{"id":8883,"date":"2021-03-09T01:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T07:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8883"},"modified":"2021-03-09T01:14:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T07:14:52","slug":"weatherbrains-790-aurorasaurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=8883","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 790:  Aurorasaurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 790\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb030821.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 790<\/a> is now online (March 8th, 2021). 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