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 connect 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. You don't know me. In session, I can't take that. I am. The masked speaker.

The text in the 7-8-5-9-2 that says, I once paid my little brother to clean my room,

but gave him monopoly money. He had no clue and thought it was real.

And he was 16 years old. Lies, deception, stabbing your family members in the back. It's all fair

game. When you're on this segment, the masked speaker where listeners get to share anonymous

confessions that they've been hiding from the rest of the world. And today we have someone who's

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