Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-03
Books mentioned on Part One: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot
Pol Pot is an evil bastard who had half his country killed, but he isn’t an interesting bastard, that title belongs to the man who enabled him, King Norodom Sihanouk.
Robert Evans discussed Pol Pot by Philip Short and Catalogue of the Preparations of Comparative Anatomy in the Museum of Guy's Hospital by Philip Henry Pye-Smith and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Pol Pot
Pol Pot: The Anatomy of a Nightmare by Philip Short is a comprehensive historical examination of the Cambodian genocide, the Khmer Rouge regime, and the cultural backdrop that enabled such devastation.
Discussed“And I started reading into the story recently and I read a great book called Polepot: The Anatomy of Terror. And then that sent me down a whole reading hole.”
Where to get it
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Catalogue of the Preparations of Comparative Anatomy in the Museum of Guy's Hospital
Discussed“Philip Short, author of Anatomy of a Nightmare, says that these attacks were either from the rebels to provoke the king into brutal reprisals or just ordered by the king so that he could justify a crackdown.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged A (brief) history of vice
“Uh I'm Robert Evans. I don't have any live shows, but I have a book. You can buy it on Amazon. It's called A Brief History of Vice.”