Episode 2/5 :  “Reinventing Industry”   One of the major themes in the 2022 presidential has been the deindustrialisation of France. The car, metallurgy and textile industries alone have lost half of their workforce in the last 40 years. Less and less is being manufactured on French territory. In this episode, we went to the Decazeville basin (south of France) where the loss of its contract with Renault has seen the Aveyronnaise Metallurgy Company (SAM) going out of business. We talk to some of its former employees who are occupying the factory, such as David Gistau who is facing the same fate as his steelworker father, and his grandfather who was a miner.   There is better news 150km away, where Julien and Myriam Tuffery have taken over and reinvigorated the family clothes business which has been going since 1892. With 25 employees and a growing turnover, they appear to have hit upon a sustainable and modern business model that is still able to preserve a tradition.    Translator & narrator: Barney Spender Editor: Camille Kauffmann Studio assistant: Antoine Boyer Creator in French: Sarah-Lou Lepers Original music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair Engineer: Christophe Robert Illustrator: Julie Pereira Marketing and communication: Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois Editor: Guy Jackson Editor-in-chief: Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer    <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 2/5 : “Reinventing Industry” One of the major themes in the 2022 presidential has been the deindustrialisation of France. The car, metallurgy and textile industries alone have lost half of their workforce in the last 40 years. Less and less is being manufactured on French territory. In this episode, we went to the Decazeville basin (south of France) where the loss of its contract with Renault has seen the Aveyronnaise Metallurgy Company (SAM) going out of business. We talk to some of its former employees who are occupying the factory, such as David Gistau who is facing the same fate as his steelworker father, and his grandfather who was a miner. There is better news 150km away, where Julien and Myriam Tuffery have taken over and reinvigorated the family clothes business which has been going since 1892. With 25 employees and a growing turnover, they appear to have hit upon a sustainable and modern business model that is still able to preserve a tradition. Translator & narrator: Barney Spender Editor: Camille Kauffmann Studio assistant: Antoine Boyer Creator in French: Sarah-Lou Lepers Original music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair Engineer: Christophe Robert Illustrator: Julie Pereira Marketing and communication: Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois Editor: Guy Jackson Editor-in-chief: Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 2/5 : &nbsp;“Reinventing Industry”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the major themes in the 2022 presidential has been the deindustrialisation of France. The car, metallurgy and textile industries alone have lost half of their workforce in the last 40 years. Less and less is being manufactured on French territory. In this episode, we went to the Decazeville basin (south of France) where the loss of its contract with Renault has seen the Aveyronnaise Metallurgy Company (SAM) going out of business. We talk to some of its former employees who are occupying the factory, such as David Gistau who is facing the same fate as his steelworker father, and his grandfather who was a miner.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is better news 150km away, where Julien and Myriam Tuffery have taken over and reinvigorated the family clothes business which has been going since 1892. With 25 employees and a growing turnover, they appear to have hit upon a sustainable and modern business model that is still able to preserve a tradition.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Translator &amp; narrator: Barney Spender Editor: Camille Kauffmann&nbsp;Studio assistant: Antoine Boyer&nbsp;Creator in French: Sarah-Lou Lepers Original music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair Engineer: Christophe Robert Illustrator: Julie Pereira Marketing and communication: Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois&nbsp;Editor: Guy Jackson Editor-in-chief: Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer &nbsp;&nbsp; Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode #2 Reinventing Industry

As France heads into the 2022 presidential election, the fabric of a country that has at times been the envy of Europe is looking tattered. The sands of society are shifting on an almost daily basis, the ‘traditional’ French way of life appears to be on the way out. Things that used to define France appear to have gone: the welfare state is losing steam, industry and agriculture are both suffering.The far-right claims that the country isn’t French enough and has become too multicultural - and that even debating the place of Islam has become a dangerous no-go zone. France, it seems, is going through “a crise d’identité”.Crossroads France, created by Antoine Boyer, Sarah-Lou Lepers and Camille Kauffmann and hosted by Barney Spender, explores five different regions of France and five areas of French life to find out more about the country in the 21st century. Episode 1 looks at the forgotten people of the “Empty Diagonal” where public services are dwindling while Episode 2 heads down south where heavy industry is declining but new industries are taking root.  Episode 3 takes us to Paris to hear more about the far-right’s notion of ‘assimilation’ and the effect of the death in police hands of Adama Traore, the face behind France’s equivalent of the Black Lives Matter movement.  In Episode 4 we learn more about a row over Islam that went out of control at a university in Grenoble. The question of Islamophobia has become so awkward in France that it is barely possible to debate it without tempers becoming frayed. And in Episode 5 we go west to see how climate change is affecting attitudes to farming and the countryside.  Translator &amp; narrator: Barney SpenderCreators and editors : Camille Kauffmann, Sarah-Lou Lepers, Antoine BoyerOriginal music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair. Engineer : Christophe Robert.Illustrator : Julie Pereira. Marketing and communication : Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois.  Editors-in-chief : Guy Jackson and Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer.  An AFP Audio podcast. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

As France heads into the 2022 presidential election, the fabric of a country that has at times been the envy of Europe is looking tattered. The sands of society are shifting on an almost daily basis, the ‘traditional’ French way of life appears to be on the way out. Things that used to define France appear to have gone: the welfare state is losing steam, industry and agriculture are both suffering.The far-right claims that the country isn’t French enough and has become too multicultural - and that even debating the place of Islam has become a dangerous no-go zone. France, it seems, is going through “a crise d’identité”.Crossroads France, created by Antoine Boyer, Sarah-Lou Lepers and Camille Kauffmann and hosted by Barney Spender, explores five different regions of France and five areas of French life to find out more about the country in the 21st century. Episode 1 looks at the forgotten people of the “Empty Diagonal” where public services are dwindling while Episode 2 heads down south where heavy industry is declining but new industries are taking root. Episode 3 takes us to Paris to hear more about the far-right’s notion of ‘assimilation’ and the effect of the death in police hands of Adama Traore, the face behind France’s equivalent of the Black Lives Matter movement. In Episode 4 we learn more about a row over Islam that went out of control at a university in Grenoble. The question of Islamophobia has become so awkward in France that it is barely possible to debate it without tempers becoming frayed. And in Episode 5 we go west to see how climate change is affecting attitudes to farming and the countryside. Translator & narrator: Barney SpenderCreators and editors : Camille Kauffmann, Sarah-Lou Lepers, Antoine BoyerOriginal music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair. Engineer : Christophe Robert.Illustrator : Julie Pereira. Marketing and communication : Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois. Editors-in-chief : Guy Jackson and Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer. An AFP Audio podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As France heads into the 2022 presidential election, the fabric of a country that has at times been the envy of Europe is looking tattered. The sands of society are shifting on an almost daily basis, the ‘traditional’ French way of life appears to be on the way out. Things that used to define France appear to have gone: the welfare state is losing steam, industry and agriculture are both suffering.The far-right claims that the country isn’t French enough and has become too multicultural - and that even debating the place of Islam has become a dangerous no-go zone.&nbsp;France, it seems, is going through “a crise d’identité”.Crossroads France, created by Antoine Boyer, Sarah-Lou Lepers and Camille Kauffmann and hosted by Barney Spender, explores five different regions of France and five areas of French life to find out more about the country in the 21st century. Episode 1 looks at the forgotten people of the “Empty Diagonal” where public services are dwindling while Episode 2 heads down south where heavy industry is declining but new industries are taking root. &nbsp;Episode 3 takes us to Paris to hear more about the far-right’s notion of ‘assimilation’ and the effect of the death in police hands of Adama Traore, the face behind France’s equivalent of the Black Lives Matter movement. &nbsp;In Episode 4 we learn more about a row over Islam that went out of control at a university in Grenoble. The question of Islamophobia has become so awkward in France that it is barely possible to debate it without tempers becoming frayed. And in Episode 5 we go west to see how climate change is affecting attitudes to farming and the countryside. &nbsp;Translator &amp; narrator: Barney SpenderCreators and editors : Camille Kauffmann, Sarah-Lou Lepers, Antoine BoyerOriginal music: Clémence Reliat et Nicolas Vair.&nbsp;Engineer : Christophe Robert.Illustrator : Julie Pereira.&nbsp;Marketing and communication : Laurent Nicolas, Coline Sallois. &nbsp;Editors-in-chief : Guy Jackson and Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer. &nbsp;An AFP Audio podcast. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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