The Rosie the Reviewer Podcast

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Ep 15 – WW2 Media & Mythmaking Part 2 – A Global Perspective on How History Is Shaped

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Description

In part two of our mythmaking episode, we discuss the mythmaking about WW2 in our respective countries (the Philippines, Canada and the Netherlands) and Germany. (Psst. Listen to part one first if you haven’t.)

Sam (our guest from the Philippines) joins us for this one again and gives us some great Filipino book recommendations that you can listen to in the pod or find below.

Recommendations

Would you rather watch some Filipino WW2 movies or shows instead? Sam’s Tumblr post has recommendations that should keep you busy for a week or two.

The show they mentioned, Pulang Araw, is out of Filipino Netflix today. Here’s the trailer with subtitles!

Book Recs by Sam (The Philippines in WW2)

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