{"id":8828,"date":"2021-01-12T02:06:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T08:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8828"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:49:42","slug":"weatherbrains-782-tom-freakin-skilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8828","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 782:  Tom Freakin\u2019 Skilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 782\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb011121.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 782<\/a> is now online (January 11th, 2021). 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