Sunday Morning — Nov. 16: Kalshi’s $1B Markets, Dave Portnoy Profile, Stephen Schwartz & Working Homeless

Sunday Morning (CBS) previews its Nov. 16 broadcast, hosted by Jane Pauley with Rand Morrison as executive producer. The Emmy-winning program airs on CBS at 9:00 a.m. ET and also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. Full episodes are available on demand at CBSNews.com, CBS.com and Paramount+, and through major streaming devices.

Cover story: Prediction markets — are you the bet?

Reporter Jo Ling Kent examines Kalshi, an online prediction market where users place wagers on topics ranging from elections and sports to pop-culture curiosities such as potential wedding bridesmaids. Kalshi says platform users transact roughly $1 billion in trades each week. As prediction markets expand, state regulators and attorneys general are increasing scrutiny of the business model and its legal ramifications.

Almanac: November 16

Sunday Morning looks back at notable events that occurred on this date throughout history.

Profile: Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports

Tony Dokoupil interviews Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy about the brand's growth from a 2003 basement gambling-tips paper to a digital media company valued in the hundreds of millions. Portnoy discusses the controversies around provocative, "locker-room" content, a rise in antisemitic attacks associated with him and his platform, and how he says his "good moral compass" helps him navigate criticism.

Music: Stephen Schwartz — a Broadway life

Mo Rocca sits down with composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, creator of Godspell, Pippin and Wicked, to discuss the price of early success and why he once considered leaving Broadway. Kristin Chenoweth, star of Schwartz's latest show The Queen of Versailles, also appears. An excerpt from Carol de Giere's biography Defying Gravity explores Schwartz's creative career.

Stage listings mentioned: Wicked: For Good (Gershwin Theatre, opens Nov. 21), The Queen of Versailles (St. James Theatre), and The Baker's Wife (Lynn F. Angelson Theater, through Dec. 21).

Passage: In memoriam

The program honors notable figures who passed away this week and reflects on their contributions.

U.S. report: Employed but homeless

Senior contributor Ted Koppel presents a two-part investigation into Americans who work full time yet face homelessness. Despite employment, many families are locked out of the rental market by low wages, rising rents and poor credit; some find themselves paying inflated rates at extended-stay hotels while searching for housing. Koppel speaks with Brian Goldstone, author of There Is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless in America, and with families affected by this crisis.

Hartman: A civics lesson in Surry

Steve Hartman reports on a teachable contest in Surry, Virginia, where 19-year-old Cameran Drew ran for a local board seat and faced his own high school civics teacher, Kenneth Bell — a story about civic engagement and civil discourse.

Profiles: William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson

Luke Burbank talks with William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson about their unlikely friendship, the two-man show The Universe Is Absurd!, and how curiosity about the cosmos keeps them energized.

Commentary: Walter Isaacson on a foundational sentence

Biographer Walter Isaacson reflects on the Declaration of Independence as the nation nears its 250th anniversary and discusses his book The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, arguing the document's key message remains urgently relevant today.

Nature: The Black Hills of South Dakota

A visual and narrative look at the landscape, history and culture of the Black Hills region.

Web exclusives and archives

Online extras include a comfort-food marathon with stories on mac & cheese, pancakes, Campbell's Soup reinventions, a meatball restaurant, Lockhart BBQ with Wynton Marsalis, inventive tater tot presentations, tortellini traditions, Waffle House culture, Spam in Hawaii and Noah Verrier's paintings of comfort food.

From the archives: a 2021 report on neuroscientist Nolan Williams and his SAINT depression treatment; and a 2003 interview with Nobel laureate James Watson about the discovery of DNA's double helix. The program notes Williams' death on Oct. 8, 2025, and Watson's death on Nov. 6, 2025.

Gallery: Notable deaths of 2025

An online gallery remembers influential figures who passed away this year.

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