{"id":21600,"date":"2021-10-22T16:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T21:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=21600"},"modified":"2021-10-22T16:30:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T21:30:34","slug":"the-alpha-test-movie-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/22\/the-alpha-test-movie-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alpha Test Movie Discussion!"},"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\/y0gYc9StqcA?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; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"The Alpha Test Movie Discussion!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=zkt5i-1110336-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=ff6d00&amp;font-color=auto&amp;btn-skin=c73a3a\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you find a horror movie at the Dollar Store, should you watch it? 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