{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Riley Black on the end of the world and new beginnings","description":"We were joined by&amp;nbsp;science writer Riley Black, author of several bestsellers on paleontology including&amp;nbsp;My Beloved Brontosaurus,&amp;nbsp;Written in Stone, and&amp;nbsp;Skeleton Keys. And if you've read literally&amp;nbsp;anything&amp;nbsp;anywhere about dinosaurs in the last decade, you\u2019ve probably happened upon pieces by her in National Geographic, WIRED, Smithsonian Magazine, and Scientific American. Her new book is&amp;nbsp;The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World. It\u2019s a richly narrated story that starts with the end of the world, and also&amp;nbsp;depicts the beginnings of the world where&amp;nbsp;our mammal forebears would learn to thrive\u2014and it&amp;nbsp;represents a new beginning for the author as well. Hear more from  Kobo in Conversation ","author_name":"Kobo in Conversation","author_url":"https:\/\/koboinconversation.libsyn.com\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23522780\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/bf0000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/130515254"}