{"id":398,"date":"2015-11-13T20:44:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T01:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=398"},"modified":"2015-11-13T20:44:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T01:44:38","slug":"ebay-episode-2-a-variety-package","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wordpress\/podcast\/ebay-episode-2-a-variety-package\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay Episode 2 &#8211; A Variety Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David and (Cylon) Jeff made it back&#8230; again&#8230; on their revamped new format.<\/p>\n<p>You may have discovered that this series a little more laid back than the original shows. 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