{"id":6061,"date":"2025-04-01T00:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T05:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballycast.com\/?p=6061"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:05:39","slug":"ep-188-zzzap-the-electric-chair-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballycast.com\/?p=6061","title":{"rendered":"Ep 188 &#8211; ZZZAP! The Electric Chair Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>Episode 18<span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">8 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>ZZZAP!<\/em><\/span> The Electric Chair Act<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6062\" src=\"http:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_banner-A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_banner-A.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_banner-A-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_banner-A-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_banner-A-768x561.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>(Right-click and \u201csave as\u201d\u2026)<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/ballycast-188-2025-04-01.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download standard podcast mp3 file \u2013 Episode 188<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Follow the podcast audio down the page.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">The pictures and links are in turn with the audio.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Link to buy the book<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/outsidetalkerpress.bigcartel.com\/product\/natural-born-circus-sideshow-ands-the-art-of-being-human\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Natural Born! 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font-size: 14pt;\">And by the way&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6087\" src=\"http:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_Mr_Natural_Insane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_Mr_Natural_Insane.jpg 514w, https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/188_Mr_Natural_Insane-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ballycast.com\/?p=2062\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3008\" src=\"http:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Download-Any-Episode-600x323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Download-Any-Episode-600x323.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Download-Any-Episode-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ballycast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Download-Any-Episode.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Word count: 63 Last edited by Wayne Keyser on March 1, 2025 at 2:37 am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 188 &#8211;\u00a0ZZZAP! The Electric Chair Act (Right-click and \u201csave as\u201d\u2026) Download standard podcast mp3 file \u2013 Episode 188 Follow the podcast audio down the page. The pictures and links are in turn with the audio. Link to buy the book Natural Born! 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