Overview of 'Dan Rather Reports' Season 7

Episode 1 - Live from the New Hampshire Primary

Release Date: 2012-01-10

Live election results of the nation's first 2012 presidential primary from Manchester, New Hampshire.

Episode 2 - Finnish First

Release Date: 2012-01-17

In just 30 years, Finland transformed its school system from one that was mediocre and inequitable, to one that consistently produces some of the world's best students, while virtually eliminating an achievement gap. And they do it without standardized testing.

Episode 3 - All for a Bowl of Soup

Release Date: 2012-01-24

One man's quest to document how the Asian appetite for shark fin soup is decimating the ocean's shark populations.

Episode 4 - From the Florida Primary

Release Date: 2012-01-31

The Republican presidential contenders move on to the Sunshine State. Live results from Tampa.

Episode 5 - A Fighting Chance

Release Date: 2012-02-07

A young, former Army infantryman, wounded in Afghanistan, rehabilitates himself for a chance to play college football. Plus, western businesses invade the new Libya in search of riches.

Episode 6 - The Doctor Is Out

Release Date: 2012-02-14

A conversation with Dr. Donald Berwick, a leading expert on America's healthcare policy, discussing the controversial healthcare bill. And, an island in Japan has the longest living people in the world.

Episode 7 - Stealth Spy

Release Date: 2012-02-21

An American engineer was convicted of espionage after selling stealth secrets to China. But were they really secrets? An investigation of American technology transfer to countries around the world.

Episode 8 - A Greek Tragedy

Release Date: 2012-02-28

The economic crisis is becoming a disaster to many Greeks with the fallout spreading to children. Some parents are sending their children to live with relatives because they can no longer afford to keep them. Also, the story of a journalist who's taking on a dictator in Europe.

Episode 9 - Super Tuesday

Release Date: 2012-03-06

Live from New York, the latest election returns from the GOP Presidential primaries with Dan Rather and a panel of guests.

Episode 10 - Case of the Century

Release Date: 2012-03-20

With the U.S. Supreme Court set to weigh in on President Obama's health care bill, the public seems to think that it is an unconstitutional overreach of federal power. But most legal scholars disagree. Who will win? The political, social, and legal stakes couldn't be higher.

Episode 11 - A Dire Strait

Release Date: 2012-03-27

It's been called the most strategically important waterway in the world, but tensions are high in the Strait of Hormuz, and the United States Navy ramps up operations for a possible showdown with Iran. Back at the Navy's base on the tiny island Kingdom of Bahrain, an ongoing uprising pits the United States' democratic ideals against the cold, hard reality of oil-driven politics.

Episode 12 - Queen of Green

Release Date: 2012-04-10

A state agency in California, and the woman who runs it, have enormous influence over everything from the air we breathe to the cars we drive. When it comes to the environment, Mary Nichols, the director of the California Air Resources Board, is the most important person you've probably never heard of. Also, the IRS and non-profits.

Episode 13 - A Panamanian Passageway

Release Date: 2012-04-17

U.S. officials worry that Panama is becoming a drug transiting point.

Episode 14 - China in the Caribbean

Release Date: 2012-04-24

Big money from China is buying influence in America's backyard. Small countries in the Caribbean are the beneficiaries of Beijing's largess. Also, a live discussion on what China really thinks of its place in the world, and its relationship with the United States.

Episode 15 - Adopted or Abducted?

Release Date: 2012-05-01

An investigation into claims by women that they were forced to put their babies up for adoption, many with the knowledge and support of Catholic Charities. It has been a little discussed practice for decades but this special hour-long program will remove the veil of secrecy that has led to emotional trauma for unwed mothers around the world.

Episode 16 - The Most Unconventional Conservative

Release Date: 2012-05-08

Meet Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim-American who believes Islamic terrorists are among us, and silence by Muslims is partly to blame. Plus, an update on our "Castle Doctrine" report and the controversial breed of gun laws center stage in the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Episode 17 - The A-List: A Conversation in Hollywood

Release Date: 2012-05-15

Dan Rather talks live with some of the most sought after actors in Hollywood, including Ed Helms, William H. Macy, and Don Cheadle.

Episode 18 - A Hunger That Never Ends

Release Date: 2012-05-22

Since the last drought in 2010, hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency food aid has been spent in Africa's most needy nations. And now a brutal summer looms. While the US government and aid agencies race to prevent a food crisis, some are asking is there a better way to save Africa's starving people? Also, an update on drinking water thought contaminated at a U.S. Marine base.

Episode 19 - Dan Rather Remembers Pearl Harbor

Release Date: 2012-05-29

Seventy years after the United States was launched into World War II, veteran reporter Dan Rather returns to Hawaii to explore the day that will live in infamy and how its meaning has changed with the passage of time.

Episode 20 - Divided They Stand

Release Date: 2012-06-05

A conversation on Congress with Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, the authors of the new book It's Even Worse Than It Looks. Plus, an update on "The Piper," a previous story about WWII veteran Bill Millen and his legacy on the beaches of Normandy.

Episode 21 - Running for Their Lives

Release Date: 2012-06-12

With the violence escalating, hundreds of families are escaping the hell that is Syria every day. We have first access to crowded camps on the Jordanian border where families show us the horrors of what's happening just a few miles from their safe haven. Also, middle east expert Fouad Ajami.

Episode 22 - Inside the Revolution

Release Date: 2012-07-03

Deep inside Syria, we travel with freedom fighters as they take on a dictator. Also, a final journey for the American flag rescued from Ground Zero.

Episode 23 - Red Gold

Release Date: 2012-07-10

From Alaska, where fishermen believe wild salmon, known here as "Red Gold", will be threatened by runoff from a planned copper and gold mine that would be one of the largest in the world.

Episode 24 - It's a Southern Thing

Release Date: 2012-07-17

Dan Rather Reports investigates the skyrocketing rates of HIV infections across the southern United States, where more than 50% of new infections are reported, by far the highest area in the nation. Also, an update on the fate of Blitz USA, a company that makes plastic gas containers that are alleged to explode.

Episode 25 - In the Running

Release Date: 2012-07-24

From a small town in Kenya come most of the world's greatest marathon runners. These men and women could win almost any road race in the world - finishing marathons in half the time of the average American - but here they are just another face in the crowd. On the eve of the Olympics, we travel to Kenya to see why they can run so fast, so far.

Episode 26 - A Crack in the Ice

Release Date: 2012-08-14

For centuries, explorers dreamed of a Northwest Passage. As the Arctic melts, that dream is becoming a reality. But is the world ready?

Episode 27 - Adopted or Abducted

Release Date: 2012-08-21

An update to our original program with new information into claims by women that they were forced to put their babies up for adoption, many with the knowledge and support of Catholic Charities.

Episode 28 - A Fighting Chance

Release Date: 2012-08-28

A young, former U.S. Army Infantryman, wounded in Afghanistan, rehabilitates himself for a chance to play college football. Plus, an update on where he will play. Also, a follow up report to our investigation into counterfeit drugs.

Episode 29 - Music 2.0

Release Date: 2012-09-04

Dan Rather Reports travels to Austin, Texas, for an in-depth conversation with music legend Willie Nelson, along with other rising stars, about the current state of the music industry.

Episode 30 - College on the Cheap

Release Date: 2012-09-18

Building a better college, at a fraction of the price. Two California entrepreneurs say they have the answer to an affordable higher education. Also, a rapidly growing population of pythons in Florida.

Episode 31 - El Presidente

Release Date: 2012-09-25

Colombia, the recipient of billions of U.S. tax dollars in counter narcotic aid is now daring to tell the United States that the drug war is not working. And the country's president tells Dan Rather in an exclusive interview it's time to put every option on the table including the decriminalization of narcotics. Also, we travel to the jungles of S. America where miners are digging for gold.

Episode 32 - As Ohio Goes...

Release Date: 2012-10-02

By most estimates, the 2012 Presidential election boils down to Ohio's 18 electoral votes. An investigation into new voting hours in Ohio that some Democrats claim will suppress the turnout. Also, Republican political consultant Mike Murphy and America's contentious history of voting.

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