{"id":5615,"date":"2015-05-26T19:51:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T00:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/pop-culture-affidavit-episode-49-the-waiting-place\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T13:12:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:12:17","slug":"pop-culture-affidavit-episode-49-the-waiting-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/pop-culture-affidavit-episode-49-the-waiting-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 49: The Waiting Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1997, Sean McKeever self-published his very first work, The Waiting Place, a story about the ennui that comes with being a young adult trapped in a town that doesn&#8217;t seem to be going anywhere. 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