{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a9244999-e1b8-4ee2-b738-8b3d646d526b/65eec799-50c9-4b90-964b-e463dfbe1fc7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Jolly Christmas Special","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9ffa71a8cbe89e33cf086/61bb1bdd57f5d700129b9ce7.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s Chriiiiiiiistmas! From cracker jokes to festive songs; Yuletide readings and actual Christmas cards from the ACTUAL ye olde mail bag; a host of Christmas surveys unpicked and the ultimate question: should a parent ever tell their kid Father Christmas doesn’t exist?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Also today, a ton of recs and a quick-fire festive round of Ask The High Low.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The Pact We Made, by Layla AlAmmar&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780008284442/the-pact-we-made/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780008284442/the-pact-we-made/</a></p><p>Hannah Gadsby meets Roxane Gay for The Guardian&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/dec/08/hannah-gadsby-roxane-gay-in-conversation-body-image-fan-encounters-trolls\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/dec/08/hannah-gadsby-roxane-gay-in-conversation-body-image-fan-encounters-trolls</a></p><p>Reni Eddo-Lodge on the Blackfishing Phenomenon for British Vogue&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/blackfishing-phenomenon\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/blackfishing-phenomenon</a></p><p>Aimee Mullins interview in the current issue of PORTER magazine, out now&nbsp;</p><p>Christine Amanpour: Sex and Love Around the World, on Netflix&nbsp;</p><p>The American Meme on Netflix</p><p>Jill Soloway Wants It, TBD by Tina Brown&nbsp;<a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tbd-with-tina-brown/id1441327188?mt=2&amp;i=1000424654080\" target=\"_blank\">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tbd-with-tina-brown/id1441327188?mt=2&amp;i=1000424654080</a></p><p>The psychology power of the toys we keep, by Moya Sarner for The Guardian&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/12/still-have-childhood-teddy-psychological-power-toys-we-keep\" target=\"_blank\">https://theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/12/still-have-childhood-teddy-psychological-power-toys-we-keep</a></p><p>Conversations On Love, by Natasha Lunn <a href=\"https://tinyletter.com/Conversations_on_Love\" target=\"_blank\">https://tinyletter.com/Conversations_on_Love</a></p><p>Nut roast recipe: <a href=\"https://www.redonline.co.uk/food/recipes/a500362/hairy-bikers-spinach-nut-roast-with-wild-mushroom-gravy/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.redonline.co.uk/food/recipes/a500362/hairy-bikers-spinach-nut-roast-with-wild-mushroom-gravy/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>E-mail&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:thehighlowshow@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>thehighlowshow@gmail.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Tweet @thehighlowshow&nbsp;</strong></p>","author_name":"Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton"}