Within the Louvre there were once multiple smaller museums linked to France’s colonial past. On this and the origins of some other museums - Quai Branly and Guimet - a #frenchpodcast with Pierre Singaravélou www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
On the figure of the ‘jeune fille’ in fairy tales; it seems her awakening from sleep was once told as a paternal rape. #frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
#frenchpodcast on Antonio Gramsci’s writing in prison, his non-Stalinist communism and the rise of Italian fascism. www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Turns out Balzac not only had a sense of humour but also a liking for dirty wordplay. Qui l’eût cru? #frenchpodcast with Laelia Véron www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
The unicorn has an ancient and varied history, appearing in the Bible, in scenes of courtly love, and occasionally in cameo appearances in travellers’ tales, as told in this #frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Hubertine Auclert, feminist of the early Third Republic, wanted the vote, payment for domestic labour, feminine job titles and recognition of intersectional oppression of Algerian women. #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Le Petit Prince 80 years on: a children’s book for adults or an existential drama? #frenchpodcast with cool expressions such as ‘cucul la praline’ and ‘ tarte à la crème ‘. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Faced with the looting of the Sudanese national museum, the project to create a virtual version is underway. Short #frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
The French word 'sirène' is much more open in meaning than 'mermaid'; #Frenchpodcast from which I learned that the first sirens were women-bird hybrids (of course I should have remembered this from Homer). 🧜♀️ www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
The 'writer's house' museum was, like so much else, a 19thC invention with - an important role in the definition (sometimes invention) of local identity. #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who believed colonialism was a force for good, led a mission to the French Congo to investigate rumours of abuse in rubber harvesting. He died on the way back and... his report was not published. Gripping #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Should brothels be illegal, or do they protect women? Lively 6-part docudrama #frenchpodcast on the closure of the maisons closes in France after WW2. #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/a...
Surprisingly gripping #frenchpodcast on how Bismarck used fake news & media manipulation to get the French to declare war in 1870. But is this really what set the stage for two world wars? High stakes claims. #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Debates about French national identity date back to the late 18thC. Racial (Thierry) or defined by history (Michelet)? Cameo appearances from Clovis and Vercingetorix, and some hilarious songs, in this #frenchpodcast with the excellent Sylvain Venayre. #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
So did George Sand really play a part in inspiring the figure of Pinocchio? very short and not exactly conclusive #frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
In the 1880s France briefly fell in love with General Boulanger, because of his fine beard and military bearing, and a general desire to have a Strong Man with no ideas in charge. 'Le boulangisme', one form of populism: #frenchpodcast #FreHistory www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Is it really meaningless to talk about the concept of the self (le moi) just because the word hadn't yet been used as a noun? #frenchpodcast on the exploration of the self by Montaigne, with Antoine Compagnon and Blandine Perona. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
First of two #frenchpodcast on Saint Louis, who was not bad as kings of France go, apart from all that crusading. Handy histoire événementielle for those who get their Louis mixed up. #Frhistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
How did French Enlightenment thinkers situate themselves in relation to colonialism? Some odd disagreements (on whether 'colonialism' means just settler colonialism, and what exactly Voltaire and Diderot were being critical of...) in this #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Fascinating #frenchpodcast on how the musée Napoléon (aka Louvre) was filled with the looted art of Europe … and then had to give it back in1815. #Frhistory with Bénédicte Savoy. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
First in a multi-series #frenchpodcast on the French gift of the statue of Liberty to the USA, an idea born out of Republican resistance to the French 2nd Empire and a response to the US's own civil war and the 'end' of slavery. www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
The beginnings of photography, in France and partly in Nice, which wasn’t French at that point. #frenchpodcast full of obsessive inventors who didn’t make much money. #Frhistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
A remarkably acerbic review of the film Hamnet: a long advert for the actors, fake history , full of Romantic clichés - in this short #frenchpodcast Disclaimer : I haven’t seen it.www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/l...
On the extraordinarily restless and varied life of the Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé, including interviews with her and her husband/translator, #frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Fairytales and performance magic were closely linked to the invention of special effects in early cinema. A sometimes sad #frenchpodcast docudrama about Georges Méliès. www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Aimé Césaire was a member of the Communist Party for 10 years and then departed with an eloquent and incendiary public declaration. On communism's uneasy relationship with anticolonialism, and the brilliant Césaire - a very interesting #frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
La playlist sur Spotify !
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#aucoindufeu #légendesaucoindufeu
#légendesetcontes #légendes #contes #lesmarcheursdebrume #euphrasiedebrume
#podcast #podcastfrancais
#frenchpodcast #Normandie #hautenormandie #contenantescultureNormandie #culture #patrimoine #oralite
If you're missing the exhibition on Colette at the Bibliothèque Nationale, here's a rather tepid critical response in this very short #Frenchpodcast. Apparently Colette wasn't perfect by 21stC standards. Surprise! qui l'eût cru? www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
It's 1814-15 and the boundaries of Europe are being redrawn, with France slated to be the loser - but this is where that legendary French diplomacy, in the shape of the brilliant Talleyrand, steps in. #frenchpodcast with Thierry Lentz on his book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bCu...
One of those trick questions for #Frhistory nerds to present to their students: 'Where was Anne d'Autriche from? (along with 'Who ruled France between Napoleon I and Napoleon III?') Find out in this enjoyable biography in a series of five mini #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
