{"id":675,"date":"2012-06-20T20:43:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T19:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiowood.com\/?p=675"},"modified":"2012-06-20T20:43:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T19:43:47","slug":"sweden-beats-the-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radiowood.com\/?p=675","title":{"rendered":"Sweden beats the depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden was the centerpiece of the Colbert Report on June 18.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, Stephen continues his campaign to take over the #sweden twitter account. 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