Retro Report on PBS

Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past.

Episodes

  • Correcting the Myth of the Superpredator: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Correcting the Myth of the Superpredator

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    Flawed research predicting remorseless teen killers led to life sentences.
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    Episode 8

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    Sex ed; a crime myth; Ryan White’s legacy; napster; Andy Borowitz on bullying.
  • How Napster Stirred Up Entertainment: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How Napster Stirred Up Entertainment

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    After Napster, many consumers got used to media on demand. There was no turning back.
  • The Bullying Industry | Andy Borowitz: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Bullying Industry | Andy Borowitz

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    New Yorker magazine humorist Andy Borowitz takes a look at a thriving industry: bullying.
  • The Controversy Over Teaching Teens About Sex: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Controversy Over Teaching Teens About Sex

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    A decades-old battle is re-emerging over how sex is presented in the classroom.
  • The Forgotten History of AIDS: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Forgotten History of AIDS

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    H.I.V. rates have fallen in many places, but the AIDS crisis persists in parts of the U.S.
  • Anita Bryant, Gay Rights Icon | Andy Borowitz: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Anita Bryant, Gay Rights Icon | Andy Borowitz

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    Andy Borowitz examines how Anita Bryant inadvertently energized the gay rights movement.
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    Episode 7

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    Immigration; hot coffee lawsuit; special ops; Challenger legacy; Borowitz on Anita Bryant.
  • Exploring the Recent History of U.S. Immigration Backlashes: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Exploring the Recent History of U.S. Immigration Backlashes

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    Today's immigration policies echo an anti-immigration movement 25 years ago in California.

About Retro Report on PBS

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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