The Al Gore Sliding Door: Triangulation (Part One)

For the forty-first installment of "50 Weeks That Shaped America" we talk about Al Gore's life and legacy. We use it as a chance to talk about the fateful 2000 election, plus his advocacy for climate change issues. This episode, Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss Gore's upbringing, how his political path reflected the larger politics of the 80s and 90s, and how he found himself in the middle of the most controversial election of our lifetimes.

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