Rearview Mirror Chronicles
Keith Hockton
Keith Hockton, FRAS, is a writer, publisher, and award-winning podcaster based in Penang, Malaysia, with a deep passion for uncovering the stories that shaped our world. As the Southeast Asia Editor for International Living magazine, Keith explores the intersections of history, culture, and modern life across the region.A dynamic lecturer and storyteller, he speaks internationally on Southeast Asian politics, economics, and history—bringing the past to life with clarity, wit, and insight. Keith is also a proud Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and is on a mission to make history not only accessible bu...
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History’s Strangest Questions: Who Was The Man Who Accidentally Poisoned the Planet?
Send us Fan MailWhat if the person who caused the greatest environmental damage in human history wasn't a dictator, a co...
The Bill of Rights: The Shield Against Tyranny (Part Three)
Send us Fan MailThe American Revolution had been won. The Constitution had been written. But for millions of Americans, ...
The Constitution: The Blueprint That Built America (Part Two)
Send us Fan MailThe Declaration of Independence gave America its ideals. The Constitution gave it something just as impo...
The Declaration of Independence: The Dream That Changed the World (Part One)
Send us Fan MailFor nearly 250 years, the Declaration of Independence has inspired revolutions, shaped constitutions, an...
The Opium Wars — The Garden of Perfect Brightness (Part Two)
Send us Fan MailThe fleet has arrived. Now two empires that barely understand each other are about to find out just how ...
The Opium Wars - A Habit Becomes an Empire (Part One)
Send us Fan MailWalk into a chemist's shop in Victorian Britain and you could buy opium over the counter, no questions a...
History’s Strangest Questions: Where does the name America come from?
Send us Fan MailEveryone knows America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. The Italian explorer. The New World. The map. C...
The Dutch East India Company — Every Port Has a Price (Part Three)
Send us Fan MailThe VOC was dissolved on the thirty-first of December, 1799. But empires don't simply end. They leave th...
The Dutch East India Company — Spies, Spices and the Birth of the Stock Market (Part One)
Send us Fan MailOne man. A stolen map. The birth of modern capitalism.In 1583, a young Dutchman talked his way into the ...
The Dutch East India Company —Nutmeg: The Spice They Traded Manhattan For (Part Two)
Send us Fan MailWhat if the most valuable commodity on earth — more precious than gold, more coveted than silk — grew in...
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