This is In Retrospect, a podcast about pop culture from the 80s and 90s that shaped

us.

I'm very much a product of the pop culture I consumed.

And I don't think that's a bad thing.

I'm Jessica Bennett, a New York Times writer and bestselling author.

I'm Susie Bannock-Harram, an award-winning TV producer and filmmaker.

Every week, we'll revisit a moment in cultural history that we just can't stop thinking

about.

From tabloid headlines to illicit student-teacher relationships, and one, very memorable red swimsuits.

I found myself in Pamela Anderson's attic, as you do.

I put that red swimsuit in a safe because it seemed everybody wanted it.

We're digging deep to better understand what these moments taught us about the world and

our place in it.

I want you to really smell the axe body spray that emanated during this time.

It was presented more as kind of like a crime topic.

And that's not a lie.

It's not a love story.

It had been branded on the uteruses of every single woman from sea to shining sea.

Listen to In Retrospect on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite

shows.

I'm Penelope Spheras.

I'm a film director.

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