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Bret Sigler
Bret Sigler is a contributing producer and video editor at Retro Report. He is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker who has directed, edited and shot documentaries for PBS, Netflix, ABC, Amazon, MSNBC, VICE, NatGeo, Bravo, TIME, and The New York Times. In addition to the Emmys, his work has been recognized by the CINE Masters’ Series, the Chris Awards, the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Webby Awards, FOCAL International, and the American Society of Magazine Editors. His work has screened at MOMA, HotDocs, Tribeca, and at numerous other film festivals around the world.
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From Y2K to 2038, Lessons Learned from First Computer Crisis
The Y2K bug threatened to wipe out computers and disrupt modern society at the end of the 20th century. We all remember the doomsday hype, but what really happened? science-technology
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Why Waco is Still a Battleground in the 2nd Amendment Debate
Twenty-six years ago, federal agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and generated a legacy that continues to shape antigovernment groups today. law-policy
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Is Multiple Personality Disorder Real? One Woman's Story
In the 1970s, the TV movie “Sybil” introduced much of the nation to multiple personality disorder and launched a controversy that continues to resonate. popular-culturemedicine
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Why NASA Ignored Warnings Before Challenger and Columbia Disasters
On January 28, 1986, seven astronauts "slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God." America’s space program was never the same. science-technology
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Freeing Willy
In the wake of the 1993 hit movie Free Willy, activists and fans campaigned to release the movie’s star – a captive killer whale named Keiko -- and launched a story Hollywood couldn’t invent. environment
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