{"id":162,"date":"2014-12-09T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadclub.org\/edge2015\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2015-02-03T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T16:38:15","slug":"tom-ashbrook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/edge2015\/tom-ashbrook\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Ashbrook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb_row wf-container\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\" >\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/edge2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/EDGE-Speakers-tom-bw.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/edge2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/EDGE-Speakers-tom-bw.jpg 460w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/edge2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/EDGE-Speakers-tom-bw-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/edge2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/EDGE-Speakers-tom-bw-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-9 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<h2>Tom Ashbrook<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0HOST<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0ON POINT, WBUR<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\"wpb_row wf-container\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 0px\" >\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Start of Brightcove Player -->\n\n<div style=\"display:none\">\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!--\nBy use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C \nfound at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/. \n-->\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\/js\/BrightcoveExperiences.js\"><\/script>\n\n<object id=\"myExperience4018688351001\" class=\"BrightcoveExperience\">\n  <param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/>\n  <param name=\"width\" value=\"960\" \/>\n  <param name=\"height\" value=\"540\" \/>\n  <param name=\"playerID\" value=\"3876008596001\" \/>\n  <param name=\"playerKey\" value=\"AQ~~,AAAAE12D-kk~,YR7TkW21BhPpSjDU9TMpVgWu_In-mghu\" \/>\n  <param name=\"isVid\" value=\"true\" \/>\n  <param name=\"dynamicStreaming\" value=\"true\" \/>\n    \n  <param name=\"@videoPlayer\" value=\"4018688351001\" \/>\n<\/object>\n\n<!-- \nThis script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon\nas the line is read by the browser. 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