Fiasco - Season 1 Apr 2026

: Neyfakh aims to show how government institutions are ultimately run by a "bunch of people" whose individual personalities and decisions shape history in ways that often feel like a series of mishaps or "fiascos".

Season 1, titled , recounts the extraordinary events following Election Day in 2000. The season focuses on the 36-day period of political and legal chaos as the nation waited to see whether George W. Bush or Al Gore would become the 43rd President. Fiasco - Season 1

is a narrative history podcast that explores the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election and the subsequent legal battle over the Florida recount. Created and hosted by journalist Leon Neyfakh , the show serves as a spiritual successor to his work on the first two seasons of Slow Burn . Core Theme and Premise : Neyfakh aims to show how government institutions