
About this episode
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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