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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.

There's a couple of ways we can go here. There's a couple ways we can go.

But listen, I like a beef.

I like a beef, and we got one in the NBA.

And this is about the only way that a random Pelicans Lakers game would ever end up leading a radio show.

But I really love this.

I mean, the Lakers aren't any good.

The Pelicans are hanging around at the bottom of the Western Conference.

But they got together, and it was the story within the story.

That is the story.

It's usually how that works out, right?

So the Lakers are playing the Pelicans, fine.

Who cares, right?

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