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It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season,

Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election,

which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.

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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

So the Patriots is losing the Super Bowl.

That's it.

They're done, right?

They're completely.

The Eagles gave up 600 yards, and they're being the celebrators of the toast of the town.

They won the game, fine.

But the better story is in the Patriots locker room.

And the fact that the Patriots played the Super Bowl without Brandon Cooks, the better part of the game,

because he got knocked out with a concussion.

And then Malcolm Butler, who didn't play anything but special teams,

the former Super Bowl hero benched by Bill Belichick in what has been described as the perfect storm,

the perfect storm of issues that affected his performance or the lack of performance by Bill Belichick putting him out there.

So I wanted to get into this year and have some conversation because that's the story, right?

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