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Need to Know
Season 2011
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Episode 12011-01-07
Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan
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.
Episode 22011-01-14
Gun Control, Haiti, High-Speed Rail
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.
Episode 32011-01-21
Care for Disabled Adults, Michael Vick’s Dogs, China
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.
Episode 42011-01-28
Aging in the Car-Happy Suburbs, Congo, A New 'New Deal'?
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.
Episode 52011-02-04
Egypt, End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s
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.”
Episode 62011-02-11
Ahead of the Class
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.
Episode 72011-02-18
The Universe(s), Egypt’s Future, and Fracking
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.
Episode 8
Sea level rise, National Guard bonuses, Somali pirates
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Episode 9
Libya’s uprising, the high cost of college sports, Wisconsin’s unions
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Episode 10
Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions
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Episode 11
Crisis in Japan, stories of academic transformation
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Episode 12
Wounded in war, Arne Duncan, breast cancer research
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Episode 13
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Medicare, Edwidge Danticat
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Episode 14
The BP oil spill and the Grand Isle one year later, fixing American education
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Episode 15
Chinese drywall, ‘Capitalism 4.0,’ right-sizing Detroit
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Episode 16
Joe Nocera on the Charlie Engle story, Tavis Smiley, free music education in Chicago
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Episode 17
Adoptions in Nepal, Bin Laden economics, the united states of women
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Episode 18
Detainee abuse, broadband in Europe, crisis mappers
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Episode 19
Climate change and tropical disease, Upper Big Branch mine disaster, Stuxnet
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Episode 20
Political storm over tornadoes, Paralympics, shrinking Youngstown
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Episode 21
Paying for war, medicating foster children, childhood obesity
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Episode 22
Clinical trials overseas, legacy of nuclear waste, Brian Greene and the multiverse
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Episode 23
New voter laws, the anti-abortion movement, therapy for Tourette’s syndrome
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Episode 24
Combating IEDs, the ramifications of the Wal-Mart case, the science of happy marriages
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Episode 25
Greece’s debt crisis, congressional redistricting, ‘Page One’ and the New York Times
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Episode 26
Congo’s orchestra, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sudan, workplace safety
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Episode 27
California nuclear safety, population control, Gloria Steinem
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Episode 28
Famine in Somalia, nuclear waste storage, Eric Cantor and the debt ceiling
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Episode 29
Adult autism, food safety, wealth inequality
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Episode 30
Breast cancer trials, Rick Perry’s ambitions, cyberweapons
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Episode 31
The history of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall
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Episode 32
Urban farming in Detroit, consumer finance protection, gold mining in the Amazon
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Episode 33
Texas textbooks, wild horses, hurricanes and climate change
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Episode 34
Water contamination at Camp Lejeune, polls and markets, crisis-mapping
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Episode 352011-09-09
9-11, Ten Years Later
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.
Episode 36
Privatizing infrastructure, government and the private sector
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Episode 37
Creating ‘green jobs,’ the American garage sale
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Episode 38
Chemical pollution and the EPA
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Episode 39
Help wanted
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Episode 40
The politics of resentment
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Episode 41
The nuclear question
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Episode 42
Jobs in the balance
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Episode 43
Creating opportunity
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Episode 44
Coming home: The enduring sacrifice
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Episode 45
The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices
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Episode 46
Resisting Alabama’s immigration crackdown
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Episode 47
Help wanted: Revisiting Ohio
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Episode 48
Making Congress work
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Episode 49
Mayor under siege
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Episode 50
Christian-Muslim relations in Iraq
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Episode 51
Eye on Iowa
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