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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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It is the spectacle that is batting practice on steroids.

Oh, no, there's no steroids.

The baseball doesn't want to talk about steroids, but the home runs flying everywhere.

Aaron Judge declared the winner of the 2017 home run derby.

You might have seen it. Maybe you did not watch.

You're not into batting practice type situations.

I did check it out.

I did my due diligence, although I did not have the sound up for much of it.

I'll get to that in a moment.

Well, let's talk about it.

The event that is billed and hyped up as a showdown of generational sluggers,

John Carlos Stanton was supposed to face Aaron Judge in the final.

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