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 other seasons, go to luminarypodcasts.com. 

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    Ep 6: No Precedent

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 57:29


    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

    Ep 5: Contingencies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 51:00


    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

    Ep 4: Spin-Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 58:07


    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

    Ep 3: Ballot With Butterfly Wings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 60:32


    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

    Ep 2: Real Numbers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 54:58


    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

    Ep 1: Homestead

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 56:43


    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

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    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 3:00


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