{"id":1341,"date":"2022-07-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:16:55","slug":"the-big-questions-with-big-john-matt-lobel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/the-big-questions-with-big-john-matt-lobel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Questions with Big John &#8211; Matt Lobel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1341\" class=\"elementor elementor-1341\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1df212ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1df212ff\" 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 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