Retro Report helps viewers understand the present by revealing the past. The series is anchored by journalist storytellers Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani and features New Yorker magazine humorist Andy Borowitz.
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Retro Report on PBS
Why crime witnesses fail to act; a naval officer who transformed the military; psychedelic drugs; voyage of a trash barge; lunar hoaxes.
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Presidents versus the press; the origins of vaccine fears; free agency; wild horses; no-apology apology.
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Baby M and surrogate parenthood; reducing suicide with texting; lead; climate help from the Cold War; flaming river.
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Lessons from a 1970 public housing experiment; newborn testing; the legacy of a boy who spent his life in a bubble; head injuries in professional sports.
Celeste Headlee
Masud Olufani
