Hey everyone. Welcome to this day in esoteric political history.

Jody Abergen here. This is part two of our October Surprise Special that was recorded in front of a live audience at

W-B-U-R's city space in Boston, Massachusetts.

If you haven't listened to Part 1, maybe go check that out and then we will dive right into part

two. We're going through some basic categories of October surprises through the years.

We've looked at GAFS, stuff that candidates have said at the last minute that have upended a race. We've looked at gas, stuff that candidates have said at the last minute that have upended a race.

We've looked at unforeseen events in the world that have upended a race.

We've looked at things the press has dug up.

And now it is time to look at the shadier stuff, the shenanigans that happen often at the end of a presidential election.

Our special guest for this of course is comedian Josh Gondelman,

along with Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley and a live audience.

Now before we get into it, another reminder that there is some stuff that we did on this very special night that we are going to put in the newsletter only.

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part two octprises, live from Boston.

All right, let's move on to our next category. We'll rip through a few of these because

we want to leave time for shady stuff at the end, but this is stuff that happens in the world foreign events

that sort of upend things and often I think shift the tone of an election from domestic matters to

foreign affairs.

One in 1956, one in 1964.

So in 56, you know, this was an election that was largely around Brown v Board

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