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PBS's new TV and web newsmagazine gives you what you need to know -- along with a healthy dose of insight, perspective and wit. Need to Know cuts through the noise of nonstop news to bring you the most compelling stories of the week and of our times. Every Friday night nationwide and all week long on the web.
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Full episodes
240 VIDEOS
Fri. Feb. 3, 2012
25:09
Air Date 02/03/12
Fri., Jan. 27, 2012
25:10
Air Date 01/27/12
Fri., Jan. 20, 2011
24:43
Air Date 01/20/12
Fri., Jan. 13, 2011
25:09
Air Date 01/13/12
Fri., Jan. 6, 2011
25:08
Air Date 01/06/12
Fri., Dec. 30, 2011
25:20
Air Date 12/30/11
Fri., Dec. 30, 2011
25:19
Air Date 12/22/11
Fri., Dec. 23, 2011
25:16
Air Date 12/21/11
Fri., Dec. 16, 2011
25:14
Air Date 12/16/11
Fri., Dec. 9, 2011
25:15
Air Date 12/09/11
Fixing Government: Elliot Ackerman
1:17
Air Date 12/07/11
Fri., Dec. 2, 2011
25:14
Air Date 12/02/11
Previews
4 VIDEOS
Need to Know Sizzle Reel
4:38
Air Date 01/20/12
Need to Know Season 2 Promo
0:21
Air Date 09/28/11
Need to Know Series Generic Promo
0:32
Air Date 06/07/11
Promo Video: Education hour
2:23
Air Date 02/03/11
Shorts
350 VIDEOS
Presidentiality: Atheist U?
3:20
Air Date 02/09/12
The Foreclosure Crisis in Nevada
13:14
Air Date 02/03/12
Fighting Foreclosures: Promo
2:38
Air Date 02/03/12
High-Tech Job Training in Reno
4:16
Air Date 02/02/12
American Voices: Marcos Villatoro
2:47
Air Date 02/02/12
American Voices: Jon Meacham
2:38
Air Date 01/27/12
Susan MacManus on Florida's electorate
6:31
Air Date 01/27/12
Seniors, Voting and Entitlements
11:20
Air Date 01/27/12
Party down: Voting and power in South Carolina
10:26
Air Date 01/20/12
Brad Warthen and Robert Oldendick on the South Carolina primary
4:58
Air Date 01/20/12
American Voices: Bernard Lafayette
4:52
Air Date 01/20/12
Fixing America: Christine Quinn
2:38
Air Date 01/13/12
