{"id":8873,"date":"2021-02-22T22:31:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8873"},"modified":"2021-02-22T22:31:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:31:13","slug":"weatherbrains-788-peaks-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8873","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 788:  Peaks Of The Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 788\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb022221.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 788<\/a> is now online (February 22nd, 2021). 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