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In the Shadows of Utopia: The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Nightmare

A comprehensive narrative history of Cambodia, focusing on the Khmer Rouge and the Pol Pot regime, utilising extensive research and interviews with historians.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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S1 Ep1: An Introduction to the Khmer Rouge, the Killing Fields and the 'Cambodian Genocide'

S1 Ep1: An Introduction to the Khmer Rouge, the Killing Fields and the 'Cambodian Genocide'

How would you react to being forced out of your home at gunpoint,  ordered to leave all of your belongings behind, and i... Read more

28 Jan 2018

52mins

Ranked #2

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S1 Ep2: The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Empire - Part One

S1 Ep2: The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Empire - Part One

How did the Khmer civilisation begin? How were they able to prosper to the point of building the megacity of Angkor? Ti... Read more

19 Apr 2018

45mins

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Ranked #3

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S1 Ep3: The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Empire - Part Two

S1 Ep3: The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Empire - Part Two

How did the largest city in the pre-industrial world function? What was Khmer society like during the ‘golden age’ of An... Read more

18 Jul 2018

57mins

Ranked #4

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S1: Bonus Episode: 'Visualising Angkor' with Tom Chandler

S1: Bonus Episode: 'Visualising Angkor' with Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler is a senior lecturer at Monash University. His research has focused upon the design and development of imme... Read more

29 Jul 2018

52mins

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Ranked #5

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S1 Ep4: Cambodia After Angkor - Part One

S1 Ep4: Cambodia After Angkor - Part One

How did the Khmer go from a civilisation which dominated most of mainland Southeast Asia, to a reduced vassal state of e... Read more

26 Feb 2019

56mins

Ranked #6

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S1 Ep5: Cambodia After Angkor - Part Two

S1 Ep5: Cambodia After Angkor - Part Two

How will the forces of Imperialism and Colonialism come to the region of Indochina? What role will Europeans play in sha... Read more

5 May 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #7

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S1: Bonus Episode: 'The Cambodian Genocide?' With Professor David Chandler

S1: Bonus Episode: 'The Cambodian Genocide?' With Professor David Chandler

Professor David Chandler is perhaps the most widely recognised and respected scholar of Cambodian history. Author of boo... Read more

30 Jun 2019

56mins

Ranked #8

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S1 Ep6: The Dawn of French Indochina

S1 Ep6: The Dawn of French Indochina

What happened in the years leading up the French colonisation of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam? How did Cambodian rulers be... Read more

31 Aug 2019

2hr 1min

Ranked #9

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S1 Ep7: The French Protectorate, Rural Life and the Rise of Cambodian Nationalism

S1 Ep7: The French Protectorate, Rural Life and the Rise of Cambodian Nationalism

What did French control of Cambodia look like? How did this ‘Protectorate’ function? What are the origins of Cambodian n... Read more

2 Dec 2019

2hr 2mins

Ranked #10

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S1 Ep8: The Origins of Communism - Part One - Marx and Engels

S1 Ep8: The Origins of Communism - Part One - Marx and Engels

Who are the proletariat? Who wrote the Communist Manifesto? What was the context in which it was written? Time Period C... Read more

19 Jan 2020

1hr 22mins

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