{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 405: Controversies over Christmas \u201cClassics\u201d ","description":"In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss controversies over Christmas \u201cclassics.\u201d  Here are some links and references mentioned during this week\u2019s show:   \u00b7      Beloved Christmas songs and movies, like so many cultural products, have come under new scrutiny recently. Neil\u2019s Atlantic essay about Christmas controversies informed our whole conversation. We drew on this Atlantic essay that began the backlash against the film Love Actually, and Natalia referenced this interview with its director. Niki referred to this Variety essay about \u201cBaby, It\u2019s Cold Outside.\u201d   In our regular closing feature, What\u2019s Making History: \u00b7      Natalia, Neil, and Niki reflected on eight years of making the show together and announced both Niki\u2019s departure and Past Present\u2019s first hiatus. Thank you, Niki. And listeners, see you in the spring! ","author_name":"Past Present","author_url":"http:\/\/pastpresentpodcast.com","html":"