{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/6a16ee00c92816b54428f106?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How George Michael changed my life - The Saturday Story ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1779887557518-09a1b3bb-c971-451e-bc95-b86cf7efc829.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Pressures of migrant parents, the shackles of family expectation, and the urge to reinvent yourself in 90s Britain - all themes that connect writer Sathnam Sanghera with George Michael. Growing up in Wolverhampton as the son of Sikh immigrants, Sanghera was a teenage Wham obsessive, later finding unexpected parallels with the pop star’s life, and his own.</p><p><br></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"http://thetimes.com/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read by:</strong> Sathnam Sanghera, contributor, The Times.</p><p><strong>Producer: </strong>Dave Creasey.</p><p><strong>Further reading: </strong><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/sathnam-sanghera-george-michael-shaped-my-life-h28v966dm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sathnam Sanghera: how George Michael changed my life</a></p><p><strong>We want to hear from you - email:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>BBC, CNN, ITV. Faith - George Michael.</p><p><strong>Photo:</strong> Robert Wilson for the Times magazine.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}