19 Episodes

  1. 15: Les Khmers Rouges: Double Lives in Sihanouk's Golden Era

    Published: 7/23/2021

  2. Season One Recap - Cambodian History from Angkor to Independence

    Published: 6/5/2021

  3. 14: The End of French Indochina: Dien Bien Phu, Geneva and “Citizen Sihanouk”

    Published: 4/17/2021

  4. 13: Sihanouk’s Royal Crusade for Cambodian Independence

    Published: 1/16/2021

  5. 12: Pol Pot in Paris and the Khmer Issarak – Part Two

    Published: 11/9/2020

  6. Bonus Episode: ‘Extraordinary Justice at the Khmer Rouge Tribunals’ with Dr Craig Etcheson

    Published: 9/20/2020

  7. #11 Pol Pot in Paris - Part One

    Published: 8/22/2020

  8. 10: Cambodia in the Second World War: Son Ngoc Thanh, Japan and a Brief Independence

    Published: 6/11/2020

  9. 9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet

    Published: 4/1/2020

  10. 8: The Origins of Communism - Part One - Marx and Engels

    Published: 1/19/2020

  11. 7: The French Protectorate, Rural Life and the Rise of Cambodian Nationalism

    Published: 12/2/2019

  12. 6: The Dawn of French Indochina

    Published: 8/31/2019

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

    Published: 6/30/2019

  14. 5: Cambodia After Angkor - Part Two

    Published: 5/5/2019

  15. #4 Becoming Cambodia

    Published: 2/26/2019

  16. Bonus Episode: 'Visualising Angkor' with Tom Chandler

    Published: 7/29/2018

  17. #3 The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Empire - Part Two

    Published: 7/18/2018

  18. #2 The Rise and Fall of the Khmer Empire - Part One

    Published: 4/19/2018

  19. #1 An Introduction to the Khmer Rouge, the Killing Fields and the 'Cambodian Genocide'

    Published: 1/28/2018

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In the Shadows of Utopia is the first podcast which aims to explain - in detail - the Khmer Rouge revolution of 1975 and the period which followed, often known as 'the Cambodian Genocide', or more simply as 'the Killing Fields'. Cambodian history is as fascinating as it is touching. Lachlan Peters, having been a student of the country's past for more than a decade, is aiming to give the listener an account and explanation of the totality of Cambodian history which will improve the understanding of anyone who wishes to know more about this beautiful Southeast Asian nation, as well as the tragedy it faced in the 1970s. The crimes of the Khmer Rouge have been well documented in film and books, but never have they been explored within the dynamic medium of podcasting. In what will amount to a college level explanation of this tragic loss of human life, listeners are invited to learn more about Cambodia than simply the crimes of Pol Pot. In the Shadows of Utopia will seek to explain the entire story, with interviews with experts and historians and will prove exceptionally useful to someone who would like to know more about Cambodia than what is provided by a single documentary or biography.