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Podcast: Resuming Debate
Episode: Episode 58: The Horrors of Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo with Siddharth Kara | MP Garnett Genuis | Resuming Debate
Description: In today's episode of Resuming Debate I talk to Professor Siddharth Kara the author of the book Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Ours Lives. Cobalt is an element that is used to make many things we use in our daily lives ranging from our cell phones to aircraft engines. The Congo is one of the largest producers of the world's supply of cobalt. The slave-like conditions of workers in cobalt mines taint the supplies of cobalt from the Congo with horror and blood.Â