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 all the other seasons of Fiasco, subscribe to Luminary on Apple Podcasts. Or visit luminarypodcasts.com.
A sneak peek at the new season of Fiasco, on the Benghazi scandal. In episode 1, a prison massacre carried out under Libya's longtime dictator, Muamma...
From the co-creators of Slow Burn comes Fiasco: Benghazi. How a city in Libya became the namesake for a scandal that changed the course of American po...
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 t...
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 l...
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...
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, documentari...
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...
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 ...
From the co-creators of Slow Burn comes a podcast documentary about politics, power, and uncertainty hosted by Leon Neyfakh. Fiasco season 1 takes lis...