The backlash against the popular 1990s cartoon Barney reveals a lot about gender and power, according to a new podcast

A new podcast episode in the series “ Generation Barney ,” takes a look at the history of the popular cartoon from the 1990s .

The show debuted in 1992 and was extremely popular with young children of that generation.

Bob West , the original voice actor for Barney , recalled getting death threats for playing the character.