{"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/65a01926da9c520016c34145?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 51 - The Scarlet Letter","description":"<p>Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our Season 5 opener and fifty-first episode, we return to Puritanical, repressed New England with Nathaniel Hawthorne's experimental, philosophical musing about adultery, guilt, religion, and haute couture, <em>The Scarlet Letter</em> (1850). Daniel debuts some strange accents and discusses his previous theatrical career. We also learn that sex is like pancakes: the first go is a write-off.</p><p><br></p><p>Cover art © Catherine Wu.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Theme: Dvorak, 'String Quartet, No. 12, Op. 96' (1893).</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith"}