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The Threaded Path

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The Threaded Path
Publication type Podcast; Video series
SubjectsHistory & Remembrance; Migration & Diaspora; Visual Arts & Design; Food & Foodways
WebsiteVisit publication
Creator pagesAmara Goel


The Threaded Path (also The Threaded Path Podcast) is a podcast and video series about how Cambodian artists and cultural practitioners around the world are reshaping identity and reclaiming memory through their craft. Each episode is a conversation tracing the threads that connect art, heritage, belonging and transformation. Its tagline is "The paths we inherit. The stories we stitch." (The Threaded Path, project website; The Threaded Path Podcast, trailer (YouTube)) It is founded and hosted by the Cambodian American soprano Amara Goel. (The Threaded Path, About; The Threaded Path Podcast, Season 1 Episode 2: Fonki (YouTube))

Origins

Goel conceived the series while taking part in Acts of Memory in 2025. That global commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh was organized by Cambodian Living Arts with communities in Cambodia, Australia, France, the United States and Canada. She saw a need for a sustained dialogue across generations, geographies and disciplines. (The Threaded Path, About; Cambodian Living Arts, Acts of Memory as a global tapestry of Cambodian resilience) The name comes from her mother's journey through the Cambodian borderlands: strips of cloth tied to branches and posts by strangers marked a safe path through the landmines to a refugee camp in Thailand. (The Threaded Path, About)

Season 1: Phnom Penh

The first season, Phnom Penh: City of Rooted & Returning Voices, is planned as ten episodes. It features Phnom Penh artists, cultural practitioners and changemakers in music, film, literature, design, interdisciplinary practice and cultural leadership. (The Threaded Path, Trailer and Episodes)

Episode Guest Released Length
1: "Food is Just a Hook" Chef Nak September 12, 2026 54 min
2 Fonki September 12, 2026 53 min

Release dates are from the series' episode listing (The Threaded Path, Trailer and Episodes), and lengths from the episode videos. (The Threaded Path Podcast, Season 1 Episode 1: Chef Nak, Food is Just a Hook (YouTube); The Threaded Path Podcast, Season 1 Episode 2: Fonki (YouTube))

In episode 1, Chef Nak talks about growing up, questioning assumptions and her role in shaping how the world sees Cambodia. (The Threaded Path Podcast, Season 1 Episode 1: Chef Nak, Food is Just a Hook (YouTube)) Short clips from that conversation followed on September 18 and 24, 2026. (The Threaded Path Podcast, Where is the best somlar koko in the world, according to Chef Nak? (YouTube clip); The Threaded Path Podcast, Stop Asking Why Nobody Knows Cambodia (YouTube clip))

Global launch

The series premiered at a global online launch, The Conversation Continues: From Acts of Memory to The Threaded Path, held in partnership with Cambodian Living Arts. Participants from at least three continents took part. The program included poetry, dance, community reflections and a live panel asking "What Happens When Memory Travels?" A recording was posted on September 16, 2026. (The Threaded Path Podcast, The Threaded Path Global Launch (YouTube))

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