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.
EPISODE 3
Why Crime Witnesses Fail to Act
Why crime witnesses fail to act, a naval officer who transformed the military, psychedelic drugs, voyage of a trash barge, lunar hoaxes.
EPISODE 4
President Trump Takes on the Press
President Trump's taking on the press with a time-tested strategy. Explore the origins of the latest measles outbreak, pro sports free agency, and the consequences of a law meant to save wild horses. Andy Borowitz on the no-apology apology.
EPISODE 5
Texting Could Reduce Suicides
Baby M and surrogate parenthood, reducing suicide with texting, lead, climate help from the Cold War, flaming river.
EPISODE 6
Public Housing Influenced by a 1970s Experiment
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
