Conversations that changed history

This Wednesday we will be visited again by Hans Erik Havsteen and Anders Olling, who are behind the podcast Kongerækken and since 2015 have been communicating history in a way that is both engaging, entertaining and professionally sharp.

Over three evenings, the duo invites you into historical events that have changed the world, exploring how they left clues in history. Tonight, they delve into the stock market crash of 1929 - the event that has gone down in history as the symbol of the deepest crisis the world economy has ever experienced. They turn and twist what went wrong, how the crisis caused many to lose their entire economic base and lose everything. How did it come to shape our understanding of the world and what crises are?

About tonight's guests:
Anders Olling (b. 1980) grew up in Stoholm and graduated with a BA in Literary Studies and an MA in Modern Culture and Cultural Communication from the University of Copenhagen and Humboldt-Universität in Berlin. Former journalist, among others at Danmarks Radio and Radio24siv, and editor-in-chief at Politiken Historie.

Hans Erik Havsteen (b. 1992) is a graduate historian from the University of Copenhagen, Oxford and Vienna. He has worked as a professional book editor, hosted at Podimo and Danmarks Radio and was an editor at the history magazine Politiken Historie.He has also been affiliated with Thorvaldsens Museum and has Bertel Thorvaldsen and the 19th century as his primary historical interest.