{"id":4699,"date":"2013-10-09T15:20:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T14:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robert-rodriguez.info\/?p=4699"},"modified":"2015-10-20T09:39:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T08:39:55","slug":"full-robert-rodriguez-speech-at-university-of-texas-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robert-rodriguez.info\/full-robert-rodriguez-speech-at-university-of-texas-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Robert Rodriguez speech at University of Texas in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the full video of <strong>Robert Rodriguez<\/strong>&#8216; inspiring speech at the Moody College of Communication and Department of Radio-Television-Film at the <strong>University of Texas<\/strong> at Austin on May 2, 2012. 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