Below is a list of broadcasts scheduled to air in the next 60 days on any of our three channels.
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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tpt Channel 2.1
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This list includes any broadcasts that aired in the past 2 months on any of our three channels.
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Friday May 17thSPECIAL REPORT: In part three of its award-winning series on U.S. immigration policies done in conjunction with the Nation Institute, Need to Know examines how Obama administration policies are leading to the deportation - and ultimately the deaths - of thousands of undocumented workers who have worked in the United States for decades, even raising families here. These undocumented workers are the very people the president and some Republican lawmakers say should be eligible for a pathway to citizenship.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday May 10thMARIA HINOJOSA ANCHORS. Though it passed quickly from the headlines, a single shooting incident at a small college in western Massachusetts continues to have a profound effect on many people 20 years later.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday May 3rdJEFF GREENFIELD ANCHORS. Even as unemployment remains stubbornly high, millions of jobs remain unfilled because many workers do not have the necessary training to fill them. This week, Need to Know correspondent Rick Karr travels to the state of Washington to report on The National STEM Consortium - a program designed to target this type of structural unemployment by improving the scientific, technical and mathematical know-how of American workers. Anchor Jeff Greenfield interviews Seth Harris, the acting Secretary of Labor.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday April 26thRAY SUAREZ ANCHORS. With the gun control debate raging after the mass school shooting in Newtown, CT, Need to Know examines the history of the Second Amendment and how it shapes the discussion today. Ray Suarez anchors a panel including: George Mason Law School professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, former New York Times foreign correspondent and editor Craig Whitney, and Fordham University history professor Saul Cornell.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday April 19thRAY SUAREZ ANCHORS. To mark financial literacy month, "Need to Know" correspondent Stacey Tisdale travels to Mississippi to examine a program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college - and teach them about banking and money along the way. Anchor Ray Suarez interviews Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday April 12thMARIA HINOJOSA ANCHORS. Correspondent John Larson travels to Ohio to assess how workers there are faring after the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs over the past 35 years. It's the fourth in his series of "Main Street" reports. Maria Hinojosa anchors the broadcast.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday April 5thMARIA HINOJOSA ANCHORS. Need to Know examines how behavioral economics is being utilized to encourage low-income workers to save. Correspondent William Brangham reports from Vermont how workers who have repaid emergency loans through automatic paycheck deductions continue to take the lower amount in their paychecks and save the difference after the loan is paid off. Correspondent Brian Epstein reports about a plan devised by Mayor Michael Bloomberg that offers incentives to low-wage earners who save their tax refunds. The "American Voices" essay is by Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday March 29thJEFF GREENFIELD ANCHORS. On this week's Need to Know, Jeff Greenfield leads a round table discussion on economic inequality, mobility, debt, and the state of the American economy four years after the official end of the recession. Guests include Jared Bernstein, former Chief Economic Adviser to Vice President Biden, Rana Foroohar of Time Magazine and John Makin of the American Enterprise Institute.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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Friday March 22ndEFF GREENFIELD ANCHORS. This week Need to Know medical correspondent, Dr. Emily Senay, examines whether the Food and Drug Administration's medical device review process adequately protects the public and anchor Jeff Greenfield interviews Dr. Josh Rising, project director of the Medical Device Initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
26 minutes long
tpt Channel 2.1
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tpt MN Channel 2.2
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