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 and welcome to yet another

edition of the Ben Mallor Show podcast, and we welcome you into the magic podcast box. And thank you.

There are like 8 billion podcasts.

And the fact that you have chosen to put this one into your podcast rotation does mean a whole lot.

And we thank you greatly for that because otherwise, what's the point of doing the podcast if no one is actually using the podcast?

By the way, I want to point out when I'm doing this open to the podcast, right now,

my phone is ringing.

You cannot see this, but Doc Mike from Chicago is calling my personal cell phone right now

when I'm trying to tell you about the podcast.

It's going on right now.

What a douche.

It's a bad job by him.

He doesn't realize that I'm busy right now.

I can't answer the phone.

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