{"id":555,"date":"2020-07-19T18:33:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T18:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastaa.org\/Staging\/?page_id=555"},"modified":"2025-12-21T10:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T14:14:58","slug":"online-interviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mastaa.org\/Staging\/online-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Interview Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"555\" class=\"elementor elementor-555\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db275f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db275f0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6c8e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d6c8e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3940ffb elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3940ffb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/YMFDOu-68KE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a28dcb4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a28dcb4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1e46a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1e46a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interview with Dr Padetha Tin by Dr Thu Ya Kyaw<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8722f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8722f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An interview with Dr Padetha, retired NASA scientist, conducted by Dr Thu Ya Kyaw, an alumnus of University of Forestry &amp; 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