Fiasco: Bush v. Gore
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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. 

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 t...
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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 l...
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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...
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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, documentari...
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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...
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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 ...
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Fiasco season one: Bush v. Gore

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...
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