{"id":29861,"date":"2020-03-25T13:12:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T17:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/podcasts\/?p=29861"},"modified":"2020-03-23T13:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:17:34","slug":"clare-first-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/podcasts\/2020\/03\/25\/clare-first-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare: &#8220;First Love&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2FEAH_Clare_first_love.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chisnell.com%2Fpodcasts%2F2020%2F03%2F25%2Fclare-first-love%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast (questions-posed): <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/content.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/EAH_Clare_first_love.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=29861-questions-posed');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/content.blubrry.com\/schisnell\/EAH_Clare_first_love.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"EAH_Clare_first_love.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('29861-questions-posed');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_29861-questions-posed\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_29861-questions-posed_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fschisnell%2FEAH_Clare_first_love.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chisnell.com%2Fpodcasts%2F2020%2F03%2F25%2Fclare-first-love%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; 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