It's time to move on
My dear listeners and friends, After four years and over forty episodes, I believe my podcasting days are over. I’ve loved making my podcast, it’s been one of the best experiences of my life. It has ...
9 Jan 1min
Napoléon III - France's Last Monarch
Imagine growing up with the world’s most famous uncle, the one who conquered Europe and redefined France. For young Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, bedtime stories came with cavalry charges and imperial dre...
6 Nov 202547min
Volney’s Vision: The Ruins of Empires in Our Time. With Thomas C. Williams
Thomas C. Williams is an American author and historian living in France since 1989. A former U.S. Embassy staffer, he is a leading expert on Volney and Thomas Jefferson’s secret translation of The Rui...
7 Aug 20251h 20min
The 1830 Revolution. Barricades in Paris!
In July 1830, Paris erupted. For three days, workers, students, and veterans rose against royal ordinances that trampled the Charter of 1814. Barricades filled the streets, the tricolour flag flew onc...
20 Mai 202540min
Antoine Lavoisier - A Savant at the Scaffold
If you weren't sleeping through your chemistry classes in high school, you probably heard the phrase "Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed." This is basically what we know as...
18 Mar 202536min
The French Résistance - Refusing Defeat & Occupation
The story of the Résistance is the story of ordinary men and women rising to the occasion. Risking everything to fight oppression, to defend their homes, their country, their way of life. Being a rési...
17 Jan 202541min
Bonus - The Raft of the Medusa Part II - From Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs
This is part II of our episode swap on The Raft of the Medusa from the great podcast Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs by Rich Napolitano. Enjoy this bonus episode and check out Rich's podcast, it's fantastic! ...
17 Des 202451min
Gaby & Robert Casadesus - With Thérèse Casadesus Rawson
In this very special episode, we interview Thérèse Casadesus Rawson, daughter of the renowned French pianists Robert and Gaby Casadesus. The occasion is the publication of Gaby Casadesus' book My Musi...
10 Des 202452min
