Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country’s most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present. Fiasco season 1 takes listeners to the contested 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and the extraordinary legal battle that unfolded in Florida. Fiasco is a Luminary original. To hear other seasons, go to luminarypodcasts.com.
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episode 6: Ep 6: No Precedent
How the 2000 presidential election was distilled and decided in a case called Bush v. Gore. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit our website: https://bit.ly/3kITyLO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
episode 5: Ep 5: Contingencies
How Democrats and Republicans hoped for the best and planned for the worst as the Florida recount remained undecided weeks after election day. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit our website: https://bit.ly/3owYTbo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
episode 4: Ep 4: Spin-Off
How public relations battles in the Florida recount yielded big legal wins for the Bush team. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit our website: https://bit.ly/34fGQPa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
episode 3: Ep 3: Ballot With Butterfly Wings
What happened in Palm Beach County when a bitterly-contested national election came to town – and who paid the price. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit our website: https://bit.ly/3meXCEj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
episode 2: Ep 2: Real Numbers
We go behind the scenes of election night 2000, when an ad hoc network of statisticians, news producers, TV anchors, and political operatives tried to figure out what the hell was going in Florida -- and failed spectacularly. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit our website: https://bit.ly/2Io5W5I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
episode 1: Ep 1: Homestead
How the largely forgotten race between Al Gore and George W. Bush roiled Florida long before anyone had ever heard of a hanging chad. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit our website: https://bit.ly/3iX8h4o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fiasco season one: Bush v. Gore… Coming October 14.
From the co-creators of Slow Burn comes a podcast documentary about politics, power, and uncertainty hosted by Leon Neyfakh. Fiasco season 1 takes listeners to the contested 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and the extraordinary legal battle that unfolded in Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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