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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. Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hey, it's Ben. I hope you're having a wonderful day today as we give you the radio

version of the podcast. Now, I want to remind you, if you're on our Facebook page, Ben Maller's

show, I will be putting up a post.

It should already be up by the time you hear this.

And I'm really soliciting questions for the other podcast,

the fifth hour with Ben Mallor, which will make its triumphant

return to the podcast world. That's an exclusive podcast only so we can say dirty words.

That will be coming up.

We'll be recording that later today.

So if you want to send in a question and you hear this before, say, like noon Eastern time or 1 o'clock Eastern time, send your question in.

And we might use it.

You might hear it on that other podcast.

Coming up on today's show, Colin Kaepernick.

He's back two days in a row with a Kaepernick monologue.

He's getting an NFL workout, but his surrogates are outraged.

Eric Reed continues to trash the NFL.

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