{"id":9989,"date":"2022-05-10T02:49:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T07:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2022-05-10T02:49:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T07:49:30","slug":"weatherbrains-851-never-fly-with-neal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatherbrains.com\/?p=9989","title":{"rendered":"WeatherBrains 851:  Never Fly With Neal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Episode 851\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/weatherbrains\/wb050922.mp3\">WeatherBrains Episode 851<\/a> is now online (May 9th, 2022). 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Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Underrepresentation of meteorologists in politics (31:55)<\/li>\n<li>Are meteorologists doing a good job communicating warnings to the public? 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