{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f89845894287d58c98a397f/69ddfeaef24ed7c15febb82d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"SPRC In Conversation with Sita Balani","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f89845894287d58c98a397f/1776156327510-7fd29b2d-1fb7-46a2-b77f-a759b2caaecc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Luke de Noronha welcomes Sita Balani, Senior Lecturer in English at Queen Mary University of London and the author, most recently, of&nbsp;<em>Deadly and Slick: the Sexual Life of Race in Britain</em>&nbsp;(Verso Press, 2023). They discuss Sita’s recent writings on culture wars, melodrama as a mode of political communication, and the difference between the ordinary and normal.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>This conversation was recorded in November 2025</em></p><p><br></p><p>Speakers:&nbsp;Luke de Noronha and Sita Balani</p><p>Producer:&nbsp;Trisha Hart</p><p>Editor:&nbsp;James Fox</p>","author_name":"UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre"}