{"id":32972,"date":"2018-03-26T11:08:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T11:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=32972"},"modified":"2018-03-26T11:08:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T11:08:43","slug":"david-oreilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/david-oreilly\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Independent Animation: David OReilly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/419988020-skwigly-independent-animation-03-david-oreilly.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32973 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IndA3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>In the third episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/independent-animation\">Independent Animation<\/a>, our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crcpress.com\/Independent-Animation-Developing-Producing-and-Distributing-Your-Animated\/Mitchell\/p\/book\/9781138855724\"><em>Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films<\/em><\/a> (Taylor &amp; 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