Introducing Fiasco: Benghazi — The Dictator
SNAFU with Ed Helms
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Here’s a preview from a podcast we think you’ll enjoy, Fiasco. Slow Burn co-creator Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the reality of America’s most pivotal historical events, bringing life to the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present. In his new season, Leon looks at the 2012 Benghazi attack that left four Americans dead—and the ensuing political storm, which raised questions about America’s role in the world, established a playbook to weaponize attention in the social media age, and ultimately changed the course of U.S. history. Find Fiasco: Benghazi wherever you get podcasts and binge the entire season with a Pushkin+ subscription – sign up on the Fiasco Apple Podcasts show page or at pushkin.fm/plus.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Law touches most aspects of American life, from constitutional rights to our medical treatment |
| 0:09.0 | to whether our food and water are safe. I'm Pam Carlin, host of Stanford Legal. I teach all |
| 0:13.7 | sorts of classes, and I've argued 10 cases before the Supreme Court. On the show, we talk to experts, |
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| 0:40.5 | Pushkin. |
| 0:44.3 | Hey, Leon here. |
| 0:45.9 | Before we get to this episode, I want to let you know that you can binge the entire season of Fiasco, Benghazi. |
| 0:51.7 | Right now, ad-free by becoming a Pushkin Plus subscriber. Sign up for Pushkin Plus on the Fiasco Benghazi right now, ad-free by becoming a Pushkin Plus subscriber. |
| 0:55.9 | Sign up for Pushkin Plus on the Fiasco Apple Podcast show page or visit pushkin.fm slash plus. |
| 1:02.9 | Now on to Mediterranean Sea. |
| 1:20.4 | What potentially happened in Libya, in the city of Benghazi, not only did the attackers storm the building in Benghazi. |
| 1:28.5 | The attack began when a group of armed assailants broke into a diplomatic compound |
| 1:33.1 | operated by the State Department. |
| 1:34.4 | It ended nearly eight hours later with the bombing of a secret CIA base nearby. |
| 1:39.4 | First they attacked it with RPG rifles, then they opened fire on it with machine guns. |
| 1:44.7 | Among the victims was the American ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. |
| 1:48.7 | And again, his name is John Christopher Stevens, and he was born in Northern California in 1960. |
| 1:54.1 | Stevens had been posted in Libya on and off for the better part of five years. |
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