Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect.

Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of or an illicit student-teacher relationship

on our favorite show. We're Suzy Banna-Karim and Jessica Bennett,

posts of the new podcast in retrospect, where each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from

the past that shaped us and probably you to try to understand what it taught us about the world

and our place in it. You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years.

Listen to In retrospect on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite shows.

I'm Liz Flock. I want to tell you a story about how generations of trauma can lead to a point

of no return. In 2017 a black woman named Devon Gray killed her white boyfriend John Vance.

She says it was self-defense and he was incredibly abusive. But then she took a blind plea

for manslaughter and got 15 years. From lemon out of media, this is blind plea.

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but one of the most important self-care steps we can take is making sure we're financially

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Hey, it's Lauren Nyrider. This week on False Confessions, we have some great news to share

with you. Back in 2020, we brought you the story of Eric Weekly and Michael Hash, childhood friends

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