{"id":3371,"date":"2021-01-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2021-02-13T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:53:14","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-fifty-three-four-kilometres-of-imitation-crab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2021\/01\/episode-one-hundred-and-fifty-three-four-kilometres-of-imitation-crab\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred and Fifty Three &#8211; Four Kilometres of Imitation Crab"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3716\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3371-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-153-4KilometersOfImitationCrab.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-153-4KilometersOfImitationCrab.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-153-4KilometersOfImitationCrab.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-153-4KilometersOfImitationCrab.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3371-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-153-4KilometersOfImitationCrab.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-153-4KilometersOfImitationCrab.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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/153-ImitationCrab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/153-ImitationCrab.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/153-ImitationCrab.jpg 614w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/153-ImitationCrab-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/153-ImitationCrab-588x330.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crash Stations &#8211; On a planet where the sun has become wildly overactive and the surface world is a hostile place, city-dwellers 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