{"id":270107,"date":"2023-06-15T04:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/podcast\/the-invention-of-the-t-shirt-cannon-with-michael-torpey\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:24:16","slug":"the-invention-of-the-t-shirt-cannon-with-michael-torpey","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/podcast\/the-invention-of-the-t-shirt-cannon-with-michael-torpey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invention of the T-Shirt Cannon with Michael Torpey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a greater feeling than catching a projectile from a mascot's T-shirt Cannon? 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