Speaker 1: This is in Retrospect, a podcast about cultural moments from
Speaker 1: the eighties and nineties that shaped us and the way
Speaker 1: we think it's.
Speaker 2: Easy to be killed by terrorists and it is to
Speaker 2: get married over the age of forty.
Speaker 1: I forced her to dance with me right out there
Speaker 1: on the disco floor. You blew it, lady, I'm the
Speaker 1: best sex you'll never have.
Speaker 2: This is my friend Jessica Bennett.
Speaker 1: I want you to really smell the axe body spray
Speaker 1: that emanated during this time.
Speaker 2: She's a journalist at The New York Times, a best
Speaker 2: selling author, and a professor at NYU.
Speaker 1: You called me and I was in Palm Springs in
Speaker 1: a weed shop, naturally. And this is my friend Cezy Bannacam.
Speaker 2: I'm very much a product of the pop culture. I consume, yeah,
Speaker 2: and I don't think that's a bad thing.
Speaker 1: She's an Emmy Lenning producer and filmmaker who's run some
Speaker 1: of the biggest and craziest newsrooms.
Speaker 2: I remember once having like a guy friend over and
Speaker 2: being like, do you DVR Oprah?
Speaker 1: This is in high school.
Speaker 2: Every week we'll revisit a moment in pop culture history
Speaker 2: that we just can't stop thinking about.
Speaker 1: From salacious tabloid headlines and questionable soap opera couples to
Speaker 1: elicit students your relationships on one very specific red swimsuit.
Speaker 2: And I love your red bathing suit. Thank you. I
Speaker 2: shall think about those one piece suits. We'll unravel it
Speaker 2: all the context, the behind the scenes, the subtle and
Speaker 2: not so subtle messaging, to.
Speaker 1: Better understand what these moments taught us about the world
Speaker 1: and our place in it.
Speaker 2: Maybe this was a sensitive handling for the time.
Speaker 1: Where this story really begins is the place where all
Speaker 1: good revolutions begin. With the ladies row Oh, Jessica. They
Speaker 1: weren't shying away from how violent it was.
Speaker 3: It's also portrayed as romantic. It had been branded on
Speaker 3: the uteruses of every single woman from sea to Shining Sea.
Speaker 1: Listen to in Retrospect, a new podcast from iHeart and
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Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Do you
Speaker 1: think we're going to get canceled for this