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Dynamite Doug
Hosted by Brazen · society · EN
About this Podcast:
For 50 years, Douglas Latchford was the world’s premier expert on Cambodian art, supplying priceless statues to Western museums and rich collectors. But his fame masked a dirty secret. Douglas had colluded with the Khmer Rouge, a genocidal regime, to loot Cambodia’s entire cultural heritage. As the country descended into bloodshed, Douglas stole almost everything. A network of art world cronies were on hand to help him sell these blood statues, including a senior curator at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. When a band of art sleuths get on their case, Douglas and his co-conspirators mount a rearguard action to save themselves. This is a story the art world doesn’t want told. Unlike the Elgin Marbles, and other brewing controversies over stolen art, our story isn’t ancient history. This tale is happening now. For more information, visit dynamitedoug.com . To learn more about looted antiquities held by the world’s most venerated institution
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What is Dynamite Doug about?
For 50 years, Douglas Latchford was the world’s premier expert on Cambodian art, supplying priceless statues to Western museums and rich collectors. But his fame masked a dirty secret. Douglas had colluded with the Khmer Rouge, a genocidal regime, to loot Cambodia’s entire cultural heritage. As the country descended into bloodshed, Douglas stole almost everything.
Who hosts Dynamite Doug?
Dynamite Doug is hosted by Brazen. The show has published 10 episodes to date.
What has Dynamite Doug covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Introducing The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness" (12 December 2024, 3 minutes), "The Professor, Episode 1: The Nativity" (7 December 2023, 40 minutes), and "Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal" (24 August 2023, 13 minutes).
How often does Dynamite Doug publish?
Dynamite Doug publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 25 minutes across 10 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Dynamite Doug?
Booking probability for Dynamite Doug is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Dynamite Doug requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Dynamite Doug's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #10
The Professor, Episode 1: The Nativity
Dec 7, 202340 minS1<p>This week on Dynamite Doug we’re sharing the first episode of a new four-part series from Brazen called ‘The Professor’.</p> <p>William Veres is in trouble. In 2018 he was arrested following the largest ever...
Episode #11
Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal
Aug 24, 202313 minS1<p>This week on Dynamite Doug, we’re sharing a special preview of Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal. This new series uncovers Silicon Valley’s origins as a laboratory for espionage.</p> <p>At the dawn of the...
May 18, 202326 minS1<p>This is a special episode from Project Brazen. How did Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich end up wrongfully imprisoned in Russia, and what happens now?</p> <p>On March 29, Russian authorities arrested Evan...
May 4, 202334 minS1<p>In this bonus episode, we bring you an expert panel on Cambodian art restitution, live from New York. Back in February, Dynamite Doug marked its launch with a symposium tackling Cambodia’s stolen heritage and the...
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Apr 26, 202316 minS1<p>This week on Dynamite Doug, we’re sharing a preview of Night of Show, the latest podcast from Project Brazen. To listen to the rest of this episode, search for Night of Show, wherever you get your podcasts.</p> <p>In...
Episode #7
Kenya Wants Its Missing Artifacts Back
Apr 19, 202325 minS1<p>If you’ve been listening to Dynamite Doug, you know it focuses on the looting of Cambodia’s art, and how so many priceless statues wound up in Western museums or with rich collectors. In this bonus episode of...
Episode #6
“Curiosity Killed the Cat”
Apr 5, 202330 minS1<p>Emma faces up to what she’s done as Douglas is finally brought low, and Cambodia begins the gargantuan task of bringing its art back home. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Museum fights a rearguard action to cling on to...
Episode #5
The Lion
Mar 29, 202334 minS1<p>A former Khmer Rouge child soldier, Toek Tik, codenamed “The Lion,” helps the Cambodian government identify looted statues. Eventually Sotheby’s agrees to return its piece. Douglas keeps on looting but he’s on the...
Episode #4
Art Sleuths
Mar 22, 202329 minS1<p>A British conservator comes across a pair of stone feet in a Cambodian jungle temple. His sleuthing leads him to deduce the feet belong to a statue in a U.S. museum and the trail leads to Douglas, the most serious...
Episode #3
Unrequited Love
Mar 15, 202333 minS1<p>As Cambodia opens to the world, the looting enters a new phase as a hoard of Western collectors descend on the nation. Douglas becomes rich, with a chauffeured Rolls Royce in London, and he grows close to the...
Episode #2
Blood Statues
Mar 8, 202336 minS1<p>When the genocidal Khmer Rouge takes over Cambodia, killing 2 million people, Douglas senses an opportunity. Amid the bloodshed, murderous generals rob the nation blind – hacking statues out of jungle temples – and...
Episode #1
Greatest Art Heist
Feb 28, 202328 minS1<p>How Douglas Latchford, a nobody from colonial India, makes a name for himself dealing in Cambodian art. It’s the 1960s, and no one cares about Westerners stealing ancient statues from poor countries to sell in London...
Dynamite Doug
Introducing Dynamite Doug
Feb 27, 20234 minS1<p>How one man carried out the greatest art heist in history – the looting of Cambodia’s entire cultural heritage – with the aid of Western academics, dealers and curators. This is the story the art world doesn’t want...
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