{"id":5263,"date":"2016-11-29T09:58:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2021-08-08T15:12:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:12:34","slug":"ty-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=5263","title":{"rendered":"Ty Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_953\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5263-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/TyJones.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/TyJones.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/TyJones.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" 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