122: Nicholas Niarchos | Mining In The Heart Of Darkness - Cobalt & The Congo

Curious Worldview Podcast

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Nicholas Niarchos is journalist who has been published in The New Yorker, The Nation, TIME, The Guardian, The NY Times, Die Welt and many, many more.

In a podcast that could have been separated into two distinct chapters you can expect to hear some of the following.

• The Congo in Nicholas’s words
• A brief history of kleptocracy and the plundering of Congos natural resources
• An explanation of Cobalt
• What its like meeting Alec Baldwin
• Getting arrested in the Congo
• And more…

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• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 01:41 – Introducing The Congo & A History Of Kleptocracy.
• 19:43 – Robert Freidland.
• 21:59 – What Is The Current State Of The Congo?
• 32:01 – What Is Cobalt? Where Is It From? The Problem Of Greenwashing.
• 47:01 – Nicholas Niarchos New Yorker Article & Freelance Mining In The Congo.
• 57:51 – Child Labour & Abuse.
• 1:04:26 – Nicholas Writing A Book & New Yorker Status.
• 1:14:58 – Nicholas’s Journey. Freelance Journalism. Advice For Me.
• 1:25:13 – Meeting Alec Baldwin.
• 1:27:49 – Serendipity & Being Arrested In The Congo.
• 1:34:14 – Country Nicholas Niarchos Is Bullish On.
• 1:35:41 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.

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