{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633c203337c97b00125ed1f3/68c976a2a8e1b0e4bfeeb8ef?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Thinking about the Roman Empire every three minutes (with Ian McEwan)","description":"<p>Calling all Davids! This one’s for you. Jane M and Fi dive into everything from beard-growing and cycling to hormones and being triggered in East London.      </p><p><br></p><p>Later, Roya Nikkhah, royal editor of The Sunday Times, speaks with best-selling author Ian McEwan about his new novel 'What We Can Know', set a hundred years in the future in a UK partially submerged by rising seas.  </p><p><br></p><p>We've announced our next book club pick! 'Just Kids' is by Patti Smith.   </p><p><br></p><p>You can listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qIjhtS9sprg864IXC96he?si=uOzz4UYZRc2nFOP8FV_1jg&amp;pi=BGoacntaS_uki.</p><p><br></p><p>If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury</p><p>Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler</p>","author_name":"The Times"}