{"id":776,"date":"2021-06-15T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=776"},"modified":"2021-06-15T11:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:20:15","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-263","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 263"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 263, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky briefly discuss Madden&#8217;s challenging recording circumstances before jumping into the week&#8217;s content, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Michael B. 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