In the Shadows of Utopia: The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Nightmare
A comprehensive, long-form history podcast about Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge and the Pol Pot Regime.
Episodes
And that is just the beginning of the nightmare.
The first episode of the series is intended to be a very basic introduction to the the complex set of circumstances that Cambodia faced midway through the 1...
Time period covered: 2000 BC – 900 AD
In this episode, Lachlan seeks to explain the early processes that developed amongst the Khmer civilisation in and around the region that would eventually become Cambodia. This involves an explanation of the different cultural influences from India and Chin...
Time period covered: 1100 - 1431
Lachlan begins this episode with a discussion of one of the most impressive and famous examples of Khmer architecture; Angkor Wat. The details of this building, and what it meant for the civilisation that could...
Time period covered: 1431 - 1800
The next part of the series is hugely important for establishing the context of Cambodia in the 20th century, and therefore ...
Time period covered: 1500 - 1825
Cambodia’s transitionary period will also see the start of European influence in the region. What did these early encounters look like? The ridiculous story of Ruiz and Veloso, two ‘adventurers’ from Spa...
I had the privilege to sit down with Professor Chandler in his home in Me...
Time period covered: 1789 - 1887
In this episode, Lachlan bridges the gap between Cambodia’s ‘middle period’ and the dawn of French colonisation of Indochina. Beginning with the French revolution and its links with the eventual Khm...
Time Period Covered 1880 – 1938
This episode centres around Cambodian history as the French instigate the colonisation of Indochina. We learn about the early reactions to French rule, as well as the treatment of...
Time Period Covered 1842 – 1900
This episode is intended to function as an introduction to the ideas of Marx and Engels, and more broadly to 'communism'. We begin with some common phrases used by the Communist Party of Kampuchea and their cadre that highlight the ideology of the movement. We then depart S...
Time Period Covered: 1917 - 1939
Beginning with Lenin being sent into the fragile Russian Empire in 1917, this episode is a discussion of the evolution of Marxism from 'theory' to 'practise'. This creates a new version of the 'doctrine': 'Marxi...
Time Period Covered: 1939 - 1945
This episode is an in-depth discussion of the events in Cambodia and Vietnam that occurred once the French presence in Indochina was dimi...
Time Period Covered 1945 - 1950
Saloth Sar, the young Pol Pot, will arrive in Paris in October 1949. In this episode we trace the path that he takes to get there, as well as the very imp...
Time Period Covered 1947-1953
This episode explains the way that the first ‘Vietnam War’ began developing into something recognisably part of the Cold War. We also trace the path of the young Pol Pot as his studies in Paris become i...
Time Period Covered January – December 1953
This episode explains the actions of King Sihanouk that one French General declared were ‘that of a madman, but a madman of genius’. Almost out of the blue the Cambodian king will claim independence for...
This is an introduction to the themes of the series as a whole, the aims of the podcast, the Khmer Empire, the conditions relating to Cambodia's modernity and the F...
What is Maoism and why did the People's Republic of China provide a new ideological source for the world?
Why did the USSR and the PRC split in the 1960s?
Time Period Covered 1949 - 1962
This episode could be considered the third instalment in the history of communist ideology of the series. Lach...
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