In the Shadows of Utopia: The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Nightmare
Hosted by Lachlan · Lachlan Peters
4.9from 878 ratings
- 81
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 878
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About 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.
- Publisher
- Lachlan Peters
- Category
- history · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Jan 2018
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
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27 of 81 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
S3 Ep9: 1973 Part One: The Return of the King
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S3 Ep11: 1973 Part Two: Pull Them Up By Their Roots! Ta Mok and the 'Model' Southwest Zone
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[…] But aside from that, I think the majority of people listening are doing so from countries where governments exist, you know, over there. You are aware of the government. It does affect you. Sure, you know, you're engaging with it when you fill out a tax bill or a form, immigration, when you see a police officer on patrol or receive a bill from your council. But in the Khmer Rouge system, and broadly speaking, the communist manual they're adhering to, the government or the party is omnipresent. Literally controlling every second of your day. When you get up, when you eat, how much you eat, what your work is, how long your workday is, where you sleep, where you live, how often you see your family, how long the compulsory political seminar you attend at night is, how long you're going to be re-educated for, how long your prison sentence is, when your execution will take place. […]
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