The pillage that fueled America's tech booms

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0:00 Cobalt Mining Conditions in Congo chapter 2
3:06 Researcher's Shocking Congo Cobalt Findings
4:53 Cobalt Mining Conditions and Labor
7:17 Congo Colonial Exploitation and Cobalt Hypocrisy chapter 2
9:10 Podcast Sponsorship Announcements
11:02 Dockworker Exposes Congo Forced Labor
14:03 King Leopold's Congo Rubber Exploitation chapter 2
16:57 King Leopold's Charismatic Persona
18:47 Missionaries Expose Congo Atrocities
20:42 Missionary William Henry Shepard in Congo chapter 2
22:29 Kuba Society and Early Photography
24:15 Congo Forced Labor and Admiration
26:28 King Leopold's Congo Atrocities and Reform chapter 5
28:27 Rubber Quotas and Hand Amputation Atrocities
30:04 Congo Reform Movement and Public Outcry
31:59 Leopold's Propaganda and Congo's Transfer
34:50 Lumumba's Independence Speech and Vision
36:53 Lumumba's Cafe Encounter with Racism
38:33 Lumumba's Rise to Congolese Independence chapter
44:02 Congo's Uranium and Cobalt Exploitation chapter 4
46:35 Lumumba Assassination and Resource Control
48:23 Cobalt's Role in Tech and EV Booms
51:12 Cobalt Mining and Modern Slavery
54:05 Show Outro and Sponsor Messages

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