Posted on 03/11/2017 8:02:39 AM PST by Berosus
I have been a minor participant on FR since 2004, but this is the first time I have ever started a thread. For the past eight months I have recorded a podcast on Southeast Asian history, and I thought some other Freepers would be interested in hearing it, especially when I cover twentieth century events like World War II and the Vietnam War. Although the podcast is hosted on Blubrry.com, you can also access it from iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and four other websites.
As of March 2017, I have seventeen episodes online, and because I have been going in chronological order, I have covered prehistoric, ancient and medieval events so far; currently the narrative is up to the year 1600. When I started, I checked the military history podcasts available, and found there isn't a podcast on the Vietnam War yet. If that is still the case when I reach the mid-twentieth century, my podcast will become the official Vietnam War podcast. Listen and enjoy!
All right, Episode 82 of the podcast is available a day ahead of schedule! Today we continue the ongoing narrative about the Second Indochina War in Vietnam, covering events for the rest of 1965, and culminating with the battle of Ia Drang.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/54349568/episode-82-the-second-indochina-war-part-10/
Thanks. Not much time to travel and stay ahead, but I will catch up once tax season is over.
Today marks the beginning of a new month, and you know what that means: a new episode of the History of Southeast Asia Podcast is online for your listening pleasure! This time we cover events in Vietnam during 1966. Besides the battles from the Second Indochina War (also known as the Vietnam War), we will look at a Buddhist revolt that has largely been forgotten in the years since then.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/55407693/episode-83-the-second-indochina-war-part-11/
This episode is a day late, sorry to keep you waiting! Episode 84 continues our ongoing narrative of the Second Indochina War, better known as the Vietnam War in the
United States, and the American War in Vietnam. Here the battles of early 1967 are covered, and then we look at the growing protest movement against the war, from late 1965 to 1967.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/56178697/episode-84-the-second-indochina-war-part-12/
Thanks.
Here is the latest podcast episode! It was supposed to go up on March 1, but you’ve heard the saying, better late than never! Today we have a special episode, where I answer the questions which you the listeners sent in last January. As with the previous Q&A show, listen and enjoy!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/56884113/episode-85-question-and-answer-session-3/
With the previous episode of the podcast, we took a break from the narrative and had a question and answer session. Now with Episode 86, we resume our ongoing narrative about the Second Indochina War, also known as the Vietnam War. Today we finish looking at the events of 1967, and that will get us ready for the Tet Offensive next time.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/57384680/episode-86-the-second-indochina-war-part-13/
Today is April Fool’s Day and a new podcast episode is available for your listening pleasure. That’s no joke! This episode covers what many people consider the climax of the Second Indochina War — the Tet Offensive. Here the Americans won all the battles, but they may have lost the war here as well. Also covered are the battle of Khe Sanh, and the beginning of the end of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/57922321/episode-87-the-second-indochina-war-part-14/
If you can read this, it’s time to download/listen to another episode in the History of Southeast Asia Podcast! Last time, we came to the Tet Offensive, which many
consider the climax of the Second Indochina War. However, we still have a long way to go before the Vietnam story is finished. Today’s episode covers events in the rest of 1968, in Vietnam and the United States.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/58899898/episode-88-the-second-indochina-war-part-15/
A new month has begun, and you know what that means — it’s time for a new podcast episode! This episode covers events in the Second Indochina War, also called the Vietnam War, in 1969. In the United States there is a new president, Richard M. Nixon, and he starts the process of removing the Americans from the war, while on the streets of American cities, antiwar protests reach their peak. And over in North Vietnam, we say goodbye to Ho Chi Minh, who has been an important character in the
narrative since Episode 35.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/59822233/episode-89-the-second-indochina-war-part-16/
Here is the second episode for May 2020, and this one is a hair-raiser for sure! Today we cover one of the Vietnam War’s most notorious events, the My Lai Massacre.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/60645008/episode-90-the-second-indochina-war-part-17/
After thirteen episodes about the Second Indochina War in Vietnam, and four episodes about the same war in Laos, it is time for the podcast to shift our attention to Cambodia. This episode covers Cambodian history from 1953, when independence from France was achieved, to 1970, when the Indochina War spilled across its borders. The first reign of Norodom Sihanouk is covered, and we meet the Khmer Rouge.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/61640294/episode-91-the-second-indochina-war-part-18/
Today the podcast looks at the first half of the Cambodian Civil War, the phase of the Second Indochina War in Cambodia, from 1970 to 1972. Also, if you like educational podcasts besides this one, you won’t want to miss a conference coming up on June 27, 2020! Details about that are given at the end of this episode.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/62497779/episode-92-the-second-indochina-war-part-19/
Better late than never, as the saying goes! Sorry for the delays. This episode covers the war in Vietnam during 1970 and 1971. Also covered are events in the United States at the same time that affected the war: more antiwar protests, and the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/64228638/episode-93-the-second-indochina-war-part-20/
This episode of the podcast covers the war in Vietnam, also called the Second Indochina War, during 1972. North Vietnam launches a major offensive that is eventually defeated, thanks to American air power, but they are able to grab ten percent of South Vietnam’s territory, and keep their soldiers in it afterwards. Meanwhile, the peace talks continue. The United States and North Vietnam finally reach an agreement, but the talks are interrupted by two major US bombing campaigns against North Vietnam, leading many to think that peace was forced upon the North Vietnamese. What will that mean when the cease-fire is signed in the following year?
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/65140788/episode-94-the-second-indochina-war-part-21/
The previous episode of this podcast was a bit on the short side, so to make up for it, this episode is twice as long! Today we look at Vietnam and Cambodia, in 1973 and 1974. A cease-fire is signed for Vietnam in early 1973, which ends active American involvement in that country, but it fails to end the fighting. As for Cambodia, it takes two to make peace, and the communist Khmer Rouge don’t even want to talk about it, so the Cambodian Civil War was a fight to the finish, with American bombers involved until August 1973. Tune in and listen to the action!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/66013724/episode-95-the-second-indochina-war-part-22/
This episode is the longest for the podcast yet, because it wraps up the narrative that has continued since Episode 71. Yes, today you will hear how the Second Indochina War ended, in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos! So this is also the last episode of what I called “the Unofficial Vietnam War Podcast.” For those of you who were listening when the podcast started covering the Vietnam War, thank you for sticking with it to the end.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/66833656/episode-96-the-second-indochina-war-part-23/
Seems that the history Lessons could Continue with the times we are living through now.
Today’s episode begins a series of episodes on the recent history of Southeast Asia. We will start by looking at Indonesia from 1950 to 1967, when Sukarno was the country’s first president.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/67551454/episode-97-indonesia-under-sukarno/
For the latest episode of the podcast, the narrative goes to Malaya, which was last covered in Episode 69, and to Singapore and the British-ruled areas on the north side of Borneo. We will hear how Singapore became independent, and how Malaya became Malaysia.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/68413882/episode-98-malaysia-and-singapore-get-organized/
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