So this episode is also pretty weird to release now because an uptick in militia fighting in DRC has drawn media attention back to the issue of "conflict minerals"—I've seen campaigns where people are quitting vaping in solidarity w/people of the Congo? Which, IDK. I hope this deeper dive into the longer history of tantalum mining in DRC is helpful for ppl just now learning about it.

@ingrid listened to it twice. such at good episode, so well researched. I especially loved your epilogue. I wish someone would pay you tons of money to make a multipart series on mineral supply chains, colonialism, capitalism, and war.

@ingrid this was great, thanks for it