{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"A Short Walk through Our Long History","title":"134 - JFK","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c1d02bc4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1915,"description":"In the last couple of episodes, we talked about the birth and rise of rock n roll, and how it shaped the modern world.  The birth of Rock n Roll coincided with a kind of golden age for the United States.  The US emerged from WWII with a booming economy, the most powerful military in the world, and a manufacturing sector that had been kicked into high gear by the war.  So the 1950’s and the early 1960’s were a time of growth and prosperity for the US.  And of course, after the war, as one of the two world superpowers, the US took a leading role in the politics of the western world, and the politics of containing the other superpower, namely, the Soviet Union.  ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MQbTpt4ikH862qsaDowlk1vL33hrV5_OsbMHxcDN2yk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIzNTYwLzE2NTk0/NzQ2MjgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}