{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6970d4769448a95f22559f23/6a79dee517f70abc2aee550f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Read this! Watch this! Culture to understand America ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6970d4769448a95f22559f23/1786371893569-0d5818c1-96ce-494f-aa68-21bccea94d3f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What can culture tell us about the US that news can’t? Gerry and Katy pick books, films, TV and songs that have shaped the way they see America. </p><p>Is Modern Family an underappreciated bit of social realism? Why does Katy think a 2004 Disney movie strikes at an essential component of American patriotism? And what film is the most viewed on Air Force One?</p><p><br></p><p>Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times</p><p>Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal</p><p><br></p><p>Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson</p><p><br></p><p>Picture: Modern Family</p><p>Music credit: <em>Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts</em>, Bob Dylan from the album <em>Blood on the Tracks</em> (1975), Columbia</p>","author_name":"The Times"}