{"id":193962,"date":"2016-10-28T11:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=193962"},"modified":"2016-11-01T08:57:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:57:10","slug":"ur-quadcast-emil-homerin-and-the-origin-of-halloween-193962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/ur-quadcast-emil-homerin-and-the-origin-of-halloween-193962\/","title":{"rendered":"QuadCast: What are the origins of Halloween?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_194382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194382\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-194382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/emil-homerin.jpg\" alt=\"Emil Homerin\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Emil Homerin. (University photo \/ J. 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