Episode 94: The Cambodian Genocide Part V-Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields
Children often get overlooked in the study of history. But their stories can be useful tools to study the past as well as fascinating examples of human endurance in their own right. Compiled by Dith P...
28 Jun 202120min
Episode 93: The Cambodian Genocide Part IV- First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung's incredible memoir "First They Killed My Father" is a tragic reminder of the realities of the Killing Fields in Cambodia, but also a lesson in the importance of historical empathy. Her stor...
7 Jun 202132min
Episode 92: The Cambodian Genocide Part III: Reverberations of a Nightmare
What happened in Cambodia from 1975-1979 was especially cruel. What explains the brutality? While historians debate the underlying causes of the cruelty of the Khmer Rouge, the survivors of Cambodia a...
17 Mai 202128min
BONUS: The Paper Menagerie
Ken Liu's amazing short story "The Paper Menagerie" is simple but poignant. It provides an opportunity to think about some of the most important things in life: love, culture, history, regret, memorie...
6 Mai 202135min
Episode 91: The Cambodian Genocide Part II-Endure and Survive
What was life like under the Khmer Rouge? Ordinary life for millions of Cambodians was filled with fear, torment, and despair. Yet the people of Cambodia also demonstrated resilience, resistance, and ...
26 Apr 202130min
Episode 90: The Cambodian Genocide Part I-The Dark Years Begin
A potent mix of communism, nationalism, racialism, imperialism, and violence resulted in the Khmer Rouge coming to power in Cambodia in 1975. Led by a man going by the name of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge...
5 Apr 202153min
Episode 89: The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
"Grief burns but does not consume." A grieving merchant stumbles into the shop of an Alchemist, who shows him a device that allows the user to travel 20 years forward or backward in time. The history ...
15 Mar 202129min
Episode 88: The Fate of Rome Part IV-The Justinianic Plague and the End of Rome
Barbarian incursions are often cited as a primary instigator to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the west in 476 AD. But why were they happening at this time in the first place? Why not some other ...
22 Feb 202142min
