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 #308H
KQED 9: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 -- 11:00 PM
In the wake of the Newtown tragedy, NTK retraces an earlier shooting incident, exploring the ripple effects that continue to reverberate years later. The program takes an in-depth look at the traumatic results on the victim's family, the killer and the killer's family, others wounded that day and on the community at large.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Feb 23, 2013 -- 1:30 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Feb 23, 2013 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Feb 23, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
- KQED 9: Sat, Feb 23, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
Episode #307H
KQED 9: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 -- 11:00 PM
NTK travels to Tucson, Arizona, where a years-long dispute over a Mexican-American studies program has tensions high; supporters say it has helped re-engage at risk students and improved their test scores. Opponents contend it encourages subversive thinking. The show is anchored by Ray Suarez.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 17, 2013 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 17, 2013 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 -- 1:30 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
- KQED 9: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
Saving Medicare (Episode #306H)
KQED 9: Fri, Feb 8, 2013 -- 11:00 PM
Anchor Ray Suarez hosts a panel of experts to explore how to save Medicare.
Peter Suderman is a senior editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com, where he writes regularly on health care, the federal budget, tech policy, and pop culture.
Paul N. Van de Water is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where he specializes in Medicare, Social Security, and health coverage issues.
Judith Stein is the Executive Director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Ms. Stein has focused on legal representation of the elderly since beginning her legal career in 1975.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 10, 2013 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 10, 2013 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Feb 9, 2013 -- 1:30 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Feb 9, 2013 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Feb 9, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
- KQED 9: Sat, Feb 9, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
Episode #305H
KQED World: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 -- 11:30 AM
The nation's unemployment rate has been hovering just below 8% for months - that means about 12 million Americans are jobless and looking for work. Yet at the same time, firms nationwide say they're having a hard time filling nearly 4 million job openings. Would-be employers say they can't find workers who have the specific skills they're looking for.
THE SKILLS GAP - Correspondent Rick Karr travels to Mobile, Alabama, to look at that state's efforts to train a new generation of shipyard workers to fight unemployment and attract business to the state.
INTERVIEW: PETER CAPPELLI - Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, and author of Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It.
LAWS AND LABOR - George Wentworth, a senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project, on the new laws in several states prohibiting hiring discrimination against the unemployed.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 3, 2013 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 3, 2013 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 -- 1:30 PM
Episode #304H
KQED World: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
On the second of two inauguration specials examining the advocacy group "Common Good's" proposals to end bureaucratic gridlock and get the US moving forward, NTK anchor Jeff Greenfield explores how malpractice lawsuits contribute to rising healthcare costs. Correspondent William Brangham travels to Denmark, where medical disputes are settled by experts without ever going to court.
Episode #305H
KQED 9: Fri, Feb 1, 2013 -- 11:02 PM
The nation's unemployment rate has been hovering just below 8% for months - that means about 12 million Americans are jobless and looking for work. Yet at the same time, firms nationwide say they're having a hard time filling nearly 4 million job openings. Would-be employers say they can't find workers who have the specific skills they're looking for.
THE SKILLS GAP - Correspondent Rick Karr travels to Mobile, Alabama, to look at that state's efforts to train a new generation of shipyard workers to fight unemployment and attract business to the state.
INTERVIEW: PETER CAPPELLI - Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, and author of Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It.
LAWS AND LABOR - George Wentworth, a senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project, on the new laws in several states prohibiting hiring discrimination against the unemployed.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 3, 2013 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Feb 3, 2013 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 -- 1:30 PM
- KQED 9: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 -- 5:00 AM









