Nicholas Niarchos On Freelance Cobalt Mining In The Congo, Getting Arrested In The Congo, Journalism & More!
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Nicholas Niarchos | The Curious Worldview Podcast #122
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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Time Stamps For Nicholas Niarchos
- 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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