Jessica Tarlov
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Beyonce's Lemonade came out.
We had Pokemon Go, which was a huge deal.
And
And then we lost.
You know, chokers.
It was like a lot of lighter cultural fare was happening in 2016.
And as a historian...
What do you make of this desperate pursuit of nostalgia, looking back to a happier time?
And do you think there's anything specific about 2016 or it's just kind of neat and tidy to say, where were you 10 years ago?
Oh, because everyone was hunting all over?
Yes.
That's awesome.
I like it.
And I think, I mean, for me personally, because I'm kind of, I'm an elder millennial, so core in this demo that's obsessed with this trend, even though I've not posted about it.
But I was thinking about
the picture that I would post if I did of what 2016 meant for me.
And I was back in the States.
I finished my PhD abroad.
I was working in polling.
I had just started doing TV in earnest.