Rearview Mirror Chronicles

About Rearview Mirror Chronicles

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 but genuinely entertaining for everyone. His published books include: • Atlas of Australian Dive Sites - Travellers Edition (Harper Collins Australia, 2003). • Penang - An inside guide to its historic homes, buildings, monuments and parks (MPH Publishing, 2012; 2nd Edition 2014; 3rd Edition 2017). • Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing, 2015). • The Habitat Penang Hill: A pocket history (Entrepot Publishing, 2018) • Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing, 2018) • Penang Then & Now: A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing, 2019; 2nd Edition 2021 • Bersama Lima - Five Together (Entrepot Publishing, 2022) www.entrepotpublishing.com

Publisher

Keith Hockton

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Aug 2023

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

257 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026

   The White Rajas - The Englishman Who Bought a Kingdom (Part One)

   Send us Fan Mail In August 1839, a wealthy English adventurer sailed up a river in Borneo aboard his private schooner, carrying a letter of thanks and a few presents for a local prince. Just two years later, he was the ruler of Sarawak. His name was James Brooke, and his extraordinary rise to power would establish a family dynasty that lasted more than a century. But how does an Englishman with no official authority, a fortune in his pocket and a ship armed with cannon end up ruling a kingdom...

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   The Cuban Missle Crisis - Thirty Seconds from Total Nuclear Annihilation (Part Two)

   Send us Fan Mail October 1962. The world is holding its breath. American warships are enforcing a naval blockade around Cuba, Soviet missiles are being prepared for launch, and in Washington, President John F. Kennedy faces a decision that could end civilisation as we know it. As the confrontation intensifies, an American U-2 spy plane is shot down over Cuba, Soviet submarines are pursued by the US Navy, and aboard one of them, a nuclear torpedo comes terrifyingly close to being fired. Behind...

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   The Cuban Missle Crisis - Thirty Seconds from Total Nuclear Annihilation (Part One)

   Send us Fan Mail In October 1962, the world came closer to nuclear annihilation than most of us will ever fully appreciate. For thirteen extraordinary days, two superpowers confronted one another across ninety miles of Caribbean sea, and the future of civilisation hung in the balance. But the Cuban Missile Crisis was not quite the heroic diplomatic triumph we were taught at school. Behind the familiar photographs of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev lies a far more disturbing story of sec...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

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Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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