{"id":8810,"date":"2020-12-22T00:36:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2020-12-22T00:36:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:36:57","slug":"weatherbrains-779-snow-snobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8810","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 779:  Snow Snobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 779\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb122120.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 779<\/a> is now online (December 21st, 2020). 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