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1. Infrastructure; Interview: Christine Todd Whitman; In Perspective: A Jon Meacham Essay
Air date: Sep 16, 2011
Communities consider leasing public assets to private investors; former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman; balance between government and the private sector.
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2. Green Jobs; Marcos Villatoro Essay: Garage Sales; Jennifer Granholm Interview
Air date: Sep 23, 2011
A Michigan town tries to go green; Marcos Villatoro examines how the financial crisis impacts garage sales; former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D).
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3. Chemical Regulation; Interview: Matt Kibbe; In Perspective: A Jon Meacham Essay
Air date: Sep 30, 2011
A small town plagued by chemical pollution and disease; Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks.
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4. Help Wanted -- A Need to Know Special Report
Air date: Oct 7, 2011
Residents of northern Ohio's Cuyahoga County struggle in a declining job market; Scott Simon and David Simon talk to the unemployed in Baltimore.
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5. Politics of Resentment
Air date: Oct 14, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements.
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6. The Nuclear Option; Power to the People; Interview: Damon Moglen
Air date: Oct 21, 2011
Professor Richard K. Lester, MIT's Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; anti-nuclear activist Ursula Sladek.
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7. Manufacturing Jobs; Interview: Mickey Kantor; In Perspective: A Jon Meacham Essay
Air date: Oct 28, 2011
The North American Free Trade Agreement impacts Evansville, Ind.; Mickey Kantor discusse free trade.
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8. Help Wanted: Creating Opportunity
Air date: Nov 4, 2011
Workshare plan in Rhode Island; the state of Oregon encourages people to use unemployment benefits to start businesses; Reihan Salam discusses private initiatives.
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9. Coming Home: The Enduring Sacrifice
Air date: Nov 11, 2011
Joblessness and homelessness among veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan; Sebastian Junger proposes a memorial to help veterans cope with civilian deaths; a housekeeper whose son is serving in Afghanistan.
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10. The Pentagon: Hard Times, Hard Choices
Air date: Nov 18, 2011
Experts discuss military spending and whether military healthcare benefits and pensions should be cut.
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- Genre: Special interest
- Network: PBS
- Premiere Date: Sep 16, 2011
- Executive producer: Shelley Lewis
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Scott Simon
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Jeff Greenfield
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Jeff Greenberg
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Shelley Lewis
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