In Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett

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42 Episodes

  1. Sex in the 90s with Emily Nagoski (Bonus episode!)

    Published: 1/23/2024
  2. Countdown To Christmas!

    Published: 12/22/2023
  3. Why Didn’t She Scream?

    Published: 12/15/2023
  4. How the ‘Most Hated Woman in America’ Moves On (Pt 2)

    Published: 12/9/2023
  5. The Vilification of Robin Givens (Pt 1)

    Published: 12/8/2023
  6. When the ‘Good Girls’ Revolted

    Published: 12/1/2023
  7. The Marriage Myth (Pt 2): Who Needs ‘Mr. Right,’ Anyway?

    Published: 11/25/2023
  8. The Marriage Myth (Pt 1): When Newsweek Struck Panic in Single Women Everywhere

    Published: 11/24/2023
  9. The Secret Politics of High Heels

    Published: 11/17/2023
  10. We Regret To Inform You

    Published: 11/10/2023
  11. ‘Long Island Lolita’ (Pt 2): Amy Fisher Tries to Move On

    Published: 11/3/2023
  12. ‘Long Island Lolita’ (Pt 1): Amy Fisher Becomes a Trope

    Published: 11/3/2023
  13. The Book of Britney Spears

    Published: 10/27/2023
  14. Smells Like Teen Puberty

    Published: 10/24/2023
  15. Hot for Teacher (Pt 2): Mary Kay Letourneau Enters the Chat

    Published: 10/20/2023
  16. Hot for Teacher (Pt 1): Dawson’s Creek’s Weird ‘Romance’

    Published: 10/20/2023
  17. The Word We Won’t Use on This Show

    Published: 10/13/2023
  18. Oprah’s Little Red Wagon

    Published: 10/6/2023
  19. Pamela Anderson & That Iconic Red Swimsuit

    Published: 9/29/2023
  20. Meet Your Hosts (Hi!)

    Published: 9/21/2023

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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.