{"id":29399,"date":"2024-06-01T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/2024\/05\/03\/the-players-club-podcast-ep-138-the-iii-initative-showcase-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T18:53:43","slug":"the-players-club-podcast-ep-138-the-iii-initative-showcase-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=29399","title":{"rendered":"The Player&#8217;s Club Podcast Ep: 138: The iii Initative Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The Player&#039;s Club Podcast Ep: 138: The iii Initative Showcase\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sr8YHMnHFr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the club!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while, since we\u2019ve done a regular episode, huh? 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