{"id":4265,"date":"2014-10-23T19:52:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T23:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=4265"},"modified":"2017-12-21T10:25:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T15:25:33","slug":"373-choice-or-freedom-guest-scott-williams-oakes-pushing-the-comedy-envelope-a-fools-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/4265","title":{"rendered":"373 &#8211; Choice or freedom? \/ Guest: Scott Williams-Oakes &#8211; Pushing the comedy envelope \/ A fool&#8217;s occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7723\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4265-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20141023-justRIGHT-373-DemocracysPlague-GUEST-ScottWilliamsOakes-ComicRelief.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20141023-justRIGHT-373-DemocracysPlague-GUEST-ScottWilliamsOakes-ComicRelief.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20141023-justRIGHT-373-DemocracysPlague-GUEST-ScottWilliamsOakes-ComicRelief.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20141023-justRIGHT-373-DemocracysPlague-GUEST-ScottWilliamsOakes-ComicRelief.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4265-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20141023-justRIGHT-373-DemocracysPlague-GUEST-ScottWilliamsOakes-ComicRelief.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20141023-justRIGHT-373-DemocracysPlague-GUEST-ScottWilliamsOakes-ComicRelief.mp3\">Download<\/a> (59.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4265-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4265-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4265-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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