{"id":1225,"date":"2022-06-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:18:05","slug":"the-big-questions-with-big-john-deborah-driggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/the-big-questions-with-big-john-deborah-driggs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Questions with Big John \u2013 Deborah Driggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1225\" class=\"elementor elementor-1225\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bb6603f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bb6603f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-468fb1a\" data-id=\"468fb1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4618f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b4618f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><em>The Big Questions with Big John <\/em>is an interview show where our own <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/server.ashoresystems.info\/~sportsgrumblings\/john-t-georgopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big John<\/a> <\/strong>gets the opportunity to have conversations with interesting people from all walks of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode of <em>The Big Questions with Big John<\/em>, Big John chats with actress, model, entrepreneur and author <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deborahdriggs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deborah Driggs<\/a><\/strong>. 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