{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a95666a4-6403-481f-b69d-5019736bde34/62602f6aa3361b0014976ed8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nature in Abandoned Places with Cal Flyn","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621f59184892fd66c824d456/1650470961115-061a8373c8bb86ff3b15d1c7b3aff2b7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>From ghost towns to nuclear exclusion zones, what happens when nature reclaims derelict spaces?</p><p><br></p><p>Award-winning writer Cal Flyn is On Jimmy’s Farm this week to chat about her journey around the world’s abandoned places, areas where nature has been allowed to take over again.</p><p><br></p><p>Hear about the surprising ecological discoveries in different places such as Chernobyl, a ghost town in Detroit, and an uninhibited Scottish island…which has subsequently been taken over by feral cattle.</p><p><br></p><p>Cal won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award for her book, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape. You can read more about it <a href=\"https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/islands-of-abandonment-life-in-the-post-human-landscape-cal-flyn?variant=39445838790734\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>On Jimmy’s Farm: A Podcast By History Hit.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}