Ranked #1
Navigating “Travail” with Lindsey Tramuta
Navigating “Travail” with Lindsey Tramuta
The French are frequently unfairly pegged as lazy, with a 35-hour work week and generous vacation policy. But the French... Read more
10 Jul 2022
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45mins
Ranked #2
Navigating “Doux” with Jane Bertch
Navigating “Doux” with Jane Bertch
In a land known for its pastry, one word seems to carry a lot of weight. Doux can mean sweet, unsalted, mild, or even so... Read more
3 Jul 2022
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29mins
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Ranked #3
Navigating “Femme” with Anna Malzy
Navigating “Femme” with Anna Malzy
French feminism can be equally construed as being at the forefront and well behind the movement elsewhere in the world. ... Read more
26 Jun 2022
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52mins
Ranked #4
Navigating “Joie de Vivre” with Harriet Welty Rochefort
Navigating “Joie de Vivre” with Harriet Welty Rochefort
The French may often look glum, but there's far more to their joy than meets the eye. This week, Emily is joined by auth... Read more
19 Jun 2022
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35mins
Ranked #5
Navigating “Bon Appétit” with Julie Barlow
Navigating “Bon Appétit” with Julie Barlow
Whenever you start eating in France, whether you're sitting down to a several-course dinner or scarfing a sandwich on th... Read more
17 Apr 2022
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39mins
Ranked #6
Navigating “Boulangère” with Alice Quillet
Navigating “Boulangère” with Alice Quillet
As a very gendered language, French implies a masculine or feminine even in professions: a female chef is called a cheff... Read more
10 Apr 2022
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32mins
Ranked #7
Navigating “D’Origine” with Dr. Gemma King
Navigating “D’Origine” with Dr. Gemma King
The French would love for you to believe they’re all descended from the Gauls, and as a society have fairly assimilation... Read more
3 Apr 2022
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30mins
Ranked #8
Navigating “Argot” with Charlie Whitesides
Navigating “Argot” with Charlie Whitesides
The French may seem really set in their linguistic ways, but French is an evolving, changing language, like any other! I... Read more
27 Mar 2022
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27mins
Ranked #9
Navigating “Librarie” with Janet Skeslien Charles
Navigating “Librarie” with Janet Skeslien Charles
Books are an inextricable part of French culture, and so is where you get them. Librairie is a false cognate – the Frenc... Read more
20 Mar 2022
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26mins
Ranked #10
Navigating “Entrepreneur” with Anne Ditmeyer
Navigating “Entrepreneur” with Anne Ditmeyer
George Bush famously claimed that the French don't have a word for entrepreneur, and while we all laughed at the time, t... Read more
13 Mar 2022
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34mins