Encore and Encore
"Encore" is what we say to request, encourage or beg a performer to return to the stage. Although we are using it in a sense that sort of means the same thing as it can in French, it is NOT used like ...
1 Maalis 202211min
Underworld Crime, Film, Sports, Music, and Growing up in Quebec; with Charles André Marchand
Land of French, land of snow, what else do you not know about Canada and in particular, that bit of it that is Quebec? If you come from France, you learn of the Great Separation that almost was, the N...
24 Tammi 20221h 17min
New Year and New...Resolutions?
Have you made and kept or maybe already made and broken your resolutions for this new year? Does anyone do that in France? A tiny episode all about the subject and its cultural implications here and a...
18 Tammi 202210min
Christmas Eve Day and a Gift
This is the fourth and final episode in our series on the traditions for Christmas and more in France. I promised a gift that will go out to our newsletter subscribers (because you cannot publish a fr...
24 Joulu 20215min
Hanukkah in France - Interview with Dominique Weiner
Our Holidays in France series continues with a special interview with or entretien avec Dominique Weiner. I am just tickled to have had the opportunity to speak with Dominique. She is a lovely human, ...
20 Joulu 202120min
Have yourself a Joyeux petit Noël
Want to know what happens in France for the holidays? We begin a 4-part series on Christmas and all of the fun that happens in December; decorations, food, fun, expressions, and even a little on Yule ...
8 Joulu 20219min
Thanksgiving: le Jour de l'Action de Grâce
Happy Thanksgiving, we are grateful you are here with us: loyal listeners, friends, and family. Today we discover together what is known across Canada as the equivalent but different holiday there; Ca...
25 Marras 20215min
