{"id":19981,"date":"2022-02-11T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T21:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19981"},"modified":"2022-02-11T17:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T22:04:01","slug":"episode-530-jesus-why-the-hell-are-we-waiting-the-fire-will-kill-us-all-must-we-wait-for-the-handcar-the-1916-matheson-forest-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19981","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 530     &#8220;JESUS, WHY THE HELL ARE WE WAITING?  THE FIRE WILL KILL US ALL!  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