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. Welcome, it is verdict with Senator

Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you. Senator, let's just start with this. I hope you had a

fabulous Christmas and everyone else listening. I hope you had a fabulous Christmas as well.

You got to give me some anecdote from Christmas Day. Did you get anything cool? Was there an exciting

moment before we get into politics? Well, I'll just say Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah,

Happy New Year. Actually, Christmas was awesome. I was just at home with Heidi and both our girls. My parents were here. We relaxed. We had Christmas dinner. We had a big ham. I will say we do have a new puppy. The new puppy is Rudy.

Rudy is a golden doodle.

He looks like a giant teddy bear come to life.

He is Catherine's puppy.

He is 14 weeks old.

Rudy yaps a lot.

In fact, you may well get some podcasts with Rudy yapping in the background,

because I do many of these at home.

And I've met Rudy.

He is cute, man.

Like, Rudy is next level cute.

He is majorly cute.

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