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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 54min
Who Was Coco Chanel Really? Her Life Story, Unvarnished
This is episode 600 of Join Us in France — a milestone worth celebrating. Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin dig into the life of Coco Chanel. Born Gabrielle Chanel in rural poverty in the Corrèze, she cl...
31 Maj 1h 4min
Joan of Arc: The Real Woman Behind 20,000 Statues
Joan of Arc was not a shepherdess. She was a determined teenager who broke an arranged marriage, heard voices, and convinced a chain of noblemen to take her to the French king. Annie Sargent and Elys...
17 Maj 58min
