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Spotlight on France

Interested in France? Let us be your ears and eyes on the ground. Hosts Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird introduce you to the people who make France what it is, and who want to change it - to give you a fu... Read more

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Ranked #1

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Podcast: A deeper look at urban and police violence in France's banlieues

Podcast: A deeper look at urban and police violence in France's banlieues

As the dust settles on a week of intense urban violence triggered by the police shooting of a young man in the northern ... Read more

13 Jul 2023

Ranked #2

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Podcast: wheat on the Seine, denim goes home to Nimes, forgotten first woman filmmaker

Podcast: wheat on the Seine, denim goes home to Nimes, forgotten first woman filmmaker

How Rouen, a city on the Seine, far from the open sea, became France's largest grain port; denim production returns to i... Read more

29 Jun 2023

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Podcast: New Caledonia dialogue, homophobia in French football, moonlighting novelists

Podcast: New Caledonia dialogue, homophobia in French football, moonlighting novelists

How to get New Caledonians talking to each other; the incompatibility of being gay and a football player in France, and ... Read more

15 Jun 2023

Ranked #4

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Podcast: Conserving a martyred village, abortion drug shortages, identifying HIV

Podcast: Conserving a martyred village, abortion drug shortages, identifying HIV

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane continues to memorialise the massacre of 643 of its inhabitants by the Nazis in 1944. A... Read more

1 Jun 2023

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Podcast: French union paradox, Tintin today, first Miss France

Podcast: French union paradox, Tintin today, first Miss France

Why French unions are so prominent despite record low membership. How Tintin defied critiques of racism, sexism and anti... Read more

4 May 2023

Ranked #6

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Podcast: holding multinationals to account, Agent Orange on stage, ten years of gay marriage

Podcast: holding multinationals to account, Agent Orange on stage, ten years of gay marriage

France's pioneering 2017 law that made French-based multinational companies responsible for human rights and environment... Read more

20 Apr 2023

Ranked #7

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Podcast: France and China, menstrual leave, the 'Picasso Papers'

Podcast: France and China, menstrual leave, the 'Picasso Papers'

France's evolving relationship with China; allowing women time off for period pain; and why artist Pablo Picasso never b... Read more

6 Apr 2023

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Podcast: testing French democracy, surviving eco-anxiety, naming children

Podcast: testing French democracy, surviving eco-anxiety, naming children

Is the French government denying people their democratic rights by passing its controversial pension reform without a vo... Read more

23 Mar 2023

Ranked #9

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Podcast: French farmers post-Ukraine, fast fashion fallout, Life of Jesus

Podcast: French farmers post-Ukraine, fast fashion fallout, Life of Jesus

How French farmers are adapting since the war in Ukraine halted grain and seed exports. Why we need to buy fewer clothes... Read more

9 Mar 2023

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Podcast: ChatGPT in French schools, Placard Man, first French pensions

Podcast: ChatGPT in French schools, Placard Man, first French pensions

How French educators are grappling with new AI-based technology, like ChatGPT, and how it will affect teaching, evaluati... Read more

9 Feb 2023

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