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I discuss my friend visiting me from the UK, and an emotional holiday in Cambodia. I touch on the heartbreaking topic of the genocide, but also something more fun: eating a giant spider!

Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Cambodia⁠⁠⁠ for the full transcript.

00:00 Intro

01:07 A visitor

03:16 Two big empires

05:59 Visa-free travel

07:01 Force-fed in a teahouse

08:23 My new spirit animal

11:36 My most important job

13:55 Cambodia

18:00 Yummy spider!

20:13 The challenge of talking about this

25:31 Summer plans

27:01 Outro

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