Fiasco

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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.   

  • 48 seconds
    Introducing: American Prestige

    Here's a preview of another podcast, American Prestige. American Prestige (americanprestigepod.com) is a podcast that offers listeners a critical perspective on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. Most media organizations share the assumption that global peace and prosperity depend on the United States dominating the world. American Prestige rejects that assumption and explores what U.S. foreign policy might look if we in the United States adopted a different, less imperial, approach to global politics.

    Past guests include public intellectual Adam Tooze, actor Morgan Spector, Pulitzer Prize winner Ada Ferrer, and historian Rashid Khalidi. They also just released a new miniseries for subscribers, Chinese Prestige (chineseprestigepod.com), covering a history of the People's Republic.

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    4 December 2025, 5:01 am
  • 47 minutes 42 seconds
    How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now: A Giving Tuesday Special from The Happiness Lab

    According to the science, it really is better to give than receive. Donating a dollar; sharing a kind word or lending someone a hand changes lives, but can also hugely boost your happiness. So we're teaming up with other podcasts from Hidden Brain to Revisionist History to ask you to give to a charity helping some of the poorest people around. We're calling it #PodsFightPoverty.     

    Go to givedirectly.org/happinesslab right now and give whatever you can. And the first $500,000 we donate will be matched thanks to our friends at Giving Multiplier!

    Even a small donation will make you feel good and have a much larger impact on the world than you thought possible. To help inspire you, this special episode examines the science of giving and shares stories of heartwarming and impactful acts of kindness.   

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    2 December 2025, 5:01 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Benghazi: Episode 6 - Radicals

    The Tea Party takes over the search for the truth about Benghazi, while the FBI pursues a Libyan militia leader suspected of planning the attack.

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    6 October 2025, 4:01 am
  • 58 minutes 7 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 5 - Greatest Hits

    As the political world looks toward the 2016 Presidential election, Benghazi becomes a Clinton scandal.

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    Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple Podcasts or at Pushkin.fm.

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    29 September 2025, 4:01 am
  • 53 minutes 16 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 4 - Feckless

    How the attack in Benghazi collided with an American election, and how the seeds of a scandal were planted.

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    22 September 2025, 4:01 am
  • 52 minutes 26 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 3 - Barefoot

    An anti-Islamic video sparks protests in the Middle East, and the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi comes under attack.

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    15 September 2025, 4:01 am
  • 57 minutes 19 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 2 - We Will Stay Here

    Libya is swept up in a wave of revolution, and an American diplomat makes his mark on Benghazi.

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    8 September 2025, 3:45 am
  • 48 minutes 9 seconds
    Benghazi: Episode 1 - The Dictator

    How a prison massacre carried out under Libya’s long-time dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, set the stage for the Benghazi attack.

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    8 September 2025, 3:30 am
  • 3 minutes 41 seconds
    Introducing Fiasco: Benghazi

    Fiasco: 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.

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    25 August 2025, 4:01 am
  • 50 minutes 8 seconds
    Iran Contra: Episode 8 - Pardon Me

    How George H.W. Bush ended Iran-Contra.

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    26 May 2025, 4:01 am
  • 38 minutes 54 seconds
    Iran Contra: Episode 7 - Olliewood

    How Hollywood tried to capitalize on Iran-Contra -- and why the story didn’t take.

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    19 May 2025, 4:01 am
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