E31 - ICF - Soup Pha - A Legacy of Survival & Love: Cambodia

Soup Pha is a recording artist, entertainment TV host, Trusted Ambassador to the Royal Family of Cambodia, a humanitarian and historian of South East Asia. His father is a survivor of the brutal Khmer Rouge invasion of Cambodia, which Soup details in this episode. Warning: this episode is hard to listen to in its honesty and devastation of the Cambodian Genocide that occurred under Pol Pots dictatorship between 1975 and 1979. The material covered may be sensitive to some.

We also cover Soup's recording career, his experience as a 1st Generation American and a child of Cambodian and Thai refugees who is reconnecting with his roots. This is a heartfelt, touching and honest account that includes one of Soup's recordings at the end called, "Snam Kham". 

FIND SOUP PHA - 

https://www.instagram.com/soup_phaofficial/

https://www.facebook.com/soup.pha

https://www.facebook.com/khmertvinc/

9Khonong Media (Soup's video platform)| YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFKK6w4G9sTKXgJi2qhIdA

 

SHOW NOTES:

Khmer Rouge | Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge

Pol Pot | Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot

Meet the Giant Rats That Are Sniffing Out Landmines | National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/151006-giant-rats-landmines-cambodia-science-animals

Using Trained Pouched Mice to Detect Landmines: Another Victory for Operant Conditioning | NIH: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120071/

This is a scholarly article on how these mice are trained, their accuracy in detecting mines, etc. It is interesting to note that among the scholarly articles that are available, one includes political opposition to the use of these mice despite scientific data to their enormous benefit because old mine excavation methods are preferred by certain groups.

Angkor | Unesco: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/668/

Asian World Film Festival: https://asianworldfilmfest.org/

Angkor Exhibit: The Lost Empire of Cambodia | California Science Center: https://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/angkor-the-lost-empire-of-cambodia

The Aquarium of the Pacific: https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/

41st Lotus Festival - Los Angeles: https://www.laparksfoundation.org/laparks_events/2022-lotus-festival-2/

SONGS WE TALKED ABOUT:

True Love (song about Soup's grandfather who was never found) - Works Productions Films | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUxT0_IaLFE

Kruosa Knhom Knong Robob Kmoa Ngor Ngnit (song about Soup's father's experience during the Khmer Rouge invasion)- Soup Pha | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVEBL38exS8

Christophe "Aline" Cover - Soup Pha | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skC5odmERI

Snam Kham(Love Bite) - 9Khanong Media | YouTube: https://youtu.be/Njo5KUtyK2M

The song at the end of this episode is called, "Valentine" by Khanongsak Phaiboon & Soup Pha: https://youtu.be/-zpoel-WKLs

 

FILMS WE TALKED ABOUT:

First They Killed My Father - Official Trailer (HD) Netflix | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS3Vp_quGCw

Parasite - Official Trailer (2019) Bong Joon Ho Film | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xH0HfJHsaY

RECIPES - INSECT CUISINE:

Crunchy Cricket Granola - Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary: https://www.elizabethskitchendiary.co.uk/crunchy-cricket-granola/

Cricket Flour Brownies - Edible Michiana: https://ediblemichiana.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/cricket-flour-brownies

Chef Hugo Ortega's Chapulines (Grasshopper) Tacos - Edible Houston: https://ediblehouston.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/chapulines-tacos

 

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