{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/79f09035-04b7-4073-8a18-4ebf977de72f/25d1716b-a701-4e43-b953-8116deb9c6e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Desert Isolation Discs: Journalist Simon Read","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ee2d477b57990bc2e77e32/60ee2d56fc5ace0012025312.jpg?height=200","description":"<p style=\"text-align:center;margin:0px;\"><font face=\"Georgia\" size=\"4\">Simon Read is one of a kind: comfortable sipping Sidecars and talking shop or banging in the goals on a pre-season European footy tour. Known as The People’s Champion, he’s a fire fighter of personal finance - solving the problems of his readers in The Independent and Evening Standard.</font></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;margin:0px;\"><font face=\"Georgia\" size=\"4\"><br /></font></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;margin:0px;\"><font face=\"Georgia\" size=\"4\">The sunglasses-touting journalist boasts a lengthy career in national newspapers and has also appeared on a raft of radio and TV programmes as an expert guest. An ardent Chelsea supporter, Southender-turned west Londoner and, above all, a massive music fan, sit back and enjoy his endless anecdotes. Download and subscribe to the podcast or stream it below. </font></p>","author_name":"ShadowPlay"}