{"id":173356,"date":"2021-11-18T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=173356"},"modified":"2021-11-17T06:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:58:19","slug":"ep-1-a-murder-and-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/ep-1-a-murder-and-a-fire","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 1: A Murder and a Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/8dd30b10-e449-4935-b730-78f03daeda61?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 1988, Brazilian environmentalist Chico Mendes was murdered at his home in the Amazon Rainforest. Chico was a rubber tapper who witnessed the destruction of the forest\u2014of his home\u2014and built a community both in Brazil and abroad to stop the devastation. 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