition. The hour opens in Japan, where correspondent Adam Yamaguchi investigates why Japanese adults remain lean at rates ten times better than Americans — not through deprivation, but through design. The story examines how one company has made employee health a corporate responsibility and how Japanese schools have turned the lunch hour into a lesson in living well, drawing on research suggesting the difference lies in how meals are composed and what values they are meant to carry.
In Philadelphia, a time capsule sealed until 2276 raises a quieter question: what do we believe about ourselves that is worth telling to people 250 years from now? Correspondent Faith Salie examines the objects chosen for preservation and the engineering required to make something survive a quarter-millennium underground — a project that speaks to a peculiar American faith in its own continuity.
The broadcast also serves as an appreciation of David Hockney, who died on June 11 at eighty-eight. Correspondent Seth Doane surveys a body of work that moved from luminous California swimming pools to Yorkshire landscapes to late-career digital paintings, a six-decade arc that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called among the most important in contemporary art. Archival footage from 1984 and 2006 anchors the tribute.
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha speak with Robert Costa about faith, family, and a forthcoming book on his conversion to Catholicism — while also addressing the administration's posture toward Iran and a tension with Pope Leo XIV that the vice president navigates carefully. Elsewhere, Mo Rocca enters the empty Houston Astrodome to ask what becomes of a wonder the world has moved past. Actor Bill Mumy, now seventy-two, reflects on a childhood in 'The Twilight Zone' and a life that avoided the wreckage that claimed so many child performers. And in Los Angeles, an artist sculpts World Cup history from chewing gum wrappers, one foil square at a time.
On Sunday morning, Jane Pauley will guide viewers through a broadcast that spans the practical wisdom of Japanese longevity, the ambitions of a nation preserving itself for the distant future, and the legacy of an artist who spent six decades painting light and water. The Emmy-winning program has assembled stories that feel, in their own way, like artifacts themselves—moments worth examining closely.
The broadcast opens with a question that has shadowed American public health for decades: Why do Japanese adults remain lean while Americans struggle with obesity at rates ten times higher, even as pizza, donuts, and fast food have become globally ubiquitous? Correspondent Adam Yamaguchi travels to Japan to investigate not just what people eat, but how eating itself is structured as a practice. The story moves beyond simple dietary comparison. It examines how one company has made employee health tracking a corporate responsibility, and how Japanese schools have transformed the lunch hour into something closer to a lesson in living well. The segment draws on research from Yoshiharu Doi's book on Japanese dietary traditions, suggesting that the difference lies not in deprivation but in deliberate design—in how meals are composed, how they're eaten, and what values they're meant to teach.
Philadelphia holds a different kind of future. By law, a time capsule will be buried on July 4, sealed until the year 2276, when Americans will mark five centuries of nationhood. Correspondent Faith Salie examines what objects—some cutting-edge, others humble—have been chosen for preservation. The capsule itself was engineered to survive a quarter-millennium underground, a technical problem that speaks to a peculiar American optimism: the belief that something we bury today will still matter, still be findable, still be worth opening in an unimaginable future. The story asks what we think we know about ourselves that's worth telling to people 250 years from now.
David Hockney died on Thursday, June 11, at eighty-eight. The British painter spent six decades in constant experimentation—swimming pools that seemed to contain light itself, sun-drenched California landscapes, intimate portraits of friends, vivid renderings of his native Yorkshire, and in his later years, groundbreaking digital works that proved an old artist could master new tools. Correspondent Seth Doane offers an appreciation of a body of work so substantial that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Hockney one of the most important figures in contemporary art across two centuries. The broadcast includes archival footage from 1984, when Hockney oversaw a museum exhibition of his scenic designs for opera, and from 2006, when a career retrospective at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts surveyed the full arc of his influence.
Elsewhere in the program, Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, discuss faith and family with national correspondent Robert Costa. They are expecting their fourth child. Vance speaks about his conversion to Catholicism and his forthcoming book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith." The conversation also touches on the Trump administration's conflict with Iran—a position that has put Vance at odds with Pope Leo XIV. The vice president suggests a deal with Iran may be imminent, though the timeline remains uncertain.
The Houston Astrodome, which opened in 1965 as the world's first domed stadium and was hailed as the Eighth Wonder of the World, now sits empty beside its successor, NRG Stadium. Correspondent Mo Rocca enters the landmark to speak with those debating its fate and those imagining its future. The Astrodome was once a top tourist attraction; now it stands as a question about what we preserve and what we let go.
Actor Bill Mumy, now seventy-two, became famous as a child on "The Twilight Zone" and later as Will Robinson on "Lost in Space." Correspondent Jim Axelrod explores how Mumy avoided the pitfalls that derailed so many child actors, instead building a career as an Emmy-nominated songwriter, touring musician, and recording artist. The story asks what kept him grounded when so many others were not.
In Los Angeles, artist Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. sculpts soccer players from chewing gum wrappers—tiny pieces of foil and paper assembled into images that capture iconic moments from nearly a century of World Cup history. His exhibition, "Fútbol Is Life: Animated Sportraits," runs through July 26 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Actor Ted Danson offers commentary on aging creatively, drawing on research showing that positive attitudes toward aging and strong social networks can prevent memory loss and extend life expectancy. The broadcast airs Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on CBS, and streams on the CBS News app at 11 a.m. ET.
Citações Notáveis
One of the most important figures in contemporary art in both the 20th and 21st centuries— British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on David Hockney
The U.S. is very close to reaching a deal with Iran, but it could come next week, or months from now— Vice President JD Vance
A Conversa do Hearth Outra perspectiva sobre a história
Why does a broadcast about Japanese eating habits matter right now?
Because it's not really about food. It's about a culture that has decided health is worth designing for—in schools, in workplaces, in the structure of a meal itself. We're watching a country that made different choices and got different results.
The time capsule buried until 2276—that's a strange act of faith, isn't it?
It is. We're choosing objects today that we believe will still speak to people 250 years from now. It assumes the future will care what we thought mattered. That's either profound or absurd, depending on your mood.
David Hockney painted for sixty years. What made him different from artists who burned out?
He never stopped experimenting. He learned digital art in his eighties. He treated each decade like a new beginning rather than a repetition of the last one. That kind of curiosity is its own kind of fuel.
The Astrodome is empty now. What does that say about how we value things?
It says we build monuments to what we think will last forever, then we're surprised when forever arrives and we don't know what to do with it. The building is still there. The question is whether we've learned to see it differently.
Why include a story about gum wrapper art in the same broadcast as a time capsule?
Because both are about transformation—taking something disposable and making it permanent, making it matter. One is deliberate and monumental. The other is patient and humble. Both are true.