From Phnom Penh with Love

Published on Sep 19, 2020 by Luke Hunt

A podcast with British journalist and television producer Glen Felgate who has just published his first book, “From Phnom Penh with Love; Confessions of a Media Executive,” a fictional tale of a war correspondent hired by a Cambodian businessman to launch a radio station from scratch.The story bears a striking resemblance to Felgate’s own life.As a war correspondent and producer with Reuters he covered conflicts in the Balkans and Africa before moving to Cambodia where he was hired to launch a television network, from scratch. Listen here..

Traveling in Southeast Asia

Published on Jun 29, 2020 by Luke Hunt

A podcast with Marissa Carruthers, a British journalist who spent 10 years working on newspapers in England before moving to Cambodia in 2012. Since then she has edited various publications in Cambodia and contributed to many regional publications.She currently freelances for various newspapers and magazines, specializing in travel, lifestyle and culture, is the Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnamese correspondent for travel trade publisher TTG Asia and often writes for the South China Morning Post.But the travel industry has taken an unprecedented hit from the new coronavirus and Carruthers says the challenges facing destinations, hotels and small business operators are daunting but could be overcome if there’s no second spike with the COVID-19 virus.She says a lack of coherency over what’s....

Rescuing the Endangered

Published on Jun 21, 2020 by Luke Hunt

A podcast with Marcus Hardtke who graduated in environmental law before moving from his native Germany to Southeast Asia where he has earned a no-nonsense reputation when dealing with illegal trading in wildlife and timber more than 25 years ago.He spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt about the realities of saving pristine wilderness areas from logging and how to trap traders of endangered species, like the pangolin, which Beijing has banned from use in traditional Chinese medicine.To listen click here..

Hong Kong Heritage; The Punji Trap

Published on May 16, 2020 by Luke Hunt

On Hong Kong Heritage this weekend… As a student, longtime Hongkonger and Australian veteran journalist Luke Hunt first learned about Pham Xuan An, a South Vietnamese who spied for the Communist north during the Vietnam War. An worked as a journalist for Time and Reuters and through propaganda this spy for north Vietnam helped convince the Americans that it was time for their troops to go home. After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, Pham Xuan An became disenchanted with the Communist government but continued to live in Vietnam until his death in 2006. He told Luke that he could write a book about his life, once he was dead. On Hong Kong Heritage this weekend, Luke tells me about....

The Good, The Bad & George Pell

Published on May 10, 2020 by Luke Hunt

A podcast with Michael Parer, former Catholic cleric, who is forthright on the Church, George Pell and his work in Cambodia. He also talks about how he got to Southeast Asia, and his family — Damien Parer, the World War II combat cameraman was his uncle and but one of the Parers with strong ties to the region. Listen here..