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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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Hello, it's Ben.

I hope you have a great day today and a wonderful weekend, depending on when you have decided to listen to this edition of the podcast.

But this is our final show of the week.

And we will talk a lot about Cam Newton, who was seen in a walking boot with an amazing outfit after the Carolina Panthers exhibition game against the New England Patriots.

And the NFL has mud or egg on their face, depending how you look at it,

a Raider Packer game.

They played on an 80-yard field in Winnipeg and will play the blame game.

How about Justin Verlander, the bully of the Astros as he decides who's allowed to speak to him

and who's not allowed to speak to him in the media?

What a knucklehead.

And Patrick Chung of the Patriots is the new cocaine cowboy, unless he's not.

We'll talk about those stories.

We've got lame jokes of the week, actual jokes from actual listeners like yourself that sent those in

and some other fun stories with some

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