Need to Know - Season 2011
1 - Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan
Air Date: January 7, 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.
2 - Gun Control, Haiti, High-Speed Rail
Air Date: 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.
3 - Care for Disabled Adults, Michael Vick’s Dogs, China
Air Date: 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.
4 - Aging in the Car-Happy Suburbs, Congo, A New 'New Deal'?
Air Date: 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.
5 - Egypt, End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s
Air Date: February 4, 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.”
6 - Ahead of the Class
Air Date: 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.
7 - The Universe(s), Egypt’s Future, and Fracking
Air Date: 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.
8 - Sea level rise, National Guard bonuses, Somali pirates
9 - Libya’s uprising, the high cost of college sports, Wisconsin’s unions
10 - Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions
11 - Crisis in Japan, stories of academic transformation
12 - Wounded in war, Arne Duncan, breast cancer research
13 - Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Medicare, Edwidge Danticat
14 - The BP oil spill and the Grand Isle one year later, fixing American education
15 - Chinese drywall, ‘Capitalism 4.0,’ right-sizing Detroit
16 - Joe Nocera on the Charlie Engle story, Tavis Smiley, free music education in Chicago
17 - Adoptions in Nepal, Bin Laden economics, the united states of women
18 - Detainee abuse, broadband in Europe, crisis mappers
19 - Climate change and tropical disease, Upper Big Branch mine disaster, Stuxnet
20 - Political storm over tornadoes, Paralympics, shrinking Youngstown
21 - Paying for war, medicating foster children, childhood obesity
22 - Clinical trials overseas, legacy of nuclear waste, Brian Greene and the multiverse
23 - New voter laws, the anti-abortion movement, therapy for Tourette’s syndrome
24 - Combating IEDs, the ramifications of the Wal-Mart case, the science of happy marriages
25 - Greece’s debt crisis, congressional redistricting, ‘Page One’ and the New York Times
26 - Congo’s orchestra, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sudan, workplace safety
27 - California nuclear safety, population control, Gloria Steinem
28 - Famine in Somalia, nuclear waste storage, Eric Cantor and the debt ceiling
29 - Adult autism, food safety, wealth inequality
30 - Breast cancer trials, Rick Perry’s ambitions, cyberweapons
31 - The history of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall
32 - Urban farming in Detroit, consumer finance protection, gold mining in the Amazon
33 - Texas textbooks, wild horses, hurricanes and climate change
34 - Water contamination at Camp Lejeune, polls and markets, crisis-mapping
35 - 9-11, Ten Years Later
Air Date: September 9, 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.
36 - Privatizing infrastructure, government and the private sector
37 - Creating ‘green jobs,’ the American garage sale
38 - Chemical pollution and the EPA
39 - Help wanted
40 - The politics of resentment
41 - The nuclear question
42 - Jobs in the balance
43 - Creating opportunity
44 - Coming home: The enduring sacrifice
45 - The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices
46 - Resisting Alabama’s immigration crackdown
47 - Help wanted: Revisiting Ohio
48 - Making Congress work
49 - Mayor under siege
50 - Christian-Muslim relations in Iraq