{"id":4200,"date":"2020-02-26T05:21:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2020-04-14T17:17:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T23:17:47","slug":"my-interview-with-albertastan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/02\/26\/my-interview-with-albertastan\/","title":{"rendered":"My interview with Albertastan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve had my first podcast interview!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Richard Gordon had me on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertastan.ca\/\">Albertastan<\/a> podcast. 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