{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":15.809,"endTime":18.989,"body":"Welcome to the"},{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":15.809,"endTime":18.989,"body":"first ever episode of The being"},{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":19.019,"endTime":23.909,"body":"an engineer podcast. My name is"},{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":19.019,"endTime":23.909,"body":"Aaron Moncure. And I will be"},{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":23.909,"endTime":27.569,"body":"your host on the show, we"},{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":23.909,"endTime":27.569,"body":"thought it might be useful to"},{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":27.569,"endTime":31.799,"body":"start the series off with a"},{"speaker":"Aaron Moncur","startTime":27.569,"endTime":31.799,"body":"short introduction. 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