The BEST episodes of 60 Minutes season 46

#1 - China's Real Estate Bubble, The Con Artist, Cajun Ketchup

Season 46 - Episode 45 - Aired 8/3/2014

Lesley Stahl reports on China's real estate bubble; then, a look at art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi's multimillion dollar scam; and, the hot sauce industry is one fire, but it all began with just one name: Tabasco.

#2 - The Cleantech Crash, Hollywood's Villain, Volcanoes

Season 46 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/2014

“The Cleantech Crash” critically examines clean-tech energy alternatives to fossil fuels and whether they have been successful. “Hollywood’s Villain” profiles Kim Dotcom the founder of Megaupload which has been accused of Internet piracy. “Volcanoes” looks at what we know about volcanoes.

#3 - America's Missile Fields, Saving the Children

Season 46 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/27/2014

Lesley Stahl gets rare access inside an American nuclear control center and meets the young airmen who watch over some of the world's deadliest weapons; and,in one of the more remarkable humanitarian stories of WWII, Briton Nicholas Winton helped save hundreds of mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the war.

#4 - Disability, USA, Super 6-1, Cosmic Roulette

Season 46 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2013

Steve Kroft investigates the federal disability program; Lara Logan views footage of the actual 1993 Battle of Mogadishu that was dramatized in the movie “Black Hawk Down”; Anderson Cooper reports on asteroids that could potentially strike Earth.

#5 - The Data Brokers, The Heart of the Revolution, ALMA

Season 46 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/2014

Steve Kroft investigates the multibillion dollar industry that collects, analyzes and sells the personal information of millions of Americans with virtually no oversight; then, An inside look at the people behind the revolution that resulted in the parliamentary ouster of President Victor Yanukovych and Russia's power grab in Crimea; and, A new $1.3 billion radio telescope is allowing scientists to see parts of the universe they've seen never before, offering insight into how it all began.

#6 - Imminent Danger, Bassem Youssef, Cosmic Roulette

Season 46 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/8/2014

#7 - The Giving Pledge, Rescue, The Greatest Show on Earth

Season 46 - Episode 43 - Aired 7/20/2014

Charlie Rose reports on a new club for the super rich that has an interesting twist; then, the little known story of a daring rescue days before the fall of Saigon; and, reinventing opera at the Met.

#8 - Washington's Open Secret, Emergency, Salmon in the Sea

Season 46 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/11/2014

Steve Kroft reports on Washington’s open secret: Profitable PACs; then, Clarissa Ward visits a hospital in Sudan that offers free, life-saving surgeries; and, salmon farms: do they help or hurt wild salmon? Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.

#9 - The Secretary of State, Imminent Danger, Killing Jesus

Season 46 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013

Scott Pelley interviews Secretary of State John Kerry, who is dealing with multiple challenges including chemical weapons in Syria, foreign terrorism and a potentially a new relationship with the new president of Iran. . Steve Kroft examines America's mental health system, which may be failing those with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses. Schizophrenia is a brain disease many mass murderers showed symptoms of. . Norah O'Donnell interviews Bill O'Reilly, who talks about his latest book, Killing Jesus.

#10 - Susan Rice, Rocky Mountain High, Quarterback Guru

Season 46 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/2013

President Obama’s national security advisor answers questions about the NSA leaks, Iran, Syria and the attack in Benghazi; then, Denver, Colo., has more medical marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks, but the budding business defies federal laws; and, Morley Safer interviews the “QB Guru” who says the new norm to get to the NFL as a quarterback starts with a tutor like him training kids as young as 8.

#11 - Manhunt, The Pink Panthers, Cartoons In The New Yorker

Season 46 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/23/2014

A year later, federal investigators discuss the Boston Marathon bombing; a group of thieves with military discipline steals $500 million over 20 years; Bob Mankoff, David Remnick and cartoonists of The New Yorker.

#12 - Mandela, Survivor

Season 46 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2013

60 Minutes revisits a collection of revealing writings by the late civil rights giant and former South African president Nelson Mandela; and, Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell recalls the 2005 battle in Afghanistan he alone survived – a fire fight that at the time, resulted in the largest loss of life for Naval Special Warfare since WWII. Anderson

#13 - Amazon, The Capitol Dome, Free Diving

Season 46 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2013

A behind-the-scenes look at online-retailer Amazon’s warehouses; a report on the restoration of the Capitol dome in Washington, D.C.; and a close-up on a free-diving extreme sport.

#14 - The Data Brokers, Three Years Later, Return of the Humpback

Season 46 - Episode 48 - Aired 8/24/2014

Steve Kroft investigates the multibillion-dollar industry that sells the personal information of millions of Americans; then, Bob Simon reports on the aftermath of the disaster in Fukushima, Japan; and, 60 Minutes travels to the South Pacific on the trail of the humpback whale.

#15 - Over a Barrel, Saving the Children, Quarterback Guru

Season 46 - Episode 50 - Aired 9/7/2014

Is BP backpedaling on a settlement with oil spill victims, or are some Gulf Coast businesses exploiting BP; and, Morley Safer interviews the "QB Guru" who says the new norm to get to the NFL as a quarterback starts with a tutor like him training kids as young as 8.

#16 - Help Wanted, ALMA, Nile Crocodile

Season 46 - Episode 44 - Aired 7/27/2014

A jobs program aids Fortune 500 companies and underprivileged youth; then, a $1.3 billion radio telescope peers into the universe's past; and, Anderson Cooper dives with a deadly predator.

#17 - 8 Days in Tehran, The Capitol Dome, The Recyclers

Season 46 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/18/2014

Steve Kroft reports from Iran's capital as the prospect of a nuclear deal with world powers looms on the horizon; and, the residents of Cateura, Paraguay, don't just make a living from the massive garbage heap in their town. They also make music.

#18 - America's Missile Fields, Discovered

Season 46 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/13/2014

Morley Safer reports on the discovery of the largest cache of missing art since WWII.

#19 - Three Years Later, The Health Wagon, Discovered

Season 46 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/6/2014

Fukushima, Japan three years after it was impacted by an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear accident; nurse practitioners providing health care to the uninsured in Appalachia; an art collection hidden by Cornelius Gurlitt.

#20 - The Gaskos, The War Within, Gladwell

Season 46 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2013

FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the Most Wanted list; then, 60 Minutes gets a rare look inside new therapy...

#21 - Inside the NSA, The Copts

Season 46 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2013

The NSA gives unprecedented access to the agency’s HQ and, for the first time, explains what it does and what it says it doesn’t do: spy on Americans. The turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions of the country’s Coptic Christians in the nearly 2,000-year history of the sect. Bob Simon reports from Egypt.

#22 - Hollywood's Villain, Gladwell, Volcanos

Season 46 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/6/2014

Is he one of the world’s biggest Internet pirates or a businessman? Bob Simon profiles Kim Dotcom; then, author Malcolm Gladwell on the power of the underdog; and, nature’s ticking time bombs.

#23 - Gangster Whitey Bulgar, Neo-Nazis in USA, Con artists

Season 46 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/2014

Federal law enforcement trackers reveal how they finally located gangster Whitey Bulgar; the growing sub-culture of neo-Nazis in the United States; a con artist who stole American historical treasures.

#24 - Rigged, Fast Cars and Rocket Ships, The Virtuoso

Season 46 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/30/2014

Steve Kroft reports on a new book from Michael Lewis, "Flash Boys," that reveals how a group of unlikely characters discovered how some high speed traders work the stock market to their advantage; then, Scott Pelley profiles Elon Musk, who at 42 years old is a billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur; and, Roberts lost his sight as a child, but gained incredible insight into American music -- inspiring a generation of jazz musicians.

#25 - Portrait of Pope Francis, Shalane Flanagan casting light on the Boston Marathon

Season 46 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/13/2014

A portrait of Pope Francis features insight from his closest friends. Also: a report on long-distance runner Shalane Flanagan, who casts light on training for the Boston Marathon in the wake of the April 2013 bombings.