{"id":1233,"date":"2022-06-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:17:51","slug":"the-big-questions-with-big-john-greg-kellogg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/the-big-questions-with-big-john-greg-kellogg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Questions with Big John \u2013 Greg Kellogg"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1233\" class=\"elementor elementor-1233\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1655fe88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1655fe88\" 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-54e8df25\" data-id=\"54e8df25\" 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-7f57414 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f57414\" 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, Big John sits down with one of the trailblazers of internet fantasy football, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregorylkellogg?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Greg Kellogg<\/a><\/strong>. 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