{"id":3236,"date":"2019-08-26T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2019-08-26T07:53:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T11:53:36","slug":"august-26-newsletter-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/26\/august-26-newsletter-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation&#8217;s over! August 26 Newsletter Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The newest <em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em> newsletter \u2014 including a new LangaList item \u2014 is now posted. 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