332 | How the Congo's Cobalt Fuels Electric Vehicles, Batteries, and Modern-Day Slavery with Siddharth Kara

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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Why Does Slavery Still Exist?

01:36 • 4min

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What's the Definition of Slavery?

05:56 • 2min

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Coercing Labor in the Congo

08:03 • 3min

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What Is Cobalt?

10:46 • 3min

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What's the Difference Between Cobalt and the 1990s Debates?

13:21 • 3min

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Is Cobalt Unique in Comparative to All Other Resources?

16:41 • 1min

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The Congo and the Legacy of King Leopold

18:00 • 5min

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The Congo: King Leopold's Ghost

22:44 • 3min

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The US and China's Rivalry Over Cobalt Batteries

26:07 • 3min

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Zambia, DRC, the Central African Copper Belt

28:44 • 2min

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The Chinese Companies Operating in the Congo

30:21 • 5min

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What Do the Companies Say About This?

35:02 • 3min

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Is There a Difference Between Hardware and Consumer Goods?

38:09 • 2min

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What's in Between?

40:13 • 5min

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What Do You Think the US Government Will Do About Child Labor and Foreclosure?

44:45 • 2min

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Cobalt Supply Chain

47:05 • 3min

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Do You Need Basic PPE?

50:17 • 4min

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Publicity in the 21st Century

54:17 • 5min

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The Realignment Podcast

59:27 • 3min