{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/66d1ca581b25128b67bf110b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Who is  J D Vance? A podcast special with Professor Shane O'Mara","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/1725024592074-11788f50-a378-4463-977c-d04f2c545d11.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>J D Vance has shot to prominence following his selection by Donald Trump to be, potentially, the next Vice President of the US.</p><p><br></p><p>In this podcast special, we focus on Vance's 2016 best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, to try and explain and understand the man who clearly wants, one day, to be the leader of the free world.</p><p><br></p><p>We are joined by Professor Shane O'Mara of Trinity College Dublin to discuss all things JDV. And there really is a lot to discuss! Shane is also a best-selling author (of much better books than JDV's memoir) and writes his own Substack called BrainPizza. Do check out any of his works, especially his most recent book, 'Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds'.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Jim Power & Chris Johns"}