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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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As I said on social media, it's a Kobe Palusa kind of a night here.

There are some days that you come in here, you're like,

I don't know what I'm going to talk about.

And there's other days you come in here and you're like,

I wish I didn't have to discuss that.

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