{"id":5264,"date":"2016-02-10T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=5264"},"modified":"2016-02-17T22:03:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T03:03:57","slug":"how-to-survive-life-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2016\/02\/how-to-survive-life-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Survive Life (and Death)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How to Survive Life (and Death)<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/yf58w-5cc32c?skin=108\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aired Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 2:00 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Rising Star is Robert Kopecky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you nearly die three times, you learn a thing or two about how to live&#8230; An Emmy-nominated art director for television, Robert Kopecky never dreamed he&#8217;d end up writing a book about how to survive life and death. 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