Need to Know (2010)
Need to Know is an American public television news program produced by WNET, and broadcast weekly on all Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) affiliate-stations in the United States. It aired from May 2010 until June 2013. PBS stated that the show was intended to fill the public-affairs and "hard"/investigative news void left by both the one-hour Bill Moyers Journal, and the cancelled, half-hour NOW on PBS. Both departing shows had been long-running, highly rated, and critically acclaimed for their journalistic quality, and focus on issues that deeply impacted regular Americans' lives, yet went largely ignored by commercial TV news outlets. "NTK" branded itself the "TV and Web newsmagazine [that] gives you what you need to know." PBS had described the show as “a multi-platform current affairs news magazine, uniting broadcast and web in an innovative approach to news-gathering and reporting."
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Episode 1 - Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan
Release Date: 2011-01-07On 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.
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Episode 2 - Gun Control, Haiti, High-Speed Rail
Release Date: 2011-01-14In 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.
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Episode 3 - Care for Disabled Adults, Michael Vick’s Dogs, China
Release Date: 2011-01-21This 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.
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Episode 4 - Aging in the Car-Happy Suburbs, Congo, A New 'New Deal'?
Release Date: 2011-01-28Getting older in the car-dependent suburbs, the State of the Union and the state of the Congo. Plus: an animated editorial by Steve Brodner.
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Episode 5 - Egypt, End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s
Release Date: 2011-02-04Amid 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.”
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Episode 6 - Ahead of the Class
Release Date: 2011-02-11As 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.
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Episode 7 - The Universe(s), Egypt’s Future, and Fracking
Release Date: 2011-02-18How 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.
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Episode 35 - 9-11, Ten Years Later
Release Date: 2011-09-09A 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.
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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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