Need To Know
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This current affairs series' mission is to provide a deep understanding of the issues before the electorate through personal, character-driven stories. With essays and analysis from journalists, historians and thought leaders; interviews; and media critiques, NTK is an essential contribution to the coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign. Hosting duties are shared by: Scott Simon, longtime host of NPR's "Weekend Edition"; Maria Hinojosa, host and managing editor of NPR's "Latino USA"; Ray Suarez, co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour; and Jeff Greenfield, seasoned political, media and culture reporter and commentator.
Need To Know Previous Broadcasts
Episode #259H
KQED 9: Fri, Oct 26, 2012 -- 11:00 PM
CHANGES TO FLORIDA ELECTION RULES: Rick Carr reports on controversial changes to election rules in the battleground state of Florida - will they root out voter fraud or keep legitimate voters from the polls? < br />THE 47%: A conversation with James Carter, the man behind the infamous '47â?²%' video, who, like other amateur opposition researchers, is harnessing the power of the internet to upend campaigns.
AMERICAN VOICES: Comedian Dean Obeidallah on one group of voters that no one seems to be courting.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 -- 9:30 AM
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 -- 6:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 -- 6:00 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED 9: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
Episode #258H
KQED 9: Fri, Oct 19, 2012 -- 11:00 PM
In a special edition titled "Yo Decido," anchor Maria Hinojosa travels to the critical swing state of Florida where one in seven registered voters is Hispanic. The show will examine how both presidential campaigns are courting the Hispanic vote there and how those voters are receiving the candidates' messages.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 -- 9:30 AM
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 23, 2012 -- 6:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 21, 2012 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 21, 2012 -- 6:00 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Oct 20, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED 9: Sat, Oct 20, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
Episode #257H
KQED 9: Fri, Oct 12, 2012 -- 10:30 PM
Anchor Ray Suarez hosts a round table discussion about the likelihood of going over the "fiscal cliff", the effect on the American economy, and possible solutions to avoiding another recession. Guests on the panel include economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, former four-term Oklahoma Senator Don Nickles, economist Bo Cutter and Maya Rockeymore, Chair of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 16, 2012 -- 9:30 AM
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 16, 2012 -- 6:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 14, 2012 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 14, 2012 -- 6:00 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Oct 13, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED 9: Sat, Oct 13, 2012 -- 4:30 AM
Episode #256H
KQED 9: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 -- 10:00 PM
In the latest installment of NTK's recurring "Main Street America" series, correspondent John Larson travels to Pueblo, Colorado to assess the mood along Main Street in a once-thriving steel town that now depends on the global economy to make ends meet. Ray Suarez anchors.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 -- 9:30 AM
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 -- 6:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 7, 2012 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Oct 7, 2012 -- 6:00 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Oct 6, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED 9: Sat, Oct 6, 2012 -- 4:00 AM
Episode #255H
KQED World: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 -- 6:30 AM
* NTK's Mona Iskander travels to Virginia, a vital swing state in the 2012 election, to examine how the state's Republican-controlled general assembly's efforts to curb access to abortion providers could affect the presidential contest.
* Anchor Jeff Greenfield interviews Elaine Kamarck of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
* In this week's essay, Greenfield offers an analysis of how the abortion debate has had an impact on previous presidential elections.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 -- 9:30 AM









