Book · 2023 · Political Science
Cobalt Red
How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
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Cobalt Red: The blood of the Congo powers our lives.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2026 What they say about it
- Details the blood of the Congo“how the blood of the Congo powers our lives”3
- Explores horrific mining conditions“litany of horrors”2
The best things said about it
He's put his book coming out called Cobalt Red, but he just did a two-hour podcast with Rogan which was just this litany of horrors.
Sam Harris On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Apr 2023 There's a great new book out I I don't profit At All by promoting it I'm reading it right now called Cobalt red uh Siddharth Kara I think is the author.
Siddharth Kara is a guy who wrote Cobalt Red. It was all about the cobalt mining in the Congo.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2026 He wrote this is it called Cobalt red is that what it's called it's out uh a new it's out at the end of this month it's not even oh what they do to get the it's horrific yeah I mean horrific it's all it's all slaves it's slaves it's women who are 19 years old with Cobalt red how.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2023 This is Cobalt red um the con how the blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives um having this conversation with him and realizing that every smartphone has the center.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2023 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Cobalt Red is an investigative non-fiction book by Siddharth Kara that exposes the harsh ethical realities, human costs, and slave labor involved in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to power modern electronics. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan discussed the full title and content of the book during multiple episodes, detailing the horrific conditions endured by young workers in the Congo mines. Sam Harris mentioned Siddharth Kara's work on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, noting that the author appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast to outline a litany of supply chain horrors related to electric vehicle batteries. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Derek Kreifels recommended the book to listeners while discussing the severe realities of child labor in lithium battery supply chains. Other podcast hosts also examined the book's harrowing findings. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan returned to the subject with various guests, including Sam Morril, RZA, Louis CK, and Mariana van Zeller, emphasizing that every smartphone relies on materials extracted under brutal conditions. On The Jordan Harbinger Show, Jordan Harbinger brought up specific details from the book, including the presence of radioactive uranium in the mines, during a broader conversation about the hidden human toll of technology addiction.
Every mention
Joe Rogan it's called cobalt red how the blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives 5
“Sadarth Cara is a guy who wrote Cobalt Red. It was all about the Cobalt mining in the Congo.”
“And uh that is cobalt red. The blood of the Congo powers our lives.”
“this is Cobalt red um the con how the blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives um having this conversation with him and realizing that every smartphone has the center”
“he wrote this is it called Cobalt red is that what it's called it's out uh a new it's out at the end of this month it's not even oh what they do to get the it's horrific yeah I mean horrific it's all it's all slaves it's slaves it's women who are 19 years old with Cobalt red how”
“it's called cobalt red how the blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives”
Derek Kreifels there's a great new book out I I don't profit At All by promoting it I'm reading it right now called Cobalt… 1
“there's a great new book out I I don't profit At All by promoting it I'm reading it right now called Cobalt red uh Siddharth Kara I think is the author”
Sam Harris he he's put his book coming out called Cobalt red but he just did a two-hour uh podcast with Rogan which wa… 1
“he he's put his book coming out called Cobalt red but he just did a two-hour uh podcast with Rogan which was just this Litany of Horrors”
Jordan Harbinger and I I know you mentioned in the book The Mines also contain radioactive uranium 1
“and I I know you mentioned in the book The Mines also contain radioactive uranium”
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And I haven't been back to the Congo since Cobalt Red came out and I knew it would be too dangerous for me to go back.”
“I had documented the human horror taking place, and that's what Cobalt Red is about.”
“uh I write in the book uh Cobalt red”
“and I talk in the book about a mother I met her name is Jolie”
“and I met one a researcher a toxicologist who I write about in Cobalt red uh who was doing started doing some of these tests”
“now that Cobalt red is out uh uh it will be challenging”
“and that's what I hope I've tried to do with Cobalt red is flood the world with this ground”
“Cobalt red and it is out January 31st”