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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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You lost to a backup.

A backup! Pretty good backup, as Dante D. Vincenzo, not projected as an NBA player.

That might change, probably won't, after the takedown, the trouncing of the Michigan Wolverines and the championship game as Dante de Venzzo.

The sixth man, magical.

31 points off the bench. He is the most valuable player, or whatever they're most outstanding,

but whatever dopey thing they call it in the NCAA tournament.

So Villanova wins their second championship in three years,

and they are led by a 6-5 guard off the bench.

Not that two guys on Villanova projected to be NBA players in the mock draft world,

the look-ahead world of basketball, but not this guy.

And Villanova continues to be the story here.

They've now won the 2016-2018 championships.

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