French clash over air conditioning and how France became the best place to get naked

French clash over air conditioning and how France became the best place to get naked

Welcome to a new episode of Talking France. It’s our penultimate episode before we take a summer break and it’s a jam-packed one full of the latest news, talking points and flare ups from France.


We’ll start with the fall out from the unprecedented and deadly heatwave that hit France in the second half of June.


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Thankfully the weather is slightly cooler as we record this episode, but politicians in the country are still overheating when it comes to what to do - and the focus of everyone’s attention and ire has fallen on… air conditioning.


We’ll explain the row and who is on which side.


We’ll also look at why France is the best place in Europe, perhaps even the world to be a naturist after one member of the Talking France team spent time on a naturist beach in the south of France.


We’ll also get the answers to some key questions about drinking French wine in summer and learn the lingo you need if you are in France in July and August.


Host Ben McPartland is joined by the team at The Local France, Emma Pearson, Emma Albright and our politics expert John Lichfield, plus our wine specialist Caroline Fazeli will be joining us fr



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