{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/6a85c5e039e73ea8f33df713?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How the Middle East was made — with Simon Sebag Montefiore  ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/1787151660468-771160a7-8214-4e3b-8f69-8b73aadc7b8e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>How did we get the modern Middle East? Who shaped it and does the term even make sense in our current era? <strong>Seth Thévoz</strong> speaks to <strong>Simon Sebag Montefiore</strong> author of <em>The Cauldron: the Making of the Modern Middle East</em> about how the region has been changed over time and what key players led us to what we know today.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p> • Buy Simon’s’s book <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781399634892\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Cauldron: the Making of the Modern Middle East </a>from our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>• Back us on Patreon – <a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/bunkercast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/bunkercast</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Written and presented by Seth Thévoz. Produced by: Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis and James Liddell. Audio production: Jade Bailey.&nbsp;&nbsp;Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson.</em><strong><em> THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.</em></strong>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.podmasters.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.podmasters.co.uk</a>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Podmasters"}