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Victor Couto
Victor Couto is an associate producer at Retro Report. He has produced a short documentary film and written for Newsday. Victor graduated from Purchase College with a B.A. in Journalism.
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LSD Gets Another Look
LSD has long been associated with 1960s counterculture. Today, psychedelic drugs are back in the lab, providing hope for people who suffer from anxiety, depression and addiction. popular-culturemedicine
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Israel Survived an Early Challenge With War Planes Smuggled by U.S. Vets
In 1948, World War II aviators risked their lives in a secret operation to smuggle weapons and planes to the Israeli military. militarypolitics
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Rehab Rarely Works for Opioid Addicts. Could a Vaccine?
Overdose deaths are skyrocketing, forcing researchers to find new ways to think about and treat addiction. science-technologymedicine
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Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Echoes a Bitter Fight in the 90s
Border fences, deportations, and putting “America First.” It all happened in the 1990s, and it started in California. law-policyimmigration
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Conspiracy Theories and Fake News from JFK to Pizzagate
Retro Report explores decades of conspiracy theories -- from the John F. Kennedy assassination to Pizzagate -- and what they can tell us about how we view the world today. popular-culture
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The Great Debate: Style or Substance?
The moments we remember from political debates are embedded in our political folklore, from the knockout lines to the losing gaffes. But does media coverage often miss the real lessons they offer? politics
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The Split (1860): Conventional Wisdom
Some issues are too fundamental for a party to withstand, and the consequences can last for a generation. Politics
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The Speech (2004): Conventional Wisdom
Sometimes the most important speech at the convention isn't delivered by the nominee. politics
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How Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Gave Birth to a New Democratic Party (1924): Conventional Wisdom
Immigration has been a defining issue in a campaign before, and the consequences transformed the Democratic Party. immigrationpolitics
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The Modern Primary (1912): Conventional Wisdom
In 2016, some Bernie Sanders supporters complained that the delegate process wasn’t fair. In 1912, a battle over the primary process transformed American politics. politics
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How It Started (1831): Conventional Wisdom
In 1831, a radical third party had a new idea for selecting a presidential candidate, and it’s still in use today: the national nominating convention. politics
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The Outsider Republican (1964): Conventional Wisdom
Donald Trump's candidacy wasn't the first time the Republican Party was split by an outsider declaring war on the establishment elite. politics
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The Mess In Chicago (1968): Conventional Wisdom
There are important lessons to be learned from the Democrats' 1968 Chicago convention. politics
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The Power of the Delegate (1976): Conventional Wisdom
In 1976, Ronald Reagan found owning the soul of a party isn't the same as taking home its nomination. politics
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Atomic Vets
The story of the veterans who witnessed secret atomic testing and how their decades-long struggle for recognition affects soldiers today. This story is a coproduction with Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting. military
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