Agents of Chaos: The Terrifying Story Behind the 2016 Election

<p><br></p><p>In this age of social collapse and modern plague it’s easy to forget that the 2016 Presidential Election was a clusterfuck of gargantuan proportions. Never before (then) had an election campaign for the highest office in the country become not only a drama, but a media spectacle with a shocking finale.</p><p><br></p><p>Russian spies. Secret payoffs. Wikileaks. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/yp3bbv/dnc-hacker-guccifer-20-full-interview-transcript" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Guccifer 2.0</a>. War in Ukraine. Election interference. All spelling (maybe?), the first chapter in the ending to the American Experiment?</p><p><br></p><p>HBO has released a great new two-part documentary <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-OA7H8DoJM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">deep diving this entire, historical ordeal</a>. Co-directed by film great Alex Gibney and Javier Botero, <a href="https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/agents-of-chaos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Agents of Chaos</em></a> parses exactly what happened to America during what’s become the most insane election ever (at least so far).&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Botero is on the show this week to talk about the doc, the chaos of 2016 and what legacy it has left America.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>