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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,

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Hello and welcome to our number one of the podcast, and I'm so glad that you have been

patient, you haven't complained at all, and listen, it's just wonderful.

So about the new podcast format, but this hour on the Ben Malar show podcast, it's all about the Pact 12 and the Big 10.

The law of unintended consequences as those conferences make a hasty retreat to their safe spaces.

We look at the fallout from that situation, including recruiting punishment that's already starting.

That and some other random factoids about a presidential phone call.

We'll get to that as well this hour.

Here it is, hour number one of the podcast.

It was not exactly out of left field, but the walls came caving in on two of the Power 5 schools in college football,

a rather hasty retreat to a safe space.

They didn't want to play.

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