"Let's make history"
: the expression starts each of its productions.
This radio man can be recognized first by his voice and his elaborate phrasing.
Then to his tie, and his flannel waistcoat that he wears all the time.
His audio series are demanding - up to 10 55-minute episodes for Philippe Pétain.
However, they have accumulated several million listens.
“I put a lot of myself into this work, it's the golden rule for it to work.
You have to say where you're talking about, always.
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Philippe Collin was born in Brest in 1975, in a modest environment: his father was a submariner, his mother a childcare assistant.
According to military assignments, the family moved, before settling in Brittany.
A region that is part of its identity,
“even if the sea… it has never really been my business”
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At the age of 12, his principal in middle school suggested that his parents put him in the Latin and German option.
The transition is difficult:
“I found myself with children who had a background…
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