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January 26, 2025 29 mins

Two Americans and one Brit were invited to Communist Cambodia in 1978 to meet the brutal dictator Pol Pot. The Brit is called Malcolm Caldwell, a professor from Scotland, and a big Pol Pot fan.  

Just hours after he meets his hero, Malcolm is shot dead. So, who killed Malcolm Caldwell?

In this episode: 

  • Elizabeth Becker,(@ehb47), journalist and author
  • Sophal Ear, (@sophal_ear), political scientist 

Episode credits: 

This episode was written and produced by Anna Staufenberg, and hosted by Halla Mohieddeen. 

Executive Producers: Ney Alvarez and Sandra Ferrari.

Production Manager: Archan Mohile.

Senior Producer: Marthe van der Wolf.

Assistant Producers: Leo Danczak, Sophie McNulty and Catherine Nouhan.

Fact-checking by Ruby Zaman.

Audio editing by Alan Leer.

Music composition by Tom Biddle.

Lead of Engagement: Aya Elmileik.

Engagement Producers: Adam Abou-Gad, Munera AlDosari and Vienna Maglio.

Al Jazeera’s Head of Audio: Ney Alvarez. 

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