Episode #2556
Siddharth Kara
Books mentioned
Cobalt Red
Mentioned by Siddharth Kara · at 00:01:53 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
Kara says he has not been back to the Congo since Cobalt Red came out because it would be too dangerous.
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The Zorg
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:37:26 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
Joe turns the conversation to Kara's new book about the Atlantic slave trade, The Zorg.
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Siddharth Kara returns to talk about the Atlantic slave trade, his new book "The Zorg", and conditions in Congo's cobalt mines since "Cobalt Red".
What they talked about
- Congo cobalt mining and slave labor
- Chinese mining companies in Africa
- Environmental destruction from mining
- EV battery supply chain and brake dust
- Moral progress and global inequality
- History of the Zorg slave ship
- John Newton and Amazing Grace
- Abolitionist movement and Granville Sharp
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