Extreme Khmer

Microbreweries are common in the US and elsewhere, but in this episode we take you on a tour of the absolute first one in Cambodia, Man Han Lou restaurant in Phnom Penh. Just to keep things interesting, the brewmeister is Chinese and speaks no Khmer, but never fear, we've got that covered...

The title says it all. If you enjoyed the closing credits music, by Khmer rapper A-Ping, check out http://www.boeungkaplhaok.com/ . This is the last Extreme Khmer episode before we go on summer vacation. See you all in September with more fun-filled adventures!

Ethnic Khmers in Thailand: their language and how they function in Thai society.

Interview with a Cambodian pilot who flies for Bangkok Airways, and the story of a Thai baby who survived a 1996 plane crash in Cambodia.

In this episode we travel to Surin to interview Nam Pheung Muang Surin, a famous singer of both traditional and contemporary Kantreum, the unique, highly rhythmic music of the "Northern Khmers". Don't forget to check out the full-length versions of several of Nam Pheung's live concert songs featured in this episode, in the "Culture and History" section of "Khmer Ephemera" on studykhmer.com

Interviews with comic artists working for an organization to promote comics in Cambodia today, plus a comic artist from the 1980s.

This episode is the second in a two-part series on contemporary young artists in Phnom Penh. We'll learn a little about the history of modern art in Cambodia, and attend a workshop with the young women's art group, Selapak Neary. Make sure to check out the full-length versions of my interview with their mentor Linda Saphan (none of which appears in this episode, although she herself does) in the "Culture and History" section of "Khmer Ephemera" on studykhmer.com

In this episode, we talk to the head monk of all Surin Province in Thailand, who is Khmer, and take a brief tour of his temple grounds. We also find out how Khmer script is used for magical inscriptions in Thailand, and how the Thais reconcile that fact with their view of modern Khmers.

Part One of a special two-part episode about a famous Khmer folk tale. You'll hear the tale discussed by a Khmer scholar and told by a fortune teller, and see clips from a 2003 movie version of the legend and doll stop-animation scenes from the tale created by studykhmer.com.

In this episode, we accompany writer and Khmer refugee Teeda Butt (author of one of the original "Khmer Rouge survivor narratives,"To Destroy You is No Loss") on one of her trips back to Phnom Penh, as she reminisces about her childhood and talks about the changes in Phnom Penh over the past three decades.