Podcast Corner: Two shows ahead of the US presidential election

The rise of Fox News is among the subjects covered in one of two podcasts lifting the lid on the American political scene

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024 - 02:00

Eoghan O’Sullivan

Season 10 of Slow Burn (Slate Podcasts) is about Fox News and its rise around 2000-2004. Of course the seminal event of those four years is 9/11 and the attack on the Twin Towers in New York.

That is dissected in episode three, entitled ‘The Other Guy’s Hamburger’; the idea being that a hamburger joint can be well established in a town, but then a new one rolls in offering a different kind of sauce, and suddenly it looks a little more appealing than the established spot.