Season 1
Phnom Penh: City of Rooted & Returning Voices
A city shaped by memory, movement, and becoming.
The inaugural season of The Threaded Path is a ten-episode journey through Phnom Penh, tracing the stories of Cambodian artists, cultural practitioners, and changemakers whose work is helping shape a new cultural renaissance. Through intimate conversations spanning music, film, literature, design, and interdisciplinary practice, and cultural leadership, the season explores what it means to inherit, reclaim, and reimagine identity in a rapidly changing world.
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Episodes
Episode 01 - Chef Nak
Food is Just a Hook
Chef Nak is one of the leading voices bringing Cambodian cuisine to the world. In this conversation, we explore identity, responsibility, and cultural representation through her journey of finding purpose and helping shape how Cambodia is seen. Sometimes food is the subject, and sometimes, it is the doorway.
Episode 02 - Fonki
The Ancestral Echoes of Painting on Walls
A muralist and visual artist in practice, a storyteller and tremendous human being in spirit. You might have been awestruck by his works while strolling through Lowell Massachusetts, London, Paris, Battambang or many other places across the globe. An epic conversation on intergenerational transmission, ancestral continuity, and play.
Episode 03 - Phloeun Prim
Rooted, Not Frozen
We are pribvileged to welcome Phloeun Prim to The Threaded Path. In this conversation, we explore identity, belonging, cultural renewal, and the role artists play in shaping Cambodia's future. A thoughtful reflection on roots, responsibility, and the courage to evolve.
Episode 04 - Dr. Him Sophy
Cambodia’s Composer on the World Stage
We are honored to welcome Dr. Him Sophy, one of Cambodia's foremost contemporary composers and a pioneering force in the development of classical music in the country. From a childhood shaped by civil war, and survival under the Khmer Rouge to rigorous study at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, he reflects on the determination that carried him forward. We explore how his works have brought Cambodian stories, memory, and musical traditions to audiences around the world.
Episode 05 - Sao Sreymao
Where Fragility and Strength Meet
Cambodian interdisciplinary artist Sao Sreymao joins The Threaded Path for an intimate exploration of displacement, belonging, women’s freedom, and the personal experiences behind her dynamic work. With remarkable vulnerability, she connects individual memory to larger social realities, reflecting on inherited pain, compassion across generations, and healing as something we continually choose.
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