{"id":71889,"date":"2021-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/10\/01\/dr-gold-shares-his-story-on-rfds-the-rural-americans\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:14:48","slug":"dr-gold-shares-his-story-on-rfds-the-rural-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/10\/01\/dr-gold-shares-his-story-on-rfds-the-rural-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Gold shares his story on RFD&#8217;s &#8216;The Rural Americans&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. 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