{"id":602,"date":"2007-04-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqed2.wsmtechs.net\/spark\/susannah-bettag\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T17:48:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T01:48:23","slug":"susannah-bettag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/susannah-bettag\/","title":{"rendered":"Susannah Bettag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Susannah Bettag | KQED Spark\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fdv1jZgC_0c?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<aside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">&#8220;The work that I do definitely has meaning, especially to me. But I don&#8217;t have one clear message that I want the viewers to take away from it. 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