{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6480a754d9a829001164d020/64bbb361f6632e00119cb5bb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"I should have kept that cigarette butt.\" Sam Leith","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6480a754d9a829001164d020/1690021637001-b262c5e1789d88d57904aeb58be084e9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Author, journalist and literary editor for The Spectator, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Leith\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Leith</a>, tells <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jackaldane\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Aldane</a> his story of meeting (and smoking with) Martin Amis, his reflections on Amis's lifelong role as \"media whipping boy\", and why he chose to talk about '<a href=\"https://www.waterstones.com/book/dead-babies/martin-amis/9780099437338\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dead Babies</a>', Amis's second novel published in 1975.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mymartinamis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mymartinamis</a></p><p>FIND US ON <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@mymartinamispod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YOUTUBE</a></p>","author_name":"Jack Aldane"}