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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.

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Hey, it's Ben, and I want to thank you for downloading the podcast.

I hope you had a good Halloween, and life is treating you well, and things are going right for you.

Coming up on today's edition of the podcast, we're going to have some saucy commentary.

Well, you'll be the one that decides that.

Before I tell you about what's coming up on today's podcast, I want to tell you about a different podcast.

That's called a commercial.

But it's not a commercial because I'm not getting paid for this. But coming up on the fifth hour with Ben Mallor, we'll have two different podcasts that will be up later today in the mid-afternoon on the East Coast, late morning on the West Coast.

You'll be able to get the podcast.

I think the podcast are dropping around 2 o'clock and around 3 o'clock Eastern time, which is 11 and noon Pacific time.

But anyway, on those podcasts, we've got Benny versus the Penny and talk about the World Series a little bit more and some of the other things that are maybe not on the sports spectrum as much.

We'll dance around some other stories on the fifth hour with Ben Mather, as we usually do.

But coming up on today's radio show podcast, the 49ers did not pick up any style points.

They were very raggedy in their win over the Cardinals, especially in the second half,

horrible second half.

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