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Slow Burn
In Slow Burn’s 10th season, host Josh Levin takes you back to a crucial inflection point in American history: the moment between 2000 and 2004 when Fox News first surged to power and a whole bunch of people rose up to try and stop it.You’ll hear from the hosts, reporters, and producers who built Fox News, many who’ve never spoken publicly. You’ll also hear from Fox’s biggest antagonists—the political operatives, journalists, and comedians who attacked it, investigated it, and tried to mock it into submission. And you’ll hear from Fox’s victims, who are still coming to terms with how a cable...
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4.6 stars from 28,550 ratings
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“Worst editing ever. Garbled & overlapping conversations all at once happened at random. Fire your editor.”
Anonymous 919 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/18/24
“I am old enough to have lived through all of this history, and yet hearing it told through the people working at Fox in its early days is blowing my mind. At first, I was worried that thinking about politics during the election would stress me out, but I’m finding it’s just…explaining a lot....”Read full review »
teacherljk via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/17/24
“This latest episode was OK, but there were several instances of two narration tracks playing simultaneously. Should have been caught. This isn’t some shoddy homemade podcast.”
_spreesome_ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/17/24
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