{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/18af1578-de1b-4d7b-ae14-600956858908/e147e8eb-1443-4e79-bc6d-92cea23b19c9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ali Smith: The novel in the age of Trump","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f7471a8cbe98a33cee5f/61b9f7a3a798b40013ce3b50.png?height=200","description":"<p>We take a break from regular programming this week to bring you Ali Smith's recent New Statesman/Goldsmiths Prize lecture on \"why the novel matters in the age of Brexit and Trump\". You can read an edited version of the lecture in this week's magazine - <a href=\"https://subscribe.newstatesman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">get your copy now</a>. Tom and Kate will be back with a regular episode next week.</p><p>Get in touch on Twitter via&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/ns_podcasts\" target=\"_blank\">@ns_podcasts</a> or @<a href=\"www.twitter.com/tom_gatti\" target=\"_blank\">tom_gatti</a>.</p><p>Find out more about the Goldsmiths Prize <a href=\"http://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p>Our theme music is \"God Speed\" by Pistol Jazz, licensed under Creative Commons.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}