{"id":52475,"date":"2016-05-31T10:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T10:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/aee-adventures-episode-5-like-grad-student-sri-lanka-toledo\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:28:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:28:47","slug":"aee-adventures-episode-5-like-grad-student-sri-lanka-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-adventures-episode-5-like-grad-student-sri-lanka-toledo\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE Adventures Episode 5: What It&#8217;s Like to Be a Grad Student from Sri Lanka in Toledo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday I traveled to Toledo, Ohio. 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