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

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Thanks for being with us, everybody. And he's not the president yet, technically. But it

kind of feels like he's the president already. You know, Donald Trump, ready to take over at a

moment's notice here, but it's going to have to be a few weeks out, as we know, peaceful

transition of power is waiting down the line.

It's going to happen.

And Trump's administration 2.0 will begin.

The sense of optimism is, it's just hard to contain.

It's hard to explain.

It's just beyond anything we've seen before, I believe, for an incoming administration,

I've never felt as optimistic about a White House in waiting as I do about this one, this team,

this Trump, the focused, knows that this is the all-out sprint to the finish term of his presidency.

This has to be the get it done.

There is no sequel after this for Trump himself.

So this is very exciting.

Let's just be honest.

It's very exciting.

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