In this episode of "One Thing In A French Day," I reflect on the 5-year anniversary of France's first COVID lockdown. I share my experience looking back through podcast archives from March 2020, rediscovering forgotten details of our daily life during confinement: the unchanging beautiful weather, stress while grocery shopping, playing with my daughters in the neighborhood, and the scent of poplar trees.
I invite you to revisit the first episode of my lockdown diary and share your own memories from this unique period. Perfect for French learners who want to practice listening comprehension while exploring personal reflections on a shared global experience. Subscribers receive the full transcript plus a special "petit plus" activity.

In this episode of "One Thing In A French Day," I reflect on the 5-year anniversary of France's first COVID lockdown. I share my experience looking back through podcast archives from March 2020, rediscovering forgotten details of our daily life during confinement: the unchanging beautiful weather, stress while grocery shopping, playing with my daughters in the neighborhood, and the scent of poplar trees. I invite you to revisit the first episode of my lockdown diary and share your own memories from this unique period. Perfect for French learners who want to practice listening comprehension while exploring personal reflections on a shared global experience. Subscribers receive the full transcript plus a special "petit plus" activity.

2486 — C’était il y a cinq ans déjà — mercredi 19 mars

How do you enhance your language learning once you've outgrown textbooks?
One Thing In A French Day bridges the gap between formatted classroom French and real conversational French as spoken in everyday Paris.
As one of the pioneering voices in podcast-based language learning, this show has provided for nearly two decades what's surprisingly hard to find : French that exists nowhere else. Not textbook French, not simplified YouTube French, not literary French, not radio or TV French - but the French you only hear when you're actually there. Unscripted conversations that aren't simplified for learners, yet remain accessible. Each episode draws from genuine daily life in Paris - family moments with three daughters, cultural discoveries, interviews with French professionals met in person. Every episode delivers vocabulary, sentence structures, and conjugation patterns within natural contexts. Topics span culture, food, literature, sports, and political life - offering the cultural immersion that textbooks can't provide. Recent interviews include acclaimed novelist Leïla Slimani, renowned pastry chef Claire Heitzler, deputy Philippe Juvin, and four French students sharing what matters to them at 19. The Montmartre series explored the neighborhood's history, the Sacré-Cœur story, and meetings with local poet-artists.
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Experience daily life in Paris with, me, Laetitia and my family through entertaining real-life stories and interviews with locals. Learn French through carefully crafted episodes -- clear French with natural flow that develops your listening comprehension. Transcripts available. (Mondays,) Wednesdays &amp; Fridays.
Typical duration of episodes : from 3 to 10 minutes.

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How do you enhance your language learning once you've outgrown textbooks? One Thing In A French Day bridges the gap between formatted classroom French and real conversational French as spoken in everyday Paris. As one of the pioneering voices in podcast-based language learning, this show has provided for nearly two decades what's surprisingly hard to find : French that exists nowhere else. Not textbook French, not simplified YouTube French, not literary French, not radio or TV French - but the French you only hear when you're actually there. Unscripted conversations that aren't simplified for learners, yet remain accessible. Each episode draws from genuine daily life in Paris - family moments with three daughters, cultural discoveries, interviews with French professionals met in person.Every episode delivers vocabulary, sentence structures, and conjugation patterns within natural contexts. Topics span culture, food, literature, sports, and political life - offering the cultural immersion that textbooks can't provide.Recent interviews include acclaimed novelist Leïla Slimani, renowned pastry chef Claire Heitzler, deputy Philippe Juvin, and four French students sharing what matters to them at 19. The Montmartre series explored the neighborhood's history, the Sacré-Cœur story, and meetings with local poet-artists. Ready to follow me? Experience daily life in Paris with, me, Laetitia and my family through entertaining real-life stories and interviews with locals. Learn French through carefully crafted episodes -- clear French with natural flow that develops your listening comprehension. Transcripts available. (Mondays,) Wednesdays & Fridays. Typical duration of episodes : from 3 to 10 minutes.

How do you enhance your language learning once you've outgrown textbooks?
One Thing In A French Day bridges the gap between formatted classroom French and real conversational French as spoken in everyday Paris.
As one of the pioneering voices in podcast-based language learning, this show has provided for nearly two decades what's surprisingly hard to find : French that exists nowhere else. Not textbook French, not simplified YouTube French, not literary French, not radio or TV French - but the French you only hear when you're actually there. Unscripted conversations that aren't simplified for learners, yet remain accessible. Each episode draws from genuine daily life in Paris - family moments with three daughters, cultural discoveries, interviews with French professionals met in person. Every episode delivers vocabulary, sentence structures, and conjugation patterns within natural contexts. Topics span culture, food, literature, sports, and political life - offering the cultural immersion that textbooks can't provide. Recent interviews include acclaimed novelist Leïla Slimani, renowned pastry chef Claire Heitzler, deputy Philippe Juvin, and four French students sharing what matters to them at 19. The Montmartre series explored the neighborhood's history, the Sacré-Cœur story, and meetings with local poet-artists.
Ready to follow me?&nbsp;
Experience daily life in Paris with, me, Laetitia and my family through entertaining real-life stories and interviews with locals. Learn French through carefully crafted episodes -- clear French with natural flow that develops your listening comprehension. Transcripts available. (Mondays,) Wednesdays &amp; Fridays.
Typical duration of episodes : from 3 to 10 minutes.

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