Sebastien Pollock

Producer / Editor

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Sebastien is one of WRNC's earliest team members. He is the lead producer and presenter of the "WHY IS THAT?" podcast and video series and the editor of WRNC News. Sebastien works for Radio France in a professional capacity as a radio presenter, but continues to volunteer his free time to help WRNC grow and evolve in its own right.

The fire left the restaurant utterly destroyed

6 August 2025

Fire in the centre of Caen burns local restaurant to the ground

It happened in the night between Tuesday, 5th August and Wednesday, 6th August in the city centre. At around 3 o'clock in the morning, the restaurant was engulfed in flames. People were evacuated from neighbouring buildings.

The tapestry is a Norman interpretation of the conquest of 1066

26 July 2025

Bayeux Tapestry set to leave Normandy in 2026

The historic monument that is the Bayeux Tapestry has never left France in its history; but in 2026 the 70 metre-long embroidered cloth will make its way to London.

Saint John’s Dancers in Molenbeeck (1592) by Pieter Brueghel II

27 July 2025

A City in Trance: Strasbourg’s 1518 Dancing Plague

No music was playing, yet Strasbourg danced. In July 1518, amid the scorching heat, dozens of people began moving involuntarily, continuously day and night, as if possessed. Within weeks, the frenzy spread to hundreds, with some even losing their lives.

"WHY IS THAT?" will broadcast its first episode on WRNC tomorrow

23 July 2025

The people who danced themselves to death, the start of a new series on WRNC

Historical stories that sound too crazy to be true, yet are. People dancing to their own deaths in the city of Strasbourg in 1518; it may sound like a fairytale, but believe us when we tell you: it's not!