Once again, we find ourselves in an unprecedented election. And with all that's happening in the lead up to the big day, a weekly podcast just won't cut it. Get a better grasp of where we stand as a nation every weekday on the NPR Politics Podcast. Here are season reporters dig into the issues that are shaping voters' decisions and understand how the latest updates play into the bigger picture.

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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 examined 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 I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hello, it is I, Ben Mallor. I think

you know that because you have tuned in to the podcast today, and God love you for that. And I'm

let you in a little secret here. So I have some furlough days coming up.

So this is going to be my last show for the week.

I will have the podcast, though.

I'm going to do the podcast this weekend, but I've got to take up a couple of furlough days from the Ben Maller show.

But don't worry about that.

I'll be back.

I'll be back.

I'm taking a haircut like everyone else.

It's all right. Don't worry. We're all good there. So anyway, so today's show,

we begin this program with Lance McCullors from the cheating Astros who wants to be booed

instead of play in empty stadiums. I believe there's some ulterior motives in play in this.

And there's more trouble for the embattled head coach of the New York Jets.

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