{"id":174950,"date":"2022-02-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=174950"},"modified":"2022-02-25T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:11:20","slug":"celebrating-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/celebrating-black-history-month","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<p>This month on Wild Ideas Worth Living, we\u2019re celebrating Black History Month with stories from Black leaders who brought their wildest ideas to life. 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