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Fight Night · Episode #2556

Siddharth Kara

· 2 books on the card

Siddharth Kara returns to talk about the Atlantic slave trade, his new book "The Zorg", and conditions in Congo's cobalt mines since "Cobalt Red".

Books mentioned (the card)

  1. Main Event

    Red corner · The book

    Cobalt Red

    Siddharth Kara

    Welterweight 2× all-time

    Blue corner · Mentioned by

    Siddharth Kara

    ⏱ Timestamp 00:01:53

    Kara says he has not been back to the Congo since Cobalt Red came out because it would be too dangerous.

    Source: Official episode description (podcast RSS) · Transcript (podscripts.co)

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  2. Co-Main Event

    Red corner · The book

    The Zorg

    Siddharth Kara

    Lightweight 1× all-time

    Blue corner · Mentioned by

    Joe Rogan (host)

    ⏱ Timestamp 00:37:26

    Joe turns the conversation to Kara's new book about the Atlantic slave trade, The Zorg.

    Source: Official episode description (podcast RSS) · Transcript (podscripts.co)

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Timestamps are segment start times from the podscripts.co transcript of the audio release (includes ad reads), so they may differ from the video by a few minutes.

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