We interrupt our regular schedule of bonus episodes to bring you a mini-episode on the 2017 French presidential election! Is a Macron something you buy at a bakery? Is Melenchon a kind of music? I thought the French word for pen was "stylo", why am I hearing so much about "Le Pen" now?

Don't be caught snoozing when this election explodes back into the headlines on Sunday, May 7: listen to our primer and your friends will call you a regular old Frenchy...French...information....knower.