{"id":3138,"date":"2020-04-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2020-05-31T05:37:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T17:37:15","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-forty-super-powers-or-your-money-back-100-guaranteed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2020\/04\/episode-one-hundred-and-forty-super-powers-or-your-money-back-100-guaranteed\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred And Forty &#8211; Super Powers or your money back! 100% Guaranteed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4375\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3138-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-140-SuperPowersOrYourMoneyBack.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-140-SuperPowersOrYourMoneyBack.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-140-SuperPowersOrYourMoneyBack.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-140-SuperPowersOrYourMoneyBack.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3138-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-140-SuperPowersOrYourMoneyBack.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-140-SuperPowersOrYourMoneyBack.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/140-SuperPowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/140-SuperPowers.jpg 614w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/140-SuperPowers-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/140-SuperPowers-588x357.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators look into &#8216;We Can Give You Superpowers&#8217; 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