{"id":34921,"date":"2022-03-23T18:12:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=34921"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:12:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:12:19","slug":"a-sip-of-history-an-all-new-series-moonshiners-american-spirit-premieres-april-13-on-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/23\/a-sip-of-history-an-all-new-series-moonshiners-american-spirit-premieres-april-13-on-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sip of History! 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