In Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett

A podcast by iHeartPodcasts, The Meteor

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Society & Culture TV & Film History

42 Episodes

  1. Madonna and the Making of a Cultural Icon (Pt 2)

    Published: 6/7/2024

  2. Madonna And The MTV Moment (Pt 1)

    Published: 5/31/2024

  3. What is ‘Girl Culture’?

    Published: 5/24/2024

  4. How the Menendez Brothers Became Social Media Stars

    Published: 5/17/2024

  5. Jessica Simpson, Monica Lewinsky, and Other Adventures in Journalism

    Published: 5/10/2024

  6. Vanessa Williams v Miss America: ‘I Won’t Let That Man Destroy Me’ (Pt 2)

    Published: 5/3/2024

  7. Vanessa Williams v Miss America: The Rise and Fall of the First Black Winner (Pt 1)

    Published: 4/26/2024

  8. Growing Up with Sally Field's 'Not Without My Daughter'

    Published: 4/19/2024

  9. The Rutgers Women Fight Back (Pt 2)

    Published: 4/12/2024

  10. Rutgers Women’s Basketball & the Racist Radio Host (Pt 1)

    Published: 4/5/2024

  11. Can Lip Gloss Teach Us About Friendship?

    Published: 3/29/2024

  12. What ‘Sassy’ Magazine Meant To 90s Teens

    Published: 3/22/2024

  13. ‘Generation Catalano’ and Your Other Suggestions

    Published: 3/15/2024

  14. The Hidden History of the MILF

    Published: 3/8/2024

  15. When Is A Woman ‘Past Her Prime’?

    Published: 3/1/2024

  16. What ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Taught Us About Ambition

    Published: 2/23/2024

  17. Gay & Horny Teens on Screen with Emma Seligman

    Published: 2/16/2024

  18. From ‘Mean Girls’ to ‘Glee,’ a Lesbian Joke Evolves (Pt 2)

    Published: 2/9/2024

  19. How ‘Golden Girls’ Spawned an Enduring Lesbian Joke (Pt 1)

    Published: 2/1/2024

  20. We’re Back!

    Published: 1/26/2024

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Is there a cultural moment from your past that looks different in retrospect? Maybe it’s a scandalous tabloid story seared into your teenage brain or a political punchline that just feels wrong now. It might be a very specific red swimsuit that inspired a decade of plastic surgery (see: “Baywatch”) or the inescapable smell of an entire generation of prepubescent boys (Axe body spray, anyone?). Each week on IN RETROSPECT, Emmy-winning journalist Susie Banikarim and New York Times editor Jessica Bennett revisit a pop culture moment from the 80s and 90s that shaped them — to try to understand what it taught us about the world, and a woman’s place in it. Talk to us at @inretropod, @susiebnyc and @jessicabennett on Instagram. New episodes each Friday.