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. Evidence wise, we have personally no evidence. 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 an 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. Okay Katie, quick rapid fire. What do you think about when you

think about black stories? Tony Morrison. Long novels. Zines. Very complex stories. Moving

night with popcorn. Lineage and history. BTO Awards. Hood Motifs. I'm reliable narrators.

So it's hard to condense a narrative that's so big into such a small space. But that's why we

have the podcast. I'm Katie. And I'm Eves. And on on theme, we tell stories about black stories.

Listen to on theme on the iHeart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Worst Year ever, a production of iHeart Radio.

Like guys, welcome to the continuous saga of the Worst Year ever. We are your weary hosts.

We are weary. Morning, zoo, crew. Coming next you. I am as tired as Chris Rock's cheek is sore.

Oh, I'm sorry, maybe not that sore. How's everybody doing?

So good. Have you watched Patriot yet? No, yet. Do you know every week more people tell me,

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