Show overview
The Earful Tower: Paris has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 506 episodes, alongside 8 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 280 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 17th season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 37 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 28 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2019, with 74 episodes published. Published by Oliver Gee.
From the publisher
The Earful Tower is a weekly podcast all about Paris, hosted by Australian expat Oliver Gee. With a huge variety of guests - from cooks and comedians to TV hosts and tour guides - this show will transport you to the City of Lights and make you feel like you've met the characters that make it shine.
Latest Episodes
View all 506 episodesUnique apartments in Paris: Inside a domed rooftop home
How we launched our newest children's book in Paris
Alain Delon and the murder that shook Paris
Exploring the Paris district where the Statue of Liberty was built
The 17th arrondissement of Paris (with a local)
Cheese Crime in Paris: The Viral Dinner Party Photo That Shocked Us All
The day I had Paris's best museum to myself (and risked missing my son's birth)
Montmartre: The old village of a thousand facelifts
The 18th arrondissement of Paris (with a local)
The Lost River of Paris: Searching for the Bièvre
Brocantes, flea markets, and the art of antiquing in France
Paris district guide: What we found in the 19th arrondissement
The 19th arrondissement of Paris (with a local)
Following the Rose Line to the Paris observatory
The INIMITABLE Arc de Triomphe: Five things you didn't know
What to do in Belleville and the 20th district of Paris
The 20th arrondissement of Paris (with a local)
S17 Ep 39The midnight market in Paris you've never heard about
Have you ever heard of Rungis? It's the world's largest wholesale food market, it provides all the Paris markets and restaurants with their fresh produce, and you can find it near the Orly Airport. Or can you? This place may as well be top secret. Only the vendors and restauranteurs can access it - yet it's as big as a village. Every night, at around 2am, produce sellers (like fishermen and cheesemongers) open their doors to the eager buyers, who charge in and negotiate prices for the goods. And even though it's closed to the public, I got an invite to make this episode. My invite came from April Pett who runs April in Paris tours, check her out here: https://www.aprilinparistours.com/ Big shout out to market vendor Jaad who took us around and whose laughter echoed through the halls of Rungis all night. You can find more about the market here (but remember, it isn't open to visit to the public). https://www.rungisinternational.com/ Here's the replay of the short live video we made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeiII9gqlZo And the rest of our pictures are on social media, the rest of my videos will be for the members, only. Links below. ******************** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its members. For just $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris. Membership takes only a minute to set up on Patreon, or Substack. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Walking Tours Music: Pres Maxson
S17 Ep 38A glimpse at life in our trilingual family
I speak English with our two children (soon to be 2 and 5 years old). My wife speaks Swedish with them. The outside world is in French. (Note: We all speak all three languages too). Here's a glimpse at how that works, with special guests Otis and Astrid. Hope you find it as fascinating as I do! This episode is brought to you by the members, who get the new 2026 PDF guide to Paris for free. For everyeone else, you can support this show by buying the guide here: https://theearfultower.com/product/guide-book/ ******************** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its members. For just $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris. Membership takes only a minute to set up on Patreon, or Substack. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Walking Tours Music: Pres Maxson (his take on Douce France, by Charles Trenet)
S17 Ep 37Paris got a new mayor: But who is he? (And what will be Anne Hidalgo's legacy?)
Paris has a new mayor! That's right, after 12 years at the helm, Anne Hidalgo has stepped down. Parisians voted for a new mayor, and taking her place will be Emmanuel Grégoire. But who is Emmanuel Grégoire? What does a Paris mayor actually do? And what will be the legacy of Anne Hidalgo? This week's guest is Paris-based reporter Katy Lee, the co-host of the podcast The Europeans, and the woman behind the Millefeuille Substack page, which she calls the "newsletter for Parisians who are bad at local news". Follow Katy to find out more: The Millefeuille newsletter The Europeans *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its members. For just $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris. Membership takes only a minute to set up on Patreon, or Substack. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Walking Tours Music: Pres Maxson (his take on Sous le ciel de Paris, by Edith Piaf)