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 iHeart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your

favorite shows. Everyone in our country has a voice. It's something that says not just where you

come from but who you are. Welcome to NPR's Black Stories Black Truths, a collection of podcasts

and a celebration of the hosts and journalism who've always spoken truth to power.

Our voices are as varied, nuanced and dynamic as the Black experience and stories should never

be about us without us. Find NPR Black Stories Black Truths on the iHeart Radio app or wherever

you get your podcasts. In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed

a fellow officer. The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.

Oh my goodness, we did commit to innocent man. I'm Beth Shelburn from Lava for Good Podcasts.

This is Ear Witness. Listen to Ear Witness on the iHeart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever

you get your podcasts.

It's the dating game show that introduced the brook to her first toothless boyfriend.

He was cute when he had the tooth in. It's battle of the tender dates where two of our listeners

go ahead to find out whose dating life is the most tragic. We'll explain the rules in just a

second but first let's meet today's contestants. In this corner, for charity, he visits the local

old folks home and reenacts the entire magic mic movie. That's why he's known in the bingo room

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