On this episode of the Get Lit Podcast, show host Teddy Rockefeller brings AJ DiChiara, a well versed expert on sand mining, to discuss the global blight of “sand mafias”.  Bibliography:  Abdulali and the stolen beach story: https://theecologist.org/2018/feb/08/they-stole-beach-major-mafia-almost-nobody-wants-talk-about (Links to an external site.)  More information on sand mining and its global effects: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jul/01/riddle-of-the-sands-the-truth-behind-stolen-beaches-and-dredged-islands (Links to an external site.) Information on the rising groups of “sand mafias”: https://www.eco-business.com/news/sand-mining-mafias-destroying-environment-livelihoods-un/#:~:text=Sand%20extraction%20has%20increased%20pollution,severity%20of%20landslides%20and%20drought (Links to an external site.). Investigating the world shortage of sand: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand (Links to an external site.) More on Vince Beiser’s book and Ted Talk about sand mining and mafias: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-11/illegal-sand-trade-india-mafia-murders-vince-beiser/11779570 (Links to an external site.) Environmental effects of sand mining: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/world-needs-get-serious-about-managing-sand-says-un-report (Links to an external site.) UN report on sand mining: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/rising-demand-sand-calls-resource-governance (Links to an external site.) French couple stealing sand from Sardinia:  https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sardinia-sand-theft-arrest-scli-intl/index.html (Links to an external site.) Global tensions rising and Antonio Guterres quote:  https://apnews.com/article/6c0d437d14da8f91fd578f003a88cf7a (Links to an external site.) Music Credits: Hells Bells by ACDC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzRXx1DA_U (Links to an external site.) [FREE] Lo-fi type beat - Lighter | lofi hiphop beat by midsummer Beethoven's 5th symphony orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNYFVgpEYY (Links to an external site.)Inquisitive - Free Background Music by WillSurj Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2jiAEMBCtE (Links to an external site.)Travis Scott - goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar (Lofi Remix) [1hour] by Travis Scott and edited by Music of Fortune