Season 2011
51 episodes · Jan 7, 2011
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- S2011E1
Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan
Jan 7, 2011On 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.
- S2011E2
Gun Control, Haiti, High-Speed Rail
Jan 14, 2011In 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.
- S2011E3
Care for Disabled Adults, Michael Vick’s Dogs, China
Jan 21, 2011This 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.
- S2011E4
Aging in the Car-Happy Suburbs, Congo, A New 'New Deal'?
Jan 28, 2011Getting older in the car-dependent suburbs, the State of the Union and the state of the Congo. Plus: an animated editorial by Steve Brodner.
- S2011E5
Egypt, End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s
Feb 4, 2011Amid 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.”
- S2011E6
Ahead of the Class
Feb 11, 2011As 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.
- S2011E7
The Universe(s), Egypt’s Future, and Fracking
Feb 18, 2011How 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.
- S2011E8
Sea level rise, National Guard bonuses, Somali pirates
- S2011E9
Libya’s uprising, the high cost of college sports, Wisconsin’s unions
- S2011E10
Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions
- S2011E11
Crisis in Japan, stories of academic transformation
- S2011E12
Wounded in war, Arne Duncan, breast cancer research
- S2011E13
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Medicare, Edwidge Danticat
- S2011E14
The BP oil spill and the Grand Isle one year later, fixing American education
- S2011E15
Chinese drywall, ‘Capitalism 4.0,’ right-sizing Detroit
- S2011E16
Joe Nocera on the Charlie Engle story, Tavis Smiley, free music education in Chicago
- S2011E17
Adoptions in Nepal, Bin Laden economics, the united states of women
- S2011E18
Detainee abuse, broadband in Europe, crisis mappers
- S2011E19
Climate change and tropical disease, Upper Big Branch mine disaster, Stuxnet
- S2011E20
Political storm over tornadoes, Paralympics, shrinking Youngstown
- S2011E21
Paying for war, medicating foster children, childhood obesity
- S2011E22
Clinical trials overseas, legacy of nuclear waste, Brian Greene and the multiverse
- S2011E23
New voter laws, the anti-abortion movement, therapy for Tourette’s syndrome
- S2011E24
Combating IEDs, the ramifications of the Wal-Mart case, the science of happy marriages
- S2011E25
Greece’s debt crisis, congressional redistricting, ‘Page One’ and the New York Times
- S2011E26
Congo’s orchestra, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sudan, workplace safety
- S2011E27
California nuclear safety, population control, Gloria Steinem
- S2011E28
Famine in Somalia, nuclear waste storage, Eric Cantor and the debt ceiling
- S2011E29
Adult autism, food safety, wealth inequality
- S2011E30
Breast cancer trials, Rick Perry’s ambitions, cyberweapons
- S2011E31
The history of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall
- S2011E32
Urban farming in Detroit, consumer finance protection, gold mining in the Amazon
- S2011E33
Texas textbooks, wild horses, hurricanes and climate change
- S2011E34
Water contamination at Camp Lejeune, polls and markets, crisis-mapping
- S2011E35
9-11, Ten Years Later
Sep 9, 2011A 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.
- S2011E36
Privatizing infrastructure, government and the private sector
- S2011E37
Creating ‘green jobs,’ the American garage sale
- S2011E38
Chemical pollution and the EPA
- S2011E39
Help wanted
- S2011E40
The politics of resentment
- S2011E41
The nuclear question
- S2011E42
Jobs in the balance
- S2011E43
Creating opportunity
- S2011E44
Coming home: The enduring sacrifice
- S2011E45
The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices
- S2011E46
Resisting Alabama’s immigration crackdown
- S2011E47
Help wanted: Revisiting Ohio
- S2011E48
Making Congress work
- S2011E49
Mayor under siege
- S2011E50
Christian-Muslim relations in Iraq
- S2011E51
Eye on Iowa