{"id":33167,"date":"2025-07-07T07:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=33167"},"modified":"2025-07-06T16:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:38:25","slug":"new-ep-my-favorite-boxer-five-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/new-ep-my-favorite-boxer-five-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"New EP: My Favorite Boxer || Five Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to keep up with the output of My Favorite Boxer, but the alter ego of Johnny Rootbeer aka Sam R. 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