{"id":41456,"date":"2017-04-20T14:51:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=41456"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:55:04","slug":"vip-audio-420-keller-interviews-ex-wwe-writer-matt-mccarthy-shake-affects-creative-political-correctness-stand-vs-wrestling-protecting-characters-stand-vs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/04\/20\/vip-audio-420-keller-interviews-ex-wwe-writer-matt-mccarthy-shake-affects-creative-political-correctness-stand-vs-wrestling-protecting-characters-stand-vs\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 4\/20 \u2013 Interview Thursday Livecast (AD-FREE): Keller interviews ex-WWE Writer Matt McCarthy about Shake-up and how it affects creative, political correctness in stand-up vs. wrestling, protecting characters in stand-up vs. wrestling (98 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2133071779\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>SHOW SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/b>PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviews former WWE creative team writer Matt McCarthy. 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