This week on “Sunday Morning” (May 3)

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Hosted by Jane Pauley.
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ON THE COVER: Overtourism: too much of a good thing?
Tourism represents 10% of the global economy. But many travel destinations (and the people who live there) are reeling from growing numbers of tourists, driven largely by social media. Correspondent Seth Doane travels to Amsterdam, Paris, Venice and Portofino to examine the impacts of tourism on cities, resorts and natural attractions, and why some people are resisting visitors – or redefining tourism – in some of the world’s most popular and fragile destinations.
READ AN EXTRACT: “The New Tourist” by Paige McClanahan
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ALMANAC: May 3
“Sunday Morning” looks back at the historical events of that date.
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HEALTH: Power: how horses are therapeutic
Horses can form powerful bonds with people through their ability to sense and feel human emotions. Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship, in Bedford Corners, New York, offers programs that help people with disabilities, veterans with PTSD, and incarcerated people through their interactions with their horses. “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl reports.
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ARTS: Mozart: The Man and the Legend
A new exhibition on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, shines a spotlight on the man and his immortal works – from his first compositions created at age 5, to personal items, manuscripts and letters, to the instruments on which he composed his immortal music. Jane Pauley reports.
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HEALTH: A tool to help control dementia
Many people fear that a family history of dementia will inevitably doom them to suffering from the disease themselves. But a new tool, the Brain Care Score, shows how lifestyle changes can be beneficial, reducing the risk of dementia. National Public Radio correspondent Allison Aubrey speaks with neurologist Dr. Jonathan Rosand about how changing your daily habits might just be the prescription needed.
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PASSAGE: In memory
“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable people who passed away this week.
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CANDY: Pez
Luke Burbank reports.
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HARTMAN: Neighbors
“The Last Ship”
MUSIC: Sting embarks on “The Last Ship”
For centuries, the English city of Newcastle was an industrial shipbuilding powerhouse. It was also the hometown of rock musician Sting, who in his youth witnessed the city’s shipbuilding activity dry up. He paid homage to his city’s heritage by writing and starring in a musical, “The Last Ship,” which he is currently touring internationally. He talks to Mark Phillips about his long career and why he can’t stop working.
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SPORTS: Becoming an “accidental” owner of a golf course
Tom Coyne, editor of Golfer’s Journal, has played at some of the most exclusive golf courses in the world. But when he visited a nine-hole course in the Catskills, New York, that had seen better days and was for sale, he took on a new challenge: running the course for a year to see if he could turn it around. Coyne speaks with correspondent Lee Cowan about his efforts to preserve a rural community’s beloved course and his new book, “A Course Called Home: Adventures of an Accidental Golf Course Owner.”
READ AN EXCERPT: “A Course Called Home” by Tom Coyne
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COMMENT: David Sedaris on dogs and the people who are obsessed with them
Reflecting on a certain encounter at a New York dog park, the comedian thinks of the friends of man’s best friend.
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NATURE: Bighorn sheep in Washington State
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MARATHON: Iceland, land of fire and ice (YouTube video)
Enjoy these “Sunday Morning” stories about the history, people and spectacular scenery of this North Atlantic island nation. Understand :
- The Origins of Iceland and the Country’s Unique Genealogical History (2004)
- Conor Knighton walks the Ring Road (2014)
- Nature: scenes from Iceland (2021)
- Icelandic operatic tenor Kristjan Johannsson (1994)
- Iceland’s unique response to the collapse of its banking system (2016)
- Saving the Puffins (2018)
- Nature: Puffin (2018)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: How Georg Baselitz shook up the art world (YouTube video)
German-born neo-expressionist artist Georg Baselitz, whose trademark was inverted paintings depicting their subject upside down, died on April 30, 2026 at the age of 88. In this 2018 “Sunday Morning” profile, correspondent Serena Altschul spoke with Baselitz, who was then the subject of a career retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.
GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2026
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