Pushkin.

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 theHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

From Pushkin Industries, this is deep background, the show where we explore the stories behind the stories in the news.

The biggest stories in this part of 2021 are really stories of politics.

There were the off-season gubernatorial elections in which the Democratic governor of Virginia

was surprisingly to everybody defeated, and the Democratic governor of New Jersey barely scraped

by despite the fact that in New Jersey, as indeed in Virginia, Joe Biden had defeated Donald

Trump handily. These issues themselves play into the question of what Joe Biden's

national accomplishments are and whether anybody knows about them, and then the deeper and more

sustained political issues about the depth of polarization in our politics, the rise of violence,

and the long-term future of politics in the United States.

What kind of a guest you may be wondering would be eager to talk and share views about every single element of these in the most unrestrained, direct, and colorful way possible?

Who indeed but James Carville?

The man who became known as one of the great political strategists of the modern era

after crafting Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential victory.

James started working in politics long before that,

and he continued working in politics long after.

He's a sought-after commentator, an analyst, a political advisor,

and, in the deepest and most positive sense, a character.

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