Nicholas Niarchos | Cobalt Mining In Congo... The Heart Of Darkness

The Geopolitics & Power 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.
• 02:37 – Introducing The Congo & A History Of Kleptocracy.
• 20:39 – Robert Freidland.
• 22:55 – What Is The Current State Of The Congo?
• 32:57 – What Is Cobalt? Where Is It From? The Problem Of Greenwashing.
• 47:57 – Nicholas Niarchos New Yorker Article & Freelance Mining In The Congo.
• 58:47 – Child Labour & Abuse.
• 1:05:22 – Nicholas Writing A Book & New Yorker Status.
• 1:15:54 – Nicholas’s Journey. Freelance Journalism. Advice For Me.
• 1:26:09 – Meeting Alec Baldwin.
• 1:28:45 – Serendipity & Being Arrested In The Congo.
• 1:35:10 – Country Nicholas Niarchos Is Bullish On.
• 1:36:37 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.

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