Episode #1914
Siddharth Kara
Books mentioned
Cobalt Red
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:00:00
Joe asks Kara for the title of his book, Cobalt Red, at the top of the episode, and plugs its January 31 release at the end.
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Heart of Darkness
Mentioned by Siddharth Kara · at 00:20:13 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Siddharth Kara's first appearance, ahead of the release of "Cobalt Red", on child labour and slavery in Congo's cobalt mines.
What they talked about
- Cobalt mining conditions in the Congo
- Child labor and slavery in cobalt supply chains
- Lack of clean cobalt in tech and EV batteries
- Dangers of artisanal mining and tunnel collapses
- Corporate responsibility of Apple and Tesla
- Difficulty of reporting on Congo's mining provinces
- Comparison to King Leopold's colonial atrocities
- Need for ethical battery alternatives and recycling
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