{"id":19804,"date":"2021-04-23T11:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T18:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=19804"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T18:59:29","slug":"former-governor-gary-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/former-governor-gary-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Governor Gary Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former Governor Gary Johnson | Growing Forward\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/leKSUDK00Uk?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April <\/strong><strong>23<\/strong><strong>, 2021 <\/strong>\u2013 The co-hosts of the NMPBS podcast Growing Forward speak with former Gov. 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