{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 5: Jim Ruland","description":"Our first out of town guest! Eric and I got to hang out with the infamous&amp;nbsp;Jim&amp;nbsp;Ruland&amp;nbsp;while he was in town for Book Expo America.&amp;nbsp;Jim&amp;nbsp;has been running his reading series Vermin on the Mount for ten years in Los Angeles and San Diego. He co-wrote the book &quot;Giving the Finger&quot; with Scott Campbell Jr., of Deadliest Catch fame, and also has a novel--&quot;Forest of Fortune&quot;--forthcoming from Tyrus Books.&amp;nbsp;Jim&amp;nbsp;was a rad guest and we talked about a ton of stuff. Enjoy.&amp;nbsp;","author_name":"Almost Live at Mellow Pages","author_url":"http:\/\/vol1brooklyn.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2878761\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/7260719"}