{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/55836c0e-56ef-4a51-a7cc-9055cd2a39c7/d793cfd0-dbcd-46fb-846a-0e73a94b9003?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression","description":"By the end of the First World War Herbert Hoover was a national hero in America for his humanitarian work. A decade later he was engulfed in an economic catastrophe following the Wall Street Crash that would claim his career and reputation. This podcast explores the contradictions and paradoxes of Hoover's character and life.\r\n\r\nCheck out the Explaining History ebook on Hoover and the crash here:\r\nhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Roaring-Wall-Street-Crash-ebook/dp/B005G4PK8W ","author_name":"Nick Shepley"}