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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Episodes
- 1 1. Episode 12010-05-07
- 2 2. Afghanistan, Rewriting History in Texas, Preventing Cancer2010-05-14Afghanistan, rewriting history in Texas, preventing cancer.
- 3 3. Mexico’s drug war, pot clinics
- 4 4. Money laundering and Sandra Day O’Connor
- 5 5. The Gulf Oil Spill and renewable energy.
- 6 6. Episode 62010-06-11A closer look at BP’s safety record, the generosity of a Palestinian family after their son’s killing, and an interview with Sookie Stackhouse’s creator.
- 7 7. Episode 72010-06-18Our correspondents travel to the Gulf to look at the oil spill from multiple vantage points. We also examine America’s renewed fascination with gold, and talk to Somali-Canadian hi
- 8 8. Episode 82010-06-25We take a hard look at the consequences of America’s wars, from wounded vets to a fired general. We also go deep inside Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Iran, and talk to the citizens who cri
- 9 9. Episode 92010-07-02Russian spies? A gathering of big thinkers on the oil spill and our energy future. And the quest for female Viagra.
- 10 10. Episode 102010-07-09Women in the military’s elite bomb squad. Special courts for veterans. And BP’s “other” disaster in the Gulf. Plus: A special summer movie edition of Next Week’s News.
- 11 11. Episode 112010-07-16Where art thou, Obama? A look at how Avandia and other possibly dangerous drugs make it to market. And a photojournalist travels to Bangladesh to document one of the world’s most d
- 12 12. Episode 122010-07-23Putting the Shirley Sherrod saga in context. A report on the most dangerous highway in Georgia. And a rare dispute between conservationists and renewable energy advocates in Wyomin
- 13 13. Episode 132010-07-30Could the WikiLeaks be dangerous? 100 days after the start of the oil spill in the Gulf, we check in on an ailing community in Grand Isle. Plus a look back at the life of prison re
- 14 14. Episode 142010-08-06Life in a war zone. An embattled outpost where the U.S. military trains Afghan soldiers. Steve Mumford’s paintings of the war in Iraq. And a special pledge week edition of Next Wee
- 15 15. Episode 152010-08-13An epidemic of gun violence in Chicago. Is the Google-Verizon a deal a pact for good, or evil? And Andy Borowitz takes a cue from JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater.
- 16 16. Episode 162010-08-20The religious history of lower Manhattan. The U.S. transition in Iraq. And best-selling author Gary Shteyngart, who absolutely loves “weiner dogs.”
- 17 17. Episode 172010-08-27Polluted water in Wyoming. The fifth anniversary of Katrina. And the connection between Glenn Beck and the Ground Zero mosque.
- 18 18. Episode 182010-09-03Record spending on political campaigns. An experimental jobs program in Mississippi. And the true cost of the federal bank bailout.
- 19 19. Episode 192010-09-10We examine where we are as a people on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, including a look at homegrown terrorism and a progress report on the rebuilding of Ground Zero.
- 20 20. Episode 202010-09-17Soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan. Neglect and abuse in adult family homes. And Andy Borowitz looks back at his best prognostications.
- 21 21. Episode 212010-09-24Rape as a weapon of war in Congo. An experimental program to fight childhood obesity. And exploring what to do about nuclear waste.
- 22 22. Episode 222010-10-01The shadow campaign behind the midterm elections. The efficacy of mammograms. And the movement to disconnect from Facebook.
- 23 23. A special report on the jobs crisis2010-10-08An hour-long special report on the jobs crisis, profiling the different faces of unemployment. And we talk to Robert Reich and Sara Horowitz about what can be done about joblessnes
- 24 24. Alaska native corporations, schools2010-10-15Has a program intended by Congress to help native Alaskans delivered on its promise? In cooperation with the Washington Post, Need to Know examines whether a plan to promote the we
- 25 25. Benefits in doubt, the latest foreclosure scandal2010-10-22The foreclosure crisis and Peter Sagal.
- 26 26. Election special edition2010-10-29We bring you a special hour-long report on the midterm elections, including a look at faulty voting machines and investigation into redistricting.
- 27 27. Episode 272010-11-05A close look at Yemen, home to a prominent al-Qaida group. Plus: restoring marshes in Iraq, the dysfunctional U.S. Senate, and a Steve Brodner animated editorial.
- 28 28. Episode 282010-11-12A special international edition: the Burmese government’s nuclear ambitions, an abduction by Somali pirates, and a discussion with author David Grossman on the Middle East. Plus: S
- 29 29. Episode 292010-11-19Why is the USDA promoting cheese? Plus: part two of our report on Somali pirates, a visit with the 71st Cavalry in Afghanistan, a conversation with religious scholar Reza Aslan, an
- 30 30. Episode 302010-11-26We bring you some of our best coverage on soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and the troubles they face after returning home. Plus: a holiday message from Peter Sagal.
- 31 31. Episode 312010-12-03We examine the recent flare-up between North and South Korea and what it means China and the U.S. Plus: Nuclear waste, the Fort Dix Five and author Gary Shteyngart.
- 32 32. Episode 322010-12-10John Larson investigates coal mine safety. A new series on social innovators. Meacham talks tax cuts. And director Julie Taymor discusses the new Spider-Man musical.
- 33 33. Episode 332010-12-17Jon Meacham reflects on the legacy of Richard Holbrooke, special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, who died suddenly this week. And we sit down with former diplomat Frank Wisner t
- 34 34. Episode 342010-12-24Jon Meacham talks with Stacy Schiff about Cleopatra and Robert Alter on the continued relevance of The Bible. Editorial cartoonist Steve Brodner revisits the major headlines of 201
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