Amok in the Jungle is a podcast about the history of Kuala Lumpur and British Malaya. Hosted by Jesse Onslow, it explores how a tin-mining camp deep in the jungles of Selangor emerged as the capital of Malaysia.
In this episode, Sultan Abdul Samad is visited by the new British Governor in Singapore, Spicy Andrew, while in Kuala Lumpur Yap Ah Loy struggles to convince the miners to rebuild everything they've lost in the Klang War.
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18 Oct 2024
Episode 4: The Pangkor Engagement
In this episode, Yap Ah Loy's dead mentor appears to him in a dream and encourages him to recapture Kuala Lumpur, while in Singapore a new Governor arrives with a drastic plan to end piracy in the Malacca Strait once and for all.
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30 Aug 2024
Episode 3: The Fall of Kuala Lumpur
In this episode Kuala Lumpur will receive its first European visitors and Yap Ah Loy struggles to defend the camp as the Klang War escalates. We also meet some of the British characters who will shape the future of Malaya.
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18 Aug 2024
Episode 2: The Klang War
In this episode, the Sultan of Selangor attempts to restore peace to his kingdom, while Yap Ah Loy seeks revenge against his enemy, the murderer Chong Chong.
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4 Aug 2024
Episode 1: Yap Ah Loy
In this episode we follow the first Chinese miners up the Klang River and meet some of Kuala Lumpur's earliest pioneers.
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