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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. Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening to the best of the Ben Mallor Show podcast. Be sure to catch us

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There was this debate in the production meeting leading up to the show was the Cub Rocky game,

good baseball or boring baseball.

I'm going to side on boring.

Now, some guy named Tony Waters or Walters with an O, but it's pronounced Walters,

he had the game-winning hit for the Rockies.

And to say that this is a player in the witness protection program,

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