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 I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcasts.

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 Banticaram 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 I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find

your favorite shows.

It's Brooklyn Jeffrey in the morning, and we live in a society where eating bread with

butter before dinner is totally acceptable.

But then, I order a butter sandwich.

Suddenly, I'm the weirdo.

I just wanted us the entrant.

But if you toasted, it's okay.

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