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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Perhaps we have a reading assignment for you. It's one more thing.

Armstrong and Getty.

One more thing. Armstrong and Getty. One more thing.

I got to admit.

I hate to admit.

As a guy who's pretty well read, I'm not well read on PJ O'Rourke who died yesterday.

I took him in mostly.

He was a pundit on Bill Maher's show way back in the day politically correct.

His modern version on HBO, I would see him on various shows.

I know way more broadcast PJ O'Rourke than having read him.

And I read articles in Rolling Stone over the years, but not his books.

Yeah, I got turned on to him at a young age and have a bunch of PGO O'R books I've had for 30 years.

I meant to him and got to talk to him for a while when we were in Charlotte.

He was speaking at a lunch that not very many people went to and I went and got to talk to him for a while.

Oh, cool.

But I read this quote earlier on the show, yes?

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