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 the I-Heart

radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Take that Tunisia, you punks.

So one more thing. Armstrong and Getty. One more thing.

I don't know much about Tunisia.

I will stay tuned.

I've got three quick things before we get to that.

One.

It's T. Swizzle's birthday.

She's 34 years old.

And I just saw a news report using my finger quotes on a giant

bouquet of flowers.

And I mean, it is a giant bouquet that just showed up at her front step, and it's assumed

to be from her boyfriend, Travis Kelsey, on her birthday.

It's simple.

They love each other.

And then, of course, because this is what news stories do now. They quote random people on the internet

as if, and then, and then like make a narrative out of it. Right. Right. Which is the worst

kind of journalism that now exists in the world. The internet is not impressed with Travis

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