{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpoll-hub.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fpolitics-and-religion-the-view-from-the-pews-_EJqGylV","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Politics and Religion: The View from the Pews","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ace6a000-fede-4d53-b882-1f409d50a024/8dd74efd-c52a-4855-ba10-71f1222b6567/ph396-20sn-20crp.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/3e8f8df8-5d78-429e-a70f-152681005414\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Politics and Religion: The View from the Pews\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"The new Pope has gotten a lot of media attention, including harsh treatment from some prominent MAGA commentators here in the U.S. Surprised? You shouldn't be, since religion and politics have mixed pretty much since the invention of both... but, what do the people in the pews think?\n\nThen, by this point, you've probably heard enough about the \"loneliness crisis\" to be ready to donate some of your own friends to the cause... but don't! We have some really interesting data that looks behind the headlines.\n\nAnd, we finish with a truly bizarre fun fact from the dawn of civilization. Cue the cave man jokes!"}