{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fda67b1323dd721e8b8a019/5fda67b8323dd721e8b8a01e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Defending America 5-part podcast series","description":"<p>Happy Leap Year!</p><p>When I wrote <em>The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, </em>I captured the wisdom of countless Europeans.</p><p>Along the way, I heard many criticisms of the United States. </p><p>Most were fair.</p><p>However, some were a bit too extreme. They lacked nuance. </p><p>That inspired me to write a five-part series called \"Defending America.\" </p><p>They became one of the most popular articles on my website.</p><p>The article \"Defending American Ignorance\" has had over 200,000 views. It helps that when you <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=american+ignorance&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS870US871&amp;ei=KWk3XvetAcfE0PEPqLGRmAg&amp;start=10&amp;sa=N&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi35viCkLTnAhVHIjQIHahYBIMQ8NMDegQICxBA&amp;biw=1396&amp;bih=694\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google \"American Ignorance,\"</a> my article appears in the top 15 results.</p><p>Because of the popularity of the articles, I decided to read them for my podcast.</p><p>I will release them one at a time. That's 5 podcasts over 5 weeks.</p><p>However, since you're my cool patrons, I am giving you all 5 ahead of time as one big podcast!</p><p>Enjoy!</p>","author_name":"WanderLearn with Francis Tapon"}