{"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-e0024facd926/639ca35a1770e200112c9bcc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Love Actually has ruined politics, with Jonn Elledge","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In a special festive edition of the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>&nbsp;<em>Podcast</em>,&nbsp;<em>NS</em>&nbsp;columnist Jonn Elledge speaks to Rachel Cunliffe about the highs and lows of the year, how&nbsp;<em>Love Actually</em>&nbsp;messed up our politicians, and why residents of a town in Sweden spend every Christmas trying to burn a wooden goat.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http://newstatesman.com/youaskus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/youaskus</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can find Jonn Elledge’s books&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/tom-phillips/conspiracy/9781472286314/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Conspiracy</em></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/jonn-elledge-2/the-compendium-of-not-quite-everything/9781472276476/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The&nbsp;Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything</em></a>&nbsp;at all good bookshops, and hear him&nbsp;<a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/133b0c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">talk about&nbsp;<em>Conspiracy</em></a>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<em>NS</em>&nbsp;podcast.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}