{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/627a77913a04ea0013cd5dee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lam's heart and soul, Connacht's story, Thomas Barr's 2016, loser kids","description":"Thomas Barr was one of the stars of Irish sport in 2016, finishing a whisker outside of a medal place in a 400m hurdles Olympic final that seemed a long way away when he was crippled by injury just 12 weeks before Rio - he joins us in studio.  \n\nGerry Thornley has literally written the book on Pat Lam's Connacht, he's with us to talk about his shock departure for Bristol, and his own book \"Front Up, Rise Up: The Official Story of Connacht Rugby\".  \n\nPlus there's the scourge of 'everyone gets a medal day', Whiddy Island tourism, and drinking bags of popcorn","author_name":"Second Captains"}