The Year Was takes you on a journey through time. In each show, Annett travels back in time to explore a different year. What did music sound like around the world, across different genres and scenes of pop culture? What else was happening at that time? And how does that resonate today?

Annett Scheffel is a journalist, culture writer, moderator and radio host based in Los Angeles and Berlin. She thinks, writes, and talks about music, film, feminism, and contemporary culture – preferably at the complex interfaces between identity, society, and politics.