{"id":9031,"date":"2026-02-23T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantasticworldspod.com\/?p=9031"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:41:21","slug":"119-its-a-metaphor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fantasticworldspod.com\/119-its-a-metaphor\/","title":{"rendered":"119: It\u2019s A Metaphor!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9031\" class=\"elementor elementor-9031\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b2af0b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b2af0b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3811d495\" data-id=\"3811d495\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06823b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06823b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"119: It\u2019s A Metaphor!\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-02-23T21:00:00-08:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This week on Fairy Tale Fix, the horrors persist but so do we! 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