Food Issue: Dining with Lea Michele, Presidential Palate, Food for the Soul

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

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🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Tracy Smith talks with actor Lea Michele, best known for her roles in “Glee” and “Funny Girl.” Now she’s headed back to Broadway in “Chess” and opening up about her path to stardom. Mo Rocca samples some of the United States presidents’ favorite meals, including Richard Nixon’s ham mousse and the favorite soup of James Garfield. Bennett Rea, host of “Cookin’ with Congress,” is our cook. David Pogue has a three-course report on how people are helping other people through food, including a look at pay-what-you-can restaurants, food banks and food trucks. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome. This is the Michelle Hussein Show. I'm Michelle Hussein. I speak with people like Elon Musk.
0:08.3	I think I've done enough. And Shonda Rives. That's so cute. This will be a place where every weekend you can count on one essential conversation to help make sense of the world.
0:18.7	So please join me, listen and subscribe
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0:27.3	You certainly ask interesting questions. Good morning. I'm Jane Pauley, and this is a special edition of Sunday morning. It's the food issue,
1:04.0	our annual tasting menu of mouth-watering stories, wetting our appetites for Thanksgiving.
1:10.5	If you've already done your holiday grocery
1:12.8	shopping, you may have noticed that when it comes to nutrients lately, one is being pushed, promoted,
1:19.5	and plugged above all others. Protein. It's seemingly everywhere we turn. So this morning,
1:26.2	Lee Cowan asks, is protein, good good nutrition or just the latest fad?
1:32.0	How much protein should you eat per day to maximize muscle growth?
1:35.8	Protein is today's dietary discussion, an obsession, really.
1:40.0	The protein train has been coming for a while.
1:45.0	Is there kind of a limit to how much you can put in before
1:48.0	they start degrading the taste?
1:50.0	Protein and its pervasiveness.
1:52.0	Ahead on Sunday morning.
1:56.0	Leah Michelle became a household name for her spicy starring role on the hit TV series Glee.
2:03.6	But her path to stardom began on Broadway, and now she's back, taking her place at the table with Tracy Smith.
2:11.6	Get ready for me love, because I'm a comer!
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