It was 1998 and teenage Jessica was crammed onto the couch in the basement of a friend’s house in Seattle, swooning over the hot-and-heavy “love affair” between Pacey and Tamara on “Dawson’s Creek.” The only thing: Pacey was 15, and Tamara – aka Miss Jacobs – was his 38-year-old high school English teacher. Ew?

Guests:
Rosie Bancroft, Jess’s middle school pal and current middle school mental health counselor

FOR MORE:
‘Dawson’s Creek’ at 20: Inside the Teen Drama’s Deepest Secrets (Hollywood Reporter)
Dawson’s Creek and That Troubling Storyline (Medium)
‘In Retrospect’ – The Playlist (Aren’t you dying to hear the Dawson’s theme song?) (Spotify)

It was 1998 and teenage Jessica was crammed onto the couch in the basement of a friend’s house in Seattle, swooning over the hot-and-heavy “love affair” between Pacey and Tamara on “Dawson’s Creek.” The only thing: Pacey was 15, and Tamara – aka Miss Jacobs – was his 38-year-old high school English teacher. Ew?
Guests:
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<li aria-level="2">Rosie Bancroft, Jess’s middle school pal and current middle school mental health counselor</li>
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FOR MORE:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dawsons-creek-turns-20-kevin-williamson-reveals-teen-dramas-deepest-secrets-1075834/">‘Dawson’s Creek’ at 20: Inside the Teen Drama’s Deepest Secrets</a> (Hollywood Reporter)</li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/the-brothers/dawsons-creek-and-that-troubling-storyline-f1864f3c5c7b">Dawson’s Creek and That Troubling Storyline</a> (Medium)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1R6XxeBVG5jnHg4UmocvNp?si=2d112984e1144eb0">‘In Retrospect’ – The Playlist</a> (Aren’t you dying to hear the Dawson’s theme song?) (Spotify)</li>
</ul>

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.

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.

In Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett

Hot for Teacher (Pt 1): Dawson’s Creek’s Weird ‘Romance’

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