Episode 18: Siddharth Kara - Author, Researcher and Activist on Modern Slavery, Child Labor and Related Human Rights Issues
Update: 2021-02-23
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Jason spoke with Siddharth Kara, an author, researcher, and activist on modern slavery, child labor, and related human rights issues. Among other things, Siddharth discusses his past few years researching the conditions of those mining Cobalt in the Congo. Siddharth has called it the "the most extreme and sharp example of modern slavery."
Cobalt is needed for lithium recharcheable batteries so I needed it record this podcast and you needed it to listen to it. It touches us every day but do we really know much about where it comes from?
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