{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The White Album, by Joan Didion","description":"This 1979 collection of essays attempts to reveal the 1960s and California as stories without narratives. We discuss how Didion's work was branded because of her gender, class, and lack of politics, despite her insistence that writing was only an attempt to make sense out of chaos. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store:  The White Album  Additional Resources:   The Top 10 Essays Since 1950  Joan Didion\u2019s Style  Joan Didion: Staking Out California  There's a reason Joan Didion's work endures: she changed the way we wrote  We Tell Ourselves Stories: Didion\u2019s \u201cWhite Album\u201d Takes to the Stage  From literary heavyweight to lifestyle brand: exploring the cult of Joan Didion  The White Album, by Joan Didion    ","author_name":"Supercontext: an autopsy of media","author_url":"http:\/\/supercontextpodcast.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9011951\/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\/36939437"}