{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695ead68a32e86d775858194/695ead944c8cfced7f99913a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Salt Built America","description":"<p>This week,<a href=\"https://twitter.com/felixsalmon\"> Felix Salmon</a>,<a href=\"https://twitter.com/EmilyRPeck?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"> Emily Peck</a>, and<a href=\"https://twitter.com/espiers\"> Elizabeth Spiers</a> chat with Ed Conway, economics and data editor of Sky News, whose new book “<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFGZJDVH/?tag=slatmaga-20\">Material World</a>” tells how a handful of everyday resources built civilization — and remain incredibly important today. Also: the astounding secrets of car paint…and why new cars look like mud.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Patrick Fort and Jared Downing.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}