Episode 51 - Eye on Iowa
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 50 - Christian-Muslim relations in Iraq
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 49 - Mayor under siege
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 48 - Making Congress work
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 47 - Help wanted: Revisiting Ohio
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 46 - Resisting Alabama’s immigration crackdown
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 45 - The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 44 - Coming home: The enduring sacrifice
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 43 - Creating opportunity
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 42 - Jobs in the balance
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 41 - The nuclear question
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 40 - The politics of resentment
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 39 - Help wanted
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 38 - Chemical pollution and the EPA
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 37 - Creating ‘green jobs,’ the American garage sale
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 36 - Privatizing infrastructure, government and the private sector
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 35 - 9-11, Ten Years Later
First Aired: September. 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.
Episode 34 - Water contamination at Camp Lejeune, polls and markets, crisis-mapping
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 33 - Texas textbooks, wild horses, hurricanes and climate change
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 32 - Urban farming in Detroit, consumer finance protection, gold mining in the Amazon
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 31 - The history of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 30 - Breast cancer trials, Rick Perry’s ambitions, cyberweapons
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 29 - Adult autism, food safety, wealth inequality
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 28 - Famine in Somalia, nuclear waste storage, Eric Cantor and the debt ceiling
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 27 - California nuclear safety, population control, Gloria Steinem
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 26 - Congo’s orchestra, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sudan, workplace safety
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 25 - Greece’s debt crisis, congressional redistricting, ‘Page One’ and the New York Times
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 24 - Combating IEDs, the ramifications of the Wal-Mart case, the science of happy marriages
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 23 - New voter laws, the anti-abortion movement, therapy for Tourette’s syndrome
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 22 - Clinical trials overseas, legacy of nuclear waste, Brian Greene and the multiverse
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 21 - Paying for war, medicating foster children, childhood obesity
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 20 - Political storm over tornadoes, Paralympics, shrinking Youngstown
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 19 - Climate change and tropical disease, Upper Big Branch mine disaster, Stuxnet
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 18 - Detainee abuse, broadband in Europe, crisis mappers
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 17 - Adoptions in Nepal, Bin Laden economics, the united states of women
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 16 - Joe Nocera on the Charlie Engle story, Tavis Smiley, free music education in Chicago
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 15 - Chinese drywall, ‘Capitalism 4.0,’ right-sizing Detroit
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 14 - The BP oil spill and the Grand Isle one year later, fixing American education
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 13 - Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Medicare, Edwidge Danticat
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 12 - Wounded in war, Arne Duncan, breast cancer research
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 11 - Crisis in Japan, stories of academic transformation
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 10 - Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 9 - Libya’s uprising, the high cost of college sports, Wisconsin’s unions
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 8 - Sea level rise, National Guard bonuses, Somali pirates
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 7 - The Universe(s), Egypt’s Future, and Fracking
First Aired: February. 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.
Episode 6 - Ahead of the Class
First Aired: February. 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.
Episode 5 - Egypt, End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s
First Aired: February. 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.”
Episode 4 - Aging in the Car-Happy Suburbs, Congo, A New 'New Deal'?
First Aired: January. 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.
Episode 3 - Care for Disabled Adults, Michael Vick’s Dogs, China
First Aired: January. 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.
Episode 2 - Gun Control, Haiti, High-Speed Rail
First Aired: January. 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.
Episode 1 - Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan
First Aired: January. 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.