Fiasco
Hosted by Leon Neyfakh and Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith · Pushkin Industries
4.7from 650 ratings
- 60
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 650
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 812K
- YouTube views
About Fiasco
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. Benghazi unpacks the 2012 attack in Libya that left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens—and the ensuing political storm, which raised questions about America’s role in the world, established a playbook to weaponize attention in the social media age, and ultimately changed the course of U.S. history. Iran-Contra exposes a secret war, a secret deal, and a scandal that threatened to destroy Ronald Reagan’s presidency—until it didn’t. Bush v. Gore recounts what happened during the contested 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and the extraordinary legal battle that unfolded in Florida. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple Podcasts or at Pushkin.fm. Subscribe on Apple: apple.co/pushkin (http://apple.co/pushkin)Subscribe on Pushkin: pushkin.fm/plus (https://www.pushkin.fm/join-pushkin)
- Publisher
- Pushkin Industries
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 8 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 60 episodes have a transcript.
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Death of an Artist: The Train Has Left the Station
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Death of an Artist: It’s Lonely Without You, Friends
25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Death of an Artist: New from Leon Neyfakh
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From Death of an Artist: The Train Has Left the Station
Published 8 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I would respond, I mean, are you okay? Are you sick? And she's like, oh, no, we're fine. And it's like, well, then what do you mean? Oh, we're just getting old. Michael didn't want to get old. He didn't want to be weak, you know, a weak old man. I mean, Michael's a very physical person. I mean, he went to Harvard on a hockey scholarship. He was an avid rower, hyper-athletic, hyper-competitive. I think his pride wouldn't allow him to have someone to, you know, have to care for him. I was able to contact their doctors after they passed, and the doctor basically said, we were absolutely shocked by this. […]
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- 812,267
- Score snapshot 11 Oct 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 452 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 198 ratings
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