The music youve just been listening to was performed by todays guest, Bonnie Brown, a concert pianist and piano instructor who works out of her home in Paris. She joins me to talk about her connection to France, working as a musician, and the places she

If you were to walk the streets of Paris today, youd see about 7,000 tons of garbage piling up on sidewalks. The stench after a week of no garbage collection is, you might say, ungodly. Some residents have seen an uptick in rat socialising. And according

If I think about some of the women that have defined Parisian and French history, I instantly think of Marie Antoinette. The long maligned figure of French royalty and one of many unfortunate symbols of the French Revolution, the former queen has rarely b

If I think about some of the women that have defined Parisian and French history, I instantly think of Marie Antoinette. The long maligned figure of French royalty and one of many unfortunate symbols of the French Revolution, the former queen has rarely b

If you were to scan a Parisian city block, youll land on at least one caviste or wine seller. But while there are a lot of them, theyre not all created equal. Alison Eastaway, an Australian who has lived in Paris for 12 years and todays guest, saw an o

I wasnt going to publish another episode this year but then the World Cup Final happened, and President Macron went cringe and inspired a whole new conversation I simply had to have before the new year. Theres no better person to discuss Macron with tha

Of all the incredible foods in Paris, which do you think gets consumed the most? If your instincts led you to say pizza youd be correct. By some estimates, the French as a whole are the worlds second biggest consumers of pizza after the United States. A

It started with gteau and continues with, well, more cake. And pastry, and Chocolate! For part two of my focus on sweets, Im joined once again but an old friend of the show whose first book, Sweet Paris, was released earlier this year. My conversation w

ts that time of year: gift giving, baking, holiday planning. Which means it couldnt hurt to draw your attention to France for some inspiration. This will be a two-part episode all about sweets featuring two authors whose books you absolutely should be p

Turn on the nightly news, listen to the radio, or speak with most Europeans these days and the topic on heavy rotation is the energy crisis. This is partly an outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war as Moscow has suspended natural gas supplies in response to ec