{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60c1f183fb410600123a96ef/650ab3880781dd00108a00ad?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 45 - The Trial","description":"<p>Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-fifth episode, we delve into a world of cartoon references, James Bond-level panty dropping, questions for the BDSM community, and beards. Too many beards. It's Franz Kafka's 1925 paranoid, sadomasochistic dystopia, <em>The Trial</em>!</p><p><br></p><p>Cover art © Catherine Wu.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Theme: Alban Berg, '4 Stucke, Op. 5', performed by  Steven Beck.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith"}