{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/636cf59b8483d20011dac19f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jon Stewart & Armando Iannucci: has the special relationship become a kiss of death? | Westminster Reimagined","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The legendary writer, satirist and broadcaster Armando Iannucci returns to the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman Podcast&nbsp;</em>to co-host our third series of&nbsp;<em>Westminster&nbsp;Reimagined</em>. Across six special episodes, Iannucci explores parts of British public life he believes to be broken, and is joined by guests from both inside and outside the&nbsp;Westminster&nbsp;world to work out how to fix things.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode, the American satirist and broadcaster Jon Stewart and British radio presenter turned Arizona podcaster Sam Walker join Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian, the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>’s Britain editor, to compare US and UK politics. They discuss whether the chaos and division of US political life is a warning for the UK, and whether discourse in Britain is heading in a similar direction.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}