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Retro Report on PBS
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Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.
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4:37
New Yorker magazine humorist Andy Borowitz takes a look at a thriving industry: bullying.
13:22
A decades-old battle is re-emerging over how sex is presented in the classroom.
10:27
Flawed research predicting remorseless teen killers led to life sentences.
11:55
H.I.V. rates have fallen in many places, but the AIDS crisis persists in parts of the U.S.
10:06
After Napster, many consumers got used to media on demand. There was no turning back.
3:58
Andy Borowitz examines how Anita Bryant inadvertently energized the gay rights movement.
9:54
Today's immigration policies echo an anti-immigration movement 25 years ago in California.
11:18
Her complaint sounded frivolous. But the facts told another story.
7:46
The rise of special operations units today can be traced to two past operations.
18:31
A new understanding of risk emerged from the study of a NASA disaster.