24 Jun 2019

Leon Neyfakh on Slowburn and Fiasco - his US political history podcasts

From Afternoons, 3:07 pm on 24 June 2019

 You've seen the movies, you think you know how they end. President Nixon resigns after Watergate. Bill Clinton is impeached and Monica Lewinsky is blamed and George W Bush becomes the 43rd President of the United States not Al Gore after a dodgy recount in Florida. 

Journalist Leon Neyfakh likes to tell stories about major political events we think we all know. But his podcasts show how the popular narrative and the facts can diverge. We'll talk to Leon Neyfakh about his latest project, Fiasco.

Leon Neyfakh (left)

Leon Neyfakh (left) Photo: [Commons /CC-BY-2.0 ]

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