{"id":15059,"date":"2019-03-22T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T20:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=15059"},"modified":"2019-03-22T15:43:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T20:43:03","slug":"transitional-champion-podcast-episode-8-just-kill-kofi-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/22\/transitional-champion-podcast-episode-8-just-kill-kofi-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitional Champion Podcast Episode 8 &#8211; Just Kill Kofi Already!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vtN4VWgibo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/2bf9j-abac7f?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=8&amp;btn-skin=101&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;pbad=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Put him in the match or put him out to pasture. 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