{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcurrentaffairs.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-39-the-durian-of-power-Nov5kVWn","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode #39: The Durian Of Power","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a8e3828a-375e-49fd-973f-025700235a18/ddb430f0-40cf-4c6d-97bd-6ee26bf1a3eb/currentaffairs.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/b2b35c68-2b1e-4af4-9026-8bb269d9ac0a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode #39: The Durian Of Power\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"\"You have a grandfather clock, you bastard!\"\n\nIn this jam-packed episode, the panel investigates The Atlantic's hatred of democracy, shares their most recent revelations, and Aisling invites the team to participate in Ritual Shaming. In a corny postscript, everyone shares a thing that they are thankful for.\n\nThe panel this week was senior editor Brianna Rennix, editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson, contributing editor Eli Massey, finance editor Sparky Abraham, podmaster-general Aisling McCrea, and your host is Pete Davis.\n\n'Too Much Democracy Is Bad For Democracy':  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/too-much-democracy-is-bad-for-democracy/600766/ \n\nDesert Oracle:  https://www.desertoracle.com/ \n\nFrogge:  https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/enm/Frogge \n\nThis episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA. \n\nMusic: 'The Show Must Be Go' - Kevin MacLeod"}