The Earful Tower: Paris

Hello everyone! We've all heard the mysteries about the Parisian woman, but what about the Parisian man? Today's episode features guest Greg Pouy, host of the popular French podcast Vlan. Greg and I chatted about the Parisian man, Vlan and the podcast scene in France, his upcoming book, why he loves the 15th arrondissement, and more. More info on Greg via his website: http://www.gregorypouy.fr/vlan-le-podcast/ Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! Sometimes the most frustrating thing when learning French is when local shopkeepers and waiters to respond to you in English! In this episode with Camille from French Today we talk all it, why French people do it, and how you can respond to it. Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Read a whole lot more of Camille's tips on this subject here. Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! Today's guest is Claudine Hemingway, a relative of famed American writer Ernest Hemingway. Claudine and I met at Bar Hemingway at the Ritz Hotel where we chatted about the bar, Hemingway's life in Paris, and Claudine's "Paris with Hemingway" tours. More info on Claudine and her tours via her official website and Instagram: https://www.claudinehemingway.com/about @claudinebleublonderouge Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower And lastly, the music in the background of this episode is called Invitation to the Castle Ball by Doug Maxwell.

Hello everyone! Today's guest is Michael Kennedy from Paname Brewing Company, a brewery and tap house in the 19th arrondissement. Michael shares his stories about starting bars in Paris, what makes Paname Brewing Company's beer special, his thoughts on the up and coming neighborhood of Pantin, and more. More info on Paname Brewing Company via the official site here: http://www.panamebrewingcompany.com/en Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! Today's guest Geoffrey Finch from Paris Wine Walks shares the history of wine in the French capital and his tips on how find the hidden vineyards. More info on Paris Wine Walks via his official site and social media here: https://www.paris-wine-walks.com @pariswinewalks (Instagram) Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! Today special guest Lina Nordin Gee, head of Deuxieme Studios, shares her top tips for where to shop in Paris, from the Grands Magasins, vintage shops, flea markets, and more. More info on Deuxieme Studios via her official site and social media here: https://www.deuxiemestudios.com @deuxiemestudios @parisianpostcards Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! This week it's a chat with distinguished author David Downie. I met him in Jardin des Rosiers in the Marais, in the shade of a fig tree. More info on David's work via his official site here: http://www.davidddownie.com/David_D._Downie/ Buy Paris, Paris here: https://amzn.to/2Lv1iSF Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! The two most important French words, as far as I'm concerned, are tu and vous (which both mean "you"). In this episode with Camille from French Today we talk all about these words, how to use them, when to use them, and how to make the switch to the less formal version. This episode was first released as a bonus episode for Patreon supporters. Sign up today: www.patreon.com/theearfultower Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12

Hello everyone! This week it's a chat with distinguished author John Baxter. I met him in his apartment on the Left Bank. We talked about his tips for the Latin Quarter, why it's called the Latin Quarter, and of course about his books. Thanks for having me John! More info on John's work via his official site here: https://www.johnbaxterparis.com/ Thanks also to French Today for sponsoring the episode. Get an extra ten percent off their audiobooks via this link: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Support The Earful on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

The red light district of Paris, Pigalle, has been undergoing a pretty serious facelift. And Nico, the guy behind the popular cafe KB, has been watching it happen for the last ten years. Here's his take on the changing face of Pigalle, plus cafe culture, Place des Vosges, and more. My list of best coffee in every arrondissement. Addresses: KB coffeeshop: 53 Avenue Trudaine, 75009 Paris Back in Black cafe: 25 Rue Amelot, 75011 Paris Thanks to the Patreon supporters for making all this possible. www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! This week it's a chat with the Mayor of the 18th arrondissement, Eric Lejoindre. I met him in his office at the Town Hall at Jules Joffrin, a stunning building in itself. We talked about his tips for Montmartre, the "no-go zones" around the district, and how tourists and locals mingle in the village of Paris. Thanks to the Town Hall for having me. Thanks also to French Today for sponsoring the episode. Get an extra ten percent off their audiobooks via this link: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12

Meet David Smith, a British man who claims to know all the streets of Paris. His job? A delivery man, a courier, who gets from A to B by bike. He doesn't have a book to sell or a blog to promote, but he sure has a different life to most expats in France. He sits down in Earful Tower HQ for a chat about cycling, secret courtyards, and celebrity deliveries. This episode was brought to you by Fat Tire Tours. Don't forget to mention "earful" at the checkout to save 10 percent. This show is also brought to you by the Patreon supporters. More details on Patreon here.

Hello everyone! Here are addresses mentioned in the show, in order. 1. Terrass Hotel: Address: 12-14 Rue Joseph de Maistre, 75018 Paris 2. Tour Saint Jacques: Address: Square de la Tour Saint-Jacques, 75004 Paris 3. Perruche: Address: Printemps de l'Homme, 2 Rue du Havre, 75008 Paris 4. Le Perchoir: Address: 14 Rue Crespin du Gast, 75011 Paris 5. Cafe Oz: Address: 34 Quai d'Austerlitz, 75013 Paris Video from the Tour Saint Jacques: https://youtu.be/_68_tvCZhP8 Support the Earful Tower on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via www.frenchtoday.com/earful12

Hello everyone! Today it's Ann Mah, author of the new bestseller The Lost Vintage. We chat about her book, food in France, and Julia Child (plus much, more). This episode was brought to you by Fat Tire Tours. Book the same tour on the Eiffel Tower that I did, here. This show is also brought to you by the Patreon supporters, who can enter the draw to win one of the five copies of The Lost Vintage that Ann gave me. The draw will be held at the end of August. More details on Patreon here.

Hello everyone! It's time for your monthly dose of French chat with French Today, except this time it's with Camille's husband Olivier. Olivier speaks four languages and talks about his own upbringing, and how he raised an bilingual daughter in the US and France. Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12 Support The Earful Tower on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Paris is a beautiful city, that much is for sure. But how on earth are you supposed to capture it? Adele, from the hit Facebook page Paris Adele, has done a great job of capturing the city through photos and stories and she is in the studio to talk about it. Find her Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/missparisadele/ Thanks to Fat Tire Tours for sponsoring this show, don't forget you get a 10 percent discount on their worldwide tours if you mention the word earful at the checkout. Support The Earful Tower on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! Today's guest is Anne Ditmeyer - the woman behind Pret-a-Voyager. We're chatting about Paris in August Find out more about Anne and her work with these links that we mentioned in the show: What living in France has taught me about burnout: http://www.pret-a-voyager.com/2018/07/what-living-in-france-has-taught-me-about-burnout/ Closed signs in Paris for the holidays: http://www.pret-a-voyager.com/2011/08/ferme-closed-august-in-paris/ http://www.pret-a-voyager.com/2011/08/bonnes-vacances/ Anne's new project: http://www.navigateparisonline.com Her sites: http://www.pret-a-voyager.com http://www.navigateparis.com http://www.anneditmeyer.com Support the Earful Tower on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via www.frenchtoday.com/earful12

Hello everyone, This week I went out to Versailles and was blown away by the hamlet of Marie Antoinette. Here's an episode with some of my thoughts. To book the same tour I did, here's the link: https://www.fattiretours.com/paris/tours/vip-versailles-bike-tour Remember, 10 percent off if you mention the word earful at the checkout! Support The Earful Tower on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hello everyone! Today it's a walk down the beautiful Rue des Abbesses in the 18th district of Montmartre. Co-host is Lovely Lina aka @parisianpodcards on Instagram. Support the Earful Tower on Patreon here. Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12

So you come to Paris and you realize that you're not in Kansas anymore. Or not in Virginia anymore, as the case is for today's guest. Yes, it's psychologist John Clarke, who is still in his first year in Paris and who has a razor sharp eye for those little culture shocks that still leave him scratching his head. Check out John's podcast: Private Practice Workshop. Check out the Fat Tire Tours for that ten percent discount (more info here) And support The Earful Tower on Patreon here.

Hello everyone! Today's guest is YouTube superstar Jay Swanson. We share some tips for what you should never do in Paris. As promised here are the links mentioned in the episode: The guy who jumped over the Tour de France: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY76LUrYs6g Jay's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHwVc_PxdiCnfXhsLw2zplQ Jay's video about the Louvre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNjuSMSy9MU Jay's guide to Paris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxKhx1PO_U Support the Earful Tower on Patreon here. Get the discount on French Today: www.frenchtoday.com/earful12

Hello everyone! This week it's Penelope Fletcher, who runs The Red Wheelbarrow Bookshop in Paris. If you want to find the shop, it's at 9 Rue de Médicis, 75006. Here are all the books that Penelope mentioned, in order: Books for adults Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa'xaid, by Cecil Paul. A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway. Selected Letters, by Madame De Sevigne. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein. The Flight Portfolio, by Julie Orringer. Almost French, by Sarah Turnbull. Circe, by Madeline Miller. Walking on the Ceiling, by Aysegül Savas. Demystifying the French, by Janet Hulstrand. Books for children Paris Chien, Adventures of an Expat Dog, by Jackie Clark. Marielle in Paris, by Maxine Schur. I'm sure you can find these and more at The Red Wheelbarrow. Check out the site here. Support the Earful Tower on Patreon here for more info on events like the coffee tasting mentioned in today's episode. And a grand merci to Fat Tire Tours, who are offering a ten percent discount on worldwide tours if you use the code word Earful at the checkout. Find out more here.

Hello everyone! It's time for your monthly dose of French chat with Camille from French Today. As always, use this link if you want that additional ten percent off the audiobooks.

Hello everyone! Today's guest is French theatre actress Audrey Mikondo. She talks about theatre in Paris, Shakespeare in English, and when French and expat worlds mix. Find tickets to their performance of Twelfth Night here, performed at the Arena de Montmartre, where I filmed this live walk show on Facebook. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And here's the Montmartre walking tour I did via Fat Tire Tours.

Hello everyone! Today's guest is podcaster Oliver Gee who runs The Earful Tower. He shares his 12 tips for how to enjoy Paris "like a local", whatever that means. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

Hello everyone What do the Bastille, the Moulin Rouge, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Paris Zoo all have in common? Yes, that's right! They all have amazing elephant stories that you probably never heard about before. In this jumbo episode of The Earful Tower you'll hear all about them. Thanks to my cohost Lina, my sponsor Fat Tire Tours, and my Patreon supporters. Here's the exact link to the Segway Tour I did recently. Ten percent off when using code word Earful. Here's a link to all the pictures mentioned in this episode.

Hello everyone! Today's episode is a chat with Australian expat Sam Davies who recently took the plunge and became a French citizen. It's pretty fascinating to hear just how tricky the journey is for some people, including tough quizzes, endless paperwork, and surprising twists. This recording is from the Jardin Villemin, a park in the 10th arrondissement by the Canal Saint-Martin. Hang around at the end of the episode for some info on things to do around the canal area. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

Hello everyone! Ever been to Versailles? I headed out to the chateau to explore the gardens on bike, to walk through the castle on a semi-private visit, and stayed around for the fireworks show. Check it out! The episode was brought to you by Fat Tire Tours. Book the same trip I did right here, but be sure to add the code word earful at the checkout for a ten percent discount.f The music in the background is (rather fittingly) called Invitation to the Castle Ball by Doug Maxwell.

Hello! After a listener emailed in wanting more information about the iconic "bouquinistes" of Paris, I decided to go and find out more. I stumbled upon Sydney Zekley, who hails from Los Angeles, but spends her days selling books along the Seine River. Here is our chat, plus a lot more about the bouquinistes of Paris. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

Hello everyone! Here comes Amanda, who runs Boneshaker Doughnuts, the first donut joint in Paris. We chatted about how Amanda studied pastry and ended up making donuts, about how she had to convince Parisians that donuts and pastry aren't so different after all, and about how a lot of us expats in Paris have complicated back stories. Her shop: Boneshaker Doughnuts, 77 rue d'Aboukir 75002. Support The Earful Tower on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower Direct link to the video from our walk show (member only link). Get ten percent off Fat Tire Tours by using the code word Earful at the checkout. Here is the specific Fat Tire Tour that I did.

Hello everyone! It's time for your monthly dose of French chat with Camille from French Today. As always, use this link if you want that additional ten percent off the audiobooks.

Hello everyone! This episode is all about Paris and its antiques. Listen as Christophe Lucien walks us through how to buy them, what to look out for, and where to find the treasures. Find out more about his work here at Lucien Paris. The video that we did earlier this year can be found here (free to watch on Facebook), with a lot extra for Patreon supporters via this link (will only work if you're a member). Sign up on Patreon here to see all the videos and more. Get ten percent off Fat Tire tours at the checkout with the code word "Earful" on this site: Fat Tire Tours

Hello everyone! Meet George Eddy, a man who has been the voice of basketball in France for 34 years. He's only really known in France. Back home in the States, he can walk the streets uninterrupted. Fancy that! I met him on the outskirts of Paris to discuss basketball, smiling in Paris, and how he considers France to be the ideal country. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

Hello everyone! I've just been to Giverny, where the famed Impressionist Claude Monet had his house and gardens. With my wife, Lina, by my side, I went to check out these gardens and I took my recorder with me. This episode is the whole day summed up in 30 minutes. There's picnics, cheese shops, walking, cycling, and exploring, all recorded on the scene. Now, I left a little bit of French in there without translating - it's from the cheese shop in Vernon. The gist of the conversation is that she is talking about the Comté cheese and how it's aged 10 or 24 months. I went with the 24-month option. The rest is just small talk :) If you've never been to Giverny I highly recommend it, this was my first time and I thought it was fantastic. In case you want to book the same trip I did in this episode, it was the "Monet's Gardens Bike Tour" via Fat Tire Tours. You can find it here. They do the same tour without bicycles here. Remember, you can get ten percent off this tour and all other Fat Tire tours in ten cities by entering the coupon code earful at the checkout, right before you pay. And if you're a more visual person, here's the Walk Show I did with tour guide Kit on Facebook. The rest of the walk is for Patreon members only :) Happy travelling! Oh yes, and I spliced a whole song of music in here called Et Voila by Chris Haugen.

Hello everyone! Meet Valli, a woman who sang in France's first ever rap song in 1982. The song - Chacun fait (c'qui lui plaît) - went on to sell 2.5 million copies and made Valli so popular that she still gets stopped on the street to this day. But she's only really known in France. Back home in the States, she can walk the streets uninterrupted. Fancy that! I met her in her home in the 12th arrondissement to discuss fame, music, and how answering machines and American cowboy boots were hot property in France in the eighties. I highly recommend you check out her song, by Chagrin d'amour, which you can find on YouTube here. Someone has translated the song into English here. Pictures from our chat will be on social media and the site very soon. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

Hello everyone! Today we have Emma Jacobs in the studio talking about her brand new book "The Little(r) Museums in Paris". She lists six smaller museums you should check out in this city, while also discussing her lovely illustrated book. Now, I'll write all this up in a blog post very soon, but if you're looking for the spelling of these six museums, voila: Musée de la chasse et de la Nature Address: 62 Rue des Archives, 75003 Paris Musée Nissim de Camondo Address: 63 Rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris Musée Jacquemart-André Address: 158 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris Musée d'Ennery Address: 59 Avenue Foch, 75116 Paris Musée Gustave Moreau Address: 14 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, 75009 Paris Appartements de Nélie Jacquemart Address: Chaalis Abbey 60300 Fontaine-Chaalis You can find Emma's book online here. You will also notice that the show has a new sponsor - Fat Tire Tours - so simply enter the word "earful" while booking any of their tours around the world and you'll get ten percent off! Enter the code at the checkout, right before you pay. Here's the link to their Paris page - and this week I specifically took the night time ride around Paris and the sunset river cruise. You might have seen it on my Instagram stories.

Hi everyone! France has a fascinating history and there aren't many people who appreciate it as much as today's guest, Diana from The Land of Desire Podcast. She shares some of her favourite stories, tips, and hidden Paris treasures that she has picked up while making her amazing show. And, as promised, here's a link with more information about the "undercover restorers" who fixed a landmark clock in Paris. Here's a link to the official website of The Land of Desire. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

This week's episode features Janet Hulstrand, an American in France who has just written a book called Demystifying the French. Of course, we talk about a lot more than just rudeness, but it kinda all boils down to one big question: Are the French rude - or is it the Americans? Have a listen and let me know what you think. Here is Janet's home page to find out more about her work. Her book is called Demystifying the French, How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

Bonus episode! It's Camille from French Today talking about how to learn French quickly and efficiently. One of the big takeaways is that everyone is different: Some want to learn French simply to pass an exam, others want to move to France, while some are just learning for the pleasure of being able to read a book or order a coffee. If you're interested in learning French via her method and her audiobooks, here is a link to get you a further ten percent off your audiobook purchase. Click here. PS: The YouTube video of Eddie Izzard that Camille mentioned is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sQkEfAdfY

Hello! This week it's Cara Black, author of the Murder in Paris series - 19 books about fictional detective Aimee Leduc. Her newest one is out June 4th, Murder in Bel Air, and her first one, Murder in the Marais has been the subject of the Book Club this month. Here we chat about her books, how Cara would dispose of my body if she were to murder me in the studio, and a little about Paris in general. She also shares a few writing tips and we planned our afternoon walk in the Marais, finding some scenes from her first book. If you were a Patreon member of this show you could have watched it live - but hey, sign up now and you can see the replay. More on Cara and her books here on her official website. Support the Earful on Patreon here. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

Hello! This week I was off gallivanting around Stockholm and I was very intrigued to see some serious links between France and Sweden. Whether it's the French general who became a Swedish king, the Swedish count who was perhaps the lover of Marie Antoinette, or the ways the Vikings changed the scope of the French language forever.... that's what today's episode is about. As promised in the episode, here's a link to read more about that Swedish king. And to get that additional ten percent off from French Today, go via this link.

This week's podcast guest is American Matt Kepnes from the hit travel website Nomadic Matt. And believe it or not, he's recently moved to Paris. I invited him into the studio to discuss some of the things he has struggled with in his first few months in the French capital. We discuss the difficulties of joining gyms, making French friends, and much more. Find out more about Matt and his work on his official site here. And lastly, if you're a Patreon supporter, be ready on Saturday afternoon for a walk through one of the most beautiful parts of Stockholm. Click here to get more information. See you then, I hope. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

Hello everyone, It's an episode with Camille, the voice behind French Today, and we're talking about the different registers people use when speaking French. A register is a level of formality - you don't speak the same way in a job interview and a barbecue with friends, do you? In English, the register you use is reflected in the vocabulary. But in French, sure, the vocab changes, but it also affects the sentence structure and pronunciation. Camille explains it all in this episode. We also talk about the importance of leaving your comfort zone, how to efficiently expand your long-term vocabulary, and how learning French in France can actually be trickier than learning it abroad. Also, Camille has written in great detail about two of the things we talked about in this episode. Learning French While Living In France Is Easy. Wrong! French Language Registers – Street, Slang, Modern, Literary… *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

The Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire on Monday and one week on continues to make international headlines. So what now? Today's guest Philippe Hertzberg runs a tour company called Secret Journeys that does very close work with the cathedral. In fact, he was at the cathedral when it caught fire. Philippe talks about the fire, the history of the cathedral, and its future - explaining how renovation, restoration, and rebirth have long been themes of this iconic Parisian landmark. Find out more about Secret Journeys here (they do tours of a lot more than just Notre Dame, of course, including Versailles very soon). *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

This week's guest is Rebecca Plotnick from the hit website Everyday Parisian. We chat all about how to capture the beautiful city of Paris on your camera (or indeed your smartphone). We also talk about life in Paris (and abroad), the mysterious blue hour, where to position yourself to get the best shot of the Seine River at sunrise, and much more. Find out more about Rebecca's Everyday Parisian site here and more on her photography here. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

Hello everyone! Meet Felix and Joris, two young Frenchmen who've created what I think is the most fun immersive experience in Paris. These two guys spent two years writing the creepiest detective story they could imagine, then they turned it into a two-hour immersive experience in the north of Paris. It's called Live Thriller and will see you running around Paris while getting the heck scared out of you. This isn't the typical Earful episode, nor is it the typical Paris experience, but I highly recommend it to you if you're looking for a fun and frightful experience to remember. More on Live Thriller here. If you want to find more about The Earful Tower, here's the website, here's the Patreon link, and here's my Instagram. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

Hello everyone! This week it's Caroline de Maigret, the author of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are, the model, the music producer - and the ultimate Parisienne, if you ask me. I saw her walking down the street in central Paris and I stopped her to ask if she would like to be on my show. She said "Yes, let's do it right now". So we recorded the episode on my phone in a cafe in the ninth arrondissement. That will explain the background noise, the waiter interrupting, the coffee machine somewhere in the distance... in other words, the ambient sounds of Paris. Hopefully you'll feel like you're sitting right there with us. Caroline talks about being a Parisian woman, the freedom of Paris, and how pleasure is a key element of life in the French capital. If you want to find more from Caroline, check out her Instagram page here. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

Hello everyone, What is it about Paris that makes it so synonymous with a good walk? A historian might suggest that the city was built for walking – ever since the Pont Neuf rolled out some of Europe's first pedestrian sidewalks 400 years ago. A resident might say that walking is more practical than the Metro in what is a (relatively) small world city. A flaneur (or flaneuse) – someone who likes to wander aimlessly – probably wouldn't even answer because they're off lost in their thoughts somewhere on the Left Bank. But who better to ask than Jessie Kanelos Weiner, a Chicago native who has lived in Paris for the past decade? She is the co-author and illustrator of "Paris in Stride" and we also talked about what makes Paris so perfect for walking, her favourite place for a stroll in the city…. and she gave us the exclusive on the subject of her upcoming book! While we're on the subject of walking, you might be aware that I'm a big fan of walking too. Every week (and sometimes several times a week) I go on a walk around Paris with one of my podcast guests. And I stream the whole thing live for my Patreon supporters. In fact, you may have seen the walk I did around the Marché d'Aligre with Jessie last year. Heck, maybe you saw the live event I did with her at a bookshop on the Left Bank too! Enjoy your stroll, wherever you may be having it, and even more so if you've got The Earful Tower plugged into your ears Oliver Important links: Get Jessie's book, Paris in Stride, here. Visit her blog here and her website here. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

Hello everyone, It's a bonus episode from Camille, the voice behind French Today, answering the age old question: How should I learn French? More specifically, I asked her about the order to do it in, how to be efficient in learning the language, and what the other teachers are doing incorrectly. I share some tales of woe in my own French learning, and pose a few day-to-day questions that I've been storing up, and Camille also teaches me what I've been doing wrong when I try to say "bow-tie" in French, or "noeud papillon". Also, Camille has written in great detail about the best method for learning French, so if you want some great extra reading content then simply follow this link. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership

We've come full circle! The very first guests on this podcast, two years ago, were the Paris band Slim & the Beast. They're the guys who wrote the original jingle, the honeymoon theme, and they've done several live videos with me before. Now, they're back in the studio and they're armed with a few new songs and a particularly good cover of a Neil Young classic. They also talk about how to find good live music in Paris, how Parisian crowds differ from other international audiences, and their upcoming EP. Enjoy! If you wanna go straight to the songs (or wanna re-listen, here's where you can find them exactly) Go for a Ride: 10:54 What it is: 21:50 Neil Young's Harvest Moon: 33:04 Find the band on Instagram here and Facebook here. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $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. Thank you for keeping this channel independent. For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website Weekly newsletter Instagram - Facebook - TikTok Find our books Book a walking tour Patreon membership