What Siddharth Kara has said about Reparations for slavery
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 22, 2026
Siddharth Kara, Author and researcher on modern slavery, author of 'Cobalt Red' and 'The Zorg', has been quoted on Reparations for slavery once in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on September 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kara said the reparations question is complicated and he holds no firm opinion, but concluded that something is owed to descendants of enslaved people.
“it's trillions and trillions and it's an impossible sum. But something is owed”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2556 - Siddharth Kara (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:38:58
Episodes
#2556 - Siddharth KaraThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 22, 2026 · 2 h 28 min
Siddharth Kara tells Joe Rogan about child and slave labor in Congo's cobalt mines and the slave ship Zorg that sparked abolition.
Siddharth Kara on other topics
- Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo · 7 quotes
- Apple Inc. · 1 quote
- Slavery Abolition Act 1833 · 1 quote
- Abolitionism in the United Kingdom · 1 quote
- Lloyd's of London · 1 quote
- Sugar plantation economy · 1 quote
- Atlantic slave trade · 1 quote
- The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery · 1 quote