{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fheat-rocks.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fann-powers-on-madonnas-like-a-prayer-7y_xJuE_","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ann Powers on Madonna's \"Like A Prayer\"","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1b4f52/1b4f524c-57f5-43b8-a1d0-a89cf83efb7e/6f74e995-3eb5-4a63-9d71-2a957765fe90/heatrocksfinal.png","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/6f74e995-3eb5-4a63-9d71-2a957765fe90\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Ann Powers on Madonna&apos;s &quot;Like A Prayer&quot;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week, Morgan and Oliver are joined by Ann Powers of NPR Music and author of the new book, Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music. Together, the three dug into Like a Prayer, Madonna's critical breakout album form 1989. As Ann lays out, Madonna had already established herself as an MTV-era mega-star with her previous albums but Like a Prayer, with its then-controversial sexual politics and surprising personal candor, marked a new level of artistic ambition."}