Catherine and Marie De Medici: Queen Mothers and Kingmakers
Two Italian banker's daughters married French kings. Both ended up ruling France. Annie Sargent sits down with Elyse Rivin to sort out Catherine de' Medici and Marie de' Medici, cousins who together s...
26 Jul 1h 9min
An Art Retreat in a Medieval Burgundy Village, Episode 607
In episode 607, Annie Sargent talks with Julie Lynch, an Australian costume designer turned painter, about her week-long art retreat in Noyers, a tiny medieval village in Burgundy. Julie traded her pr...
19 Jul 58min
Eugène Delacroix: The Painter Critics Loved to Hate, Episode 606
Critics called his paintings smudges. He kept painting anyway. In this episode, Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin tell the story of Eugène Delacroix, the man behind Liberty Leading the People. His father ...
12 Jul 1h 4min
Five Weeks Solo in Paris: 20 Museums and Hidden Gems, Episode 605
Five weeks solo in Paris. Twenty museums. Four monuments. And a whole lot of surprises. Annie Sargent chats with Larry Rosenblum to talk about his trip. Larry swims in the Seine. He watches a play at ...
5 Jul 56min
Alexandre Dumas: Adventure, Scandal, and 100,000 Pages
Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin dig into the life of Alexandre Dumas Père — and it's a wild ride. His grandmother was a slave. His father was the French army's first non-white general. Napoleon destroye...
28 Jun 1h 1min
Puy du Fou, Arles Bullfighting, and Getting Pickpocketed in Paris
Cas McIntyre has visited France seven times and speaks French well enough to land in real trouble, and real fun. She joins Annie Sargent to swap stories that go beyond postcard moments: two and a half...
21 Jun 59min
Vichy's Story and the Best of the Allier Department
Annie Sargent just got back from the Allier department, dead center of France, and almost nobody visits it. In this episode, she sits down with Elyse Rivin to talk about Vichy, Moulins and her trip. A...
14 Jun 1h 4min
What Your Paris Photos Are Missing (And How to Fix It)
Annie Sargent chats with Bob Soltys, a black-and-white street photographer who has spent decades capturing Paris. Bob shares what gear to actually bring, why night photography beats daytime almost eve...
7 Jun 54min
