Ep.1: Parisian atmosphere "At the Aligre market"Leslie takes us on a stroll through the sounds of the Aligre market (12th arrondissement), one of the oldest markets in Paris. On the program: vendors hawking their wares, street guitarists, seeds and Cuban espresso…
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Ep 2: A place, a face "Simone de Beauvoir at the café de Flore"Leslie takes us to Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6th arrondissement), to the legendary Café de Flore, which in the post-war period became the meeting spot for existentialist writers and thinkers. Follow in the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote several of her works there.
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Ep.3: Parisian atmosphere "At the Vincennes racecourse"
A behind-the-scenes audio tour of the legendary Grand Prix de Paris harness race, featuring beating hooves, the shouting of fans and gamblers, and victory celebrated with the Marseillaise.
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Ep.4: A place, a face "Around place de Clichy with François Truffaut"
Explore northwest Paris in the footsteps of François Truffaut. The filmmaker, who grew up here, used his Place Clichy and Batignolles neighborhoods as locations for The 400 Blows and his Antoine Doinel films.
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Ep.5: A place, a face "Josephine Baker at the Folies Bergère"
This podcast takes us to the Folies Bergère (9th arrondissement) to meet the mythical Josephine Baker. The American dancer, singer and revue star was the queen of Parisian nightlife during the the Roaring Twenties. She brought freedom, revelry ans the rhythms of jazz and the Charleston.
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