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One Year
One Year
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The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may... more

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Episodes

Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 6. What Hath We Wrought?

The 2004 presidential race would be the first fully Fox News election—a contest that was framed by Fox, and fought... more

23 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 5. Ludacris Has Been Fired

As Fox News gathered strength, progressive activists turned to comedian Al Franken and fledgling online communities to punch back. But... more

16 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 4. Beacon of Truth

After 9/11, the Fox News Channel rallied a huge portion of the country around the Bush administration’s vision of the... more

09 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 3. The Other Guy’s Hamburger

For a decade and a half, CNN was peerless and ambitious, and it understood its place in the world. At... more

02 Oct 2024 · 57 minutes
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 2. A Network for Normal People

Before he ran Fox News, Roger Ailes launched a very different kind of channel. America’s Talking was his vision of... more

25 Sep 2024 · 1 hour,
Introducing Slow Burn The Rise of Fox News | 1. We Report. You Can Suck It.

When the Fox News Channel launched in 1996, critics called it disorganized, incompetent, and laughably inept. But it wouldn’t be... more

24 Sep 2024 · 57 minutes
Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs | 7. Turn Around. Fight Back.

For the two years leading up to May 21, 1979, gay activists followed the rules. They engaged in civil debates.... more

28 Jul 2024 · 51 minutes
Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs | 6. The Murders at City Hall

On election night in 1978, gays and lesbians in California braced themselves for the statewide vote on Proposition 6. Less... more

24 Jul 2024 · 56 minutes
Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs | 5. Strange Bedfellows

As Election Day approached, the campaign to defeat Proposition 6 faced formidable odds. John Briggs’ fundraising juggernaut was churning out... more

21 Jul 2024 · 55 minutes
Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs | 4. You Must Come Out

In the early days of the anti-Briggs campaign, a Richard Pryor comedy set turned into a public fiasco and laid... more

17 Jul 2024 · 57 minutes
One Year
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 6. What Hath We Wrought?
One Year
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