{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/683590e6998551779f24f8f3/6835e2d3e1abc4be6b1da9a6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Robert Macfarlane: Is a river alive?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/683590e6998551779f24f8f3/1748361850433-19c91408-c9fe-4cce-b3b8-a76ec714b841.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Sam Leith's guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Robert Macfarlane. In his new book&nbsp;<em>Is A River Alive?</em>&nbsp;he travels from the cloud forests of Ecuador to the pollution-choked rivers of Chennai and the threatened waterways of eastern Canada. He tells Sam what he learned along the journey – and why we need to reconceptualise our relationship with the natural world.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}