{"id":18917,"date":"2019-12-30T16:08:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T22:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18917"},"modified":"2019-12-30T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T22:08:39","slug":"nerd-news-desk-the-best-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/30\/nerd-news-desk-the-best-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerd News Desk &#8211; The Best of 2019!"},"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\/YH61QzaEd_I?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\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Nerd News Desk - The Best of 2019!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/g74dv-cd25e5?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=9&amp;btn-skin=102&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;pbad=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s DiRT&#8217;s best of the year! Besides what&#8217;s the best, he&#8217;ll also discuss why certain things didn&#8217;t make the cut and why 2019 is not the worst year ever!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s DiRT&#8217;s best of the year! 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