{"id":2976,"date":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2976"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:44:20","slug":"episode-11-the-great-train-robbery-1903","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/index.php\/podcast\/episode-11-the-great-train-robbery-1903\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 11 &#8211; The Great Train Robbery (1903)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to season 2 of Let&#8217;s Finally Watch This, a podcast for casual movie fans who have always <em>meant<\/em> to watch classic movies. Once again we&#8217;re traveling through the century, highlighting one movie from each decade from 1903 to 2013. 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