{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehopelessromantic.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-28-the-long-con-435fdaee","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 28: The Long Con","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/cf740d/cf740dc2-5e85-4e73-bacb-1c6d4006b6f0/2a935481-be24-45d7-bebf-274b358bd28b/1507028830artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/2a935481-be24-45d7-bebf-274b358bd28b\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 28: The Long Con\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Ginn Hale's newest book, *The Long Past*, is out as of 10/3/17! She joins THR to talk about writing and researching alt Westerns, world building, avoiding the whitewash of history, and also chickens. The episode has a chicken thing.\r\n\r\nAlso discussed is the miracle of modern plumbing, writing religion when you grew up outside of religion, and yet more chickens."}