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b'In this week\\u2019s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Manuela Andreoni, a writer at the climate desk of the New York Times. Andreoni discusses illegal mining operations in the Brazilian Amazon, why so-called wildcat mining has proliferated in recent years, and how these mining activities affect the environment and Indigenous people. Andreoni and Raimi talk about the measures that governments in Brazil and elsewhere could take to stop illegal mining in the Amazon and how the mined materials have been entering the global economy.\\n\\nReferences and recommendations:\\n\\n\\u201cThe Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil\\u2019s Indigenous Land\\u201d by Manuela Andreoni, Blacki Migliozzi, Pablo Robles, and Denise Lu; https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/02/world/americas/brazil-airstrips-illegal-mining.html\\n\\n\\u201cThe Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman\\u201d by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert; https://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/the-falling-sky/\\n\\n\\u201cIdeas to Postpone the End of the World\\u201d by Ailton Krenak; https://houseofanansi.com/products/ideas-to-postpone-the-end-of-the-world\\n\\n\\u201cBurden of Dreams\\u201d documentary film; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_Dreams'