Radio War Nerd EP #519 — Clash of Worlds in the Amazon, feat. Alex Cuadros (Patreon)

Guest: Alex CuadrosRecorded: May 2, 2025

We're joined by author-journalist Alex Cuadros to talk about his new book When We Sold God's Eye, the incredible story of the Cinta Larga tribe from the Brazilian Amazon, who first made contact with Brazilians in the 1960s. What quickly followed was like compressing 500 violent years of Indigenous Americans' experiences with settlers into a generation: violence, capitalism, riches, poverty, disease, murder, extermination...

Buy Alex's book When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon

Total time: 1:32:48Direct link to this episode's mp3 here

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