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