Next month marks six years, if you can believe it, since The New Parisienne was released. I’ve kept tabs on all the women I profiled and some have become dear friends. Among them: Ariane Bernard who, at the time of our first interview, was overseeing all things digital at Le Parisien newspaper.  I distinctly remember the moment I met her. I heard her speak with the kind of cultural fluency and humor of someone reared in the United States. And yet, she wasn’t. I quickly learned she was perfectly bilingual but I also wanted to know how she accommodated the dualities of her identity. Today, she works for herself and goes between Paris and New York. We talk about her sequential bilingual journey, navigating two very different work cultures, and a few of her linguistic grievances. You’ll also hear which spots in Paris she returns to time and again. 

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Mentioned in this episode:

Ariane Bernard 

Sequential bilingualism
Le Parisien 

Taboola 

Oh My Cream

Institut de France (18th century)

Cour Carré du Louvre Le Severo 

Audio production & editing: Matthew Jordan

⁠Music by Little Glass Men⁠