Pol Pot Part 1: Tyrant in the Shadows
Episode Date: June 21, 2022Cambodia today is many people’s idea of heaven on earth. But in the 1970s it was a netherworld of death and despair. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge...
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144 episodes transcribedCambodia today is many people’s idea of heaven on earth. But in the 1970s it was a netherworld of death and despair. Under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge...
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