{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6846a0a6a13d3373734aa05d/6967beb440cb06a2d403c2c3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Kissing Cousins and an Iranian Uprising","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6846a0a6a13d3373734aa05d/1776860709929-922f463c-4e91-410b-96fe-a58ef326d2f2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this week’s episode,&nbsp;Peter and Sarah Welcome are asking why is Sir Kier Starmer choosing not to condemn marriage between first cousins in some cultures? And what it might take for the Iranian people to be heard as civil unrest and revolution spread throughout the country?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus, why America is ruining the English language, the idea that Russia is a military world power is complete piffle, Trump’s Golden Fleet, Heated Rivalry (no, really) and the food that neither Peter or Sarah will eat.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>On our reading and watch list this week:&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules For Radicals –&nbsp;Saul Alinsky</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The White Cliffs -&nbsp;Alice Duer Miller</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dictionary Of Modern American Usage – Bryan A. Garner</p><p><br></p><p>Please do get in touch, email:&nbsp;Alas@dailymail.co.uk&nbsp;you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on Whatsapp – on 07796 657512, start your message with the word ‘alas’.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Presenters: Sarah Vine &amp; Peter Hitchens</p><p>Producer: Philip Wilding</p><p>Editor: Alex Graham</p><p>Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini</p><p>Executive Producer: Jamie East</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}