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.

Available now wherever you get your podcasts. Every child dissolves an education, yet nearly

140 million girls are excluded from the classroom worldwide. Even when girls are in school,

many don't receive a quality education. This isn't just a social issue, it's economic.

The World Bank estimates gender inequality cost the global economy $163 trillion.

Help care ensure everyone can go back to school at care.org slash back to school.

I always had to be so good no one could ignore me. Carve my path with data and drive.

But some people only see who I am on paper. The paper ceiling, the limitations from degree

screens to stereotypes that are holding back over 70 million stars. Worker skill through

alternative routes, rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills to speak for themselves.

Find resources for breaking through barriers at tearthepapercilling.org. Brought to you by

opportunity at work and the ad council. Hey there it's Lauren Eyreider. I'm here with an update

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