Need to Know - Season 2011
2011 • 51 episodes
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Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan
Episode 1 • Jan 07, 2011
On the eve of Sudan’s historic elections, we profile a “lost boy” who returned to aid his hometown. Plus: medicating foster kids, more “fixing America” and advice from Peter Sagal.
Gun Control, Haiti, High-Speed Rail
Episode 2 • Jan 14, 2011
In light of the Arizona shooting, we revisit a story on gun rights. Also: Two Haitian children treated in Boston after the earthquake, a look at high speed rail and author Peter Bergen on al Qaeda.
Care for Disabled Adults, Michael Vick’s Dogs, China
Episode 3 • Jan 21, 2011
This week, we visit with parents struggling to maintain care for their developmentally disabled adult children in the face of budget cuts. Plus: where are Michael Vick’s dogs now? And: the Amy Chua phenomenon.
Aging in the Car-Happy Suburbs, Congo, A New 'New Deal'?
Episode 4 • Jan 28, 2011
Getting older in the car-dependent suburbs, the State of the Union and the state of the Congo. Plus: an animated editorial by Steve Brodner.
Egypt, End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s
Episode 5 • Feb 04, 2011
Amid the upheaval in Egypt, we turn our attention to the political tension between Egypt and the U.S. Also, the defunct “death panel” provision, a new scan for Alzheimer’s, and “Reagan.”
Ahead of the Class
Episode 6 • Feb 11, 2011
As the nation debates how to get the best performance out of students and teachers, Need to Know presents an hour devoted to success stories in teaching.
The Universe(s), Egypt’s Future, and Fracking
Episode 7 • Feb 18, 2011
How many universes are there? Author Brian Greene explains. Plus: A fracking update, a look at what’s next in Egypt and an interview author Parag Khanna.
Sea level rise, National Guard bonuses, Somali pirates
Episode 8 • TBA
Libya’s uprising, the high cost of college sports, Wisconsin’s unions
Episode 9 • TBA
Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions
Episode 10 • TBA
Crisis in Japan, stories of academic transformation
Episode 11 • TBA
Wounded in war, Arne Duncan, breast cancer research
Episode 12 • TBA
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Medicare, Edwidge Danticat
Episode 13 • TBA
The BP oil spill and the Grand Isle one year later, fixing American education
Episode 14 • TBA
Chinese drywall, ‘Capitalism 4.0,’ right-sizing Detroit
Episode 15 • TBA
Joe Nocera on the Charlie Engle story, Tavis Smiley, free music education in Chicago
Episode 16 • TBA
Adoptions in Nepal, Bin Laden economics, the united states of women
Episode 17 • TBA
Detainee abuse, broadband in Europe, crisis mappers
Episode 18 • TBA
Climate change and tropical disease, Upper Big Branch mine disaster, Stuxnet
Episode 19 • TBA
Political storm over tornadoes, Paralympics, shrinking Youngstown
Episode 20 • TBA
Paying for war, medicating foster children, childhood obesity
Episode 21 • TBA
Clinical trials overseas, legacy of nuclear waste, Brian Greene and the multiverse
Episode 22 • TBA
New voter laws, the anti-abortion movement, therapy for Tourette’s syndrome
Episode 23 • TBA
Combating IEDs, the ramifications of the Wal-Mart case, the science of happy marriages
Episode 24 • TBA
Greece’s debt crisis, congressional redistricting, ‘Page One’ and the New York Times
Episode 25 • TBA
Congo’s orchestra, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sudan, workplace safety
Episode 26 • TBA
California nuclear safety, population control, Gloria Steinem
Episode 27 • TBA
Famine in Somalia, nuclear waste storage, Eric Cantor and the debt ceiling
Episode 28 • TBA
Adult autism, food safety, wealth inequality
Episode 29 • TBA
Breast cancer trials, Rick Perry’s ambitions, cyberweapons
Episode 30 • TBA
The history of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall
Episode 31 • TBA
Urban farming in Detroit, consumer finance protection, gold mining in the Amazon
Episode 32 • TBA
Texas textbooks, wild horses, hurricanes and climate change
Episode 33 • TBA
Water contamination at Camp Lejeune, polls and markets, crisis-mapping
Episode 34 • TBA
9-11, Ten Years Later
Episode 35 • Sep 09, 2011
A special edition on the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. We visit three military families to see how the nation’s longest war effort has affected military children. Also: Six-word memoirs on 9/11, and an “In Perspective” essay from Jon Meacham.
Privatizing infrastructure, government and the private sector
Episode 36 • TBA
Creating ‘green jobs,’ the American garage sale
Episode 37 • TBA
Chemical pollution and the EPA
Episode 38 • TBA
Help wanted
Episode 39 • TBA
The politics of resentment
Episode 40 • TBA
The nuclear question
Episode 41 • TBA
Jobs in the balance
Episode 42 • TBA
Creating opportunity
Episode 43 • TBA
Coming home: The enduring sacrifice
Episode 44 • TBA
The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices
Episode 45 • TBA
Resisting Alabama’s immigration crackdown
Episode 46 • TBA
Help wanted: Revisiting Ohio
Episode 47 • TBA
Making Congress work
Episode 48 • TBA
Mayor under siege
Episode 49 • TBA
Christian-Muslim relations in Iraq
Episode 50 • TBA
Eye on Iowa
Episode 51 • TBA