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French Voices Podcast | Learn French | Interviews with Native French Speakers | French Culture episodes:

06.15.2022
FV 134 : Dédé l’Ardéchois (Part 1): local heritage and history of the railway
Buy Full Notes This interview is taking you to Ardèche, that (so) beautiful part of France where I used to spend the summer holidays as a child. Meet André Rouy aka « Dédé l’Ardéchois » and discover the history of the...
05.15.2022
FV 133 : (Part 2) The “vin de pomme” from Pays Basque
Buy Full Notes In this second part of my interview with Manolo we will talk about his confrérie (a society of people who get together to perpetuate a tradition, a skill): la Confrérie des amateurs de Sagarno de la Bidassoa. This...
05.12.2022
FYW : Live workshops are back! May 2022
Live workshops are back! More information and bookings open on my events page: https://frenchyourway.com.au/events If you can’t attend, don’t worry: you will receive the replay video as well as the worksheet and answers. Upcoming events: Dictée en français / French dictation Sunday May 22nd...
05.01.2022
FV 132 : (Part 1) The “vin de pomme” from Pays Basque
Buy Full Notes This 2-part interview with Manolo will take you to the heart of the French Basque country (Pays Basque), its heritage and its tradition of making “vin de pomme” (also known as “sagardo”, or “sagarno”), which is not the...
04.15.2022
FV 131: Wonder Betty, the life of an inspiring woman (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Betty Levanqué really is an incredible woman, I would even call her a wonder woman. I’m truly in awe at everything she’s done so far in her life, her stamina, her strength; she’s an inspiration to work hard,...
04.01.2022
FV 130: Wonder Betty, the life of an inspiring woman (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Betty Levanqué really is an incredible woman, I would even call her a wonder woman. I’m truly in awe at everything she’s done so far in her life, her stamina, her strength; she’s an inspiration to work hard,...
02.05.2022
FYW – I’m back ! News and what’s next
This recording is in French, here’s the outline of what I talk about to help you follow: A comeback video in a new environment: we’re in France! We’ve been settling down, enjoying family time after two years of separation, finally meeting...
05.31.2021
FV 129: (Part 2) French artist Guy Trinquet
Buy Full Notes Melbourne-based French Australian painter Guy Trinquet, is a finalist in the 2021 Glover Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious landscape painting awards. Vocab List courbe (nf) = curve donner le cafard = to make (sb) sad / depressed flasher (sur…) = to...
05.15.2021
FV 128: (Part 1) French artist Guy Trinquet
Buy Full Notes Melbourne-based French Australian painter Guy Trinquet, is a finalist in the 2021 Glover Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious landscape painting awards. Vocab List croquis (nm) = sketch, rough outline, first draft déceler = to detect, to spot ébauche (nf) = sketch,...
04.30.2021
FV 127: (Part 2) Representing Belgium abroad: the work of a consul
Buy Full Notes In the second part of this interview with Belgian consul Pierre Steverlynck, we discuss the languages he speaks at home and at work - since Belgium is a multilingual country. You'll learn the difference between an ambassy and...
04.14.2021
FV 126: (Part 1) Representing Belgium abroad: the work of a consul
Buy Full Notes Pierre Steverlynck is a Belgian consul, a diplomat representing Belgium abroad. When we started the interview, I was nervous because I had been wondering for weeks what to call him. I was worried about coming across as impolite,...
03.31.2021
FV 125: (Part 2) Drama company The French Loop with Natacha
Buy Full Notes Natacha is a young Frenchwoman qui "a la patate" and a contagious passion for improvised play. She's the founder, coach, and one of the improvisers / actresses of The French Loop, a theatre company based in Melbourne. (If...
01.15.2021
FV 124 INTERVIEW: (Part 1) Drama company The French Loop with Natacha
Buy Full Notes Natacha is a young Frenchwoman qui "a la patate" and a contagious passion for improvised play. She's the founder, coach, and one of the improvisers / actresses of The French Loop, a theatre company based in Melbourne. (If...
01.15.2021
FV 124 INTRO: (Part 1) Drama company The French Loop with Natacha
Buy Full Notes Natacha is a young Frenchwoman qui "a la patate" and a contagious passion for improvised play. She's the founder, coach, and one of the improvisers / actresses of The French Loop, a theatre company based in Melbourne. (If...
01.01.2021
Meilleurs vœux pour 2021
Ceci n'est pas un épisode (nous profitons de quelques jours de vacances en famille), mais un petit message pour vous montrer que je ne vous ai pas oublié et, évidemment, vous souhaiter une bonne année et surtout une bonne santé...
12.15.2020
FV 123 INTERVIEW: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Meet François Forget, a planetary scientist at the Laboratoire de Météo Dynamique in Paris. François is an atmospheric dynamicist: he and his team model other planetary atmospheres including Mars, Titan and exoplanets. In this second episode, I asked François...
12.15.2020
FV 123 INTRO: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Meet François Forget, a planetary scientist at the Laboratoire de Météo Dynamique in Paris. François is an atmospheric dynamicist: he and his team model other planetary atmospheres including Mars, Titan and exoplanets. In this second episode, I asked François...
12.01.2020
FV 122 INTERVIEW: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Meet François Forget, a planetary scientist at the Laboratoire de Météo Dynamique in Paris. François is an atmospheric dynamicist: he and his team model other planetary atmospheres including Mars, Titan and exoplanets. In this first episode, François will explain...
12.01.2020
FV 122 INTRO: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Meet François Forget, a planetary scientist at the Laboratoire de Météo Dynamique in Paris. François is an atmospheric dynamicist: he and his team model other planetary atmospheres including Mars, Titan and exoplanets. In this first episode, François will explain...
11.15.2020
FV 121 INTERVIEW: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Juliana founded the project "Prince.sse Si Je Veux" to help parents and teachers educate and encourage children between 5 and 12 years old to make their own choices by freeing them from gender stereotypes. You may be surprised...
11.15.2020
FV 121 INTRO: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Juliana founded the project "Prince.sse Si Je Veux" to help parents and teachers educate and encourage children between 5 and 12 years old to make their own choices by freeing them from gender stereotypes. You may be surprised...
11.01.2020
FV 120 INTERVIEW: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Juliana founded the project "Prince.sse Si Je Veux" to help parents and teachers educate and encourage children between 5 and 12 years old to make their own choices by freeing them from gender stereotypes. You may be surprised...
11.01.2020
FV 120 INTRO: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Juliana founded the project "Prince.sse Si Je Veux" to help parents and teachers educate and encourage children between 5 and 12 years old to make their own choices by freeing them from gender stereotypes. You may be surprised...
10.15.2020
FV 119 INTERVIEW: L’Infini Espoir, autobiographie d’une médium, avec Anne-Hélène Gramignano
Buy Full Notes This episode may deeply change your perception of life and death. Open your mind to infinite possibilities and infinite hope as you open your ears to listen to Anne-Hélène Gramignano's testimonial. Anne-Hélène found very early on that she...
10.15.2020
FV 119 INTRO: L’Infini Espoir, autobiographie d’une médium, avec Anne-Hélène Gramignano
Buy Full Notes This episode may deeply change your perception of life and death. Open your mind to infinite possibilities and infinite hope as you open your ears to listen to Anne-Hélène Gramignano's testimonial. Anne-Hélène found very early on that she...
10.01.2020
FV 118 INTERVIEW: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes This is the second part of my conversation with Guillaume Doerig. We'll discuss two main topics: His exposure to several cultures and languages His passion for music and the recent release of "Mournful Melodies", his first album. Guillaume...
10.01.2020
FV 118 INTRO: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes This is the second part of my conversation with Guillaume Doerig. We'll discuss two main topics: His exposure to several cultures and languages His passion for music and the recent release of "Mournful Melodies", his first album. Guillaume...
09.15.2020
FV 117 INTERVIEW: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes This is the first part of my conversation with Guillaume Doerig, a very friendly French man (who's not only French, but a citizen of the world!) living in Chile. This episode focuses on his multicultural and multilingual upbringing -...
09.15.2020
FV 117 INTRO: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes This is the first part of my conversation with Guillaume Doerig, a very friendly French man (who's not only French, but a citizen of the world!) living in Chile. This episode focuses on his multicultural and multilingual upbringing -...
09.01.2020
No Interview for the 1st September 2020
I want to apologise because there won’t be an episode coming out on September 1st as I ran out of interviews!! Getting in touch with potential new guests can be a (painfully) long process; so many people I reached out...
08.19.2020
Free French with Jessica this weekend.
Bonjour à tous! Comment ça va ? I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be running not one but TWO FREE sessions online this weekend so that we can do French together, have fun and switch off for a moment from...
08.15.2020
FV 116 INTERVIEW: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes This is the second part of my interview with Fabien de Valroger, a Frenchman passionate about the iconic, French car that is the Deux Chevaux (2CV). Even if you are usually not interested in cars, I promise you’ll...
08.15.2020
FV 116 INTRO: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes This is the second part of my interview with Fabien de Valroger, a Frenchman passionate about the iconic, French car that is the Deux Chevaux (2CV). Even if you are usually not interested in cars, I promise you’ll...
08.12.2020
Upcoming Grammar Clinic – passé compose and imparfait
Do you know how to choose between passé compose and imparfait? If you need to gain confidence with using these tenses properly, don’t miss my live Grammar Clinic Workshop running this weekend! (If you can’t attend, registering will give you...
08.01.2020
FV 115 INTERVIEW: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Fabien de Valroger is truly passionate about the most iconic, vintage French car that is the Deux Chevaux (2CV). Along with the Eiffel Tower and the French baguette, the 2CV is a symbol of France as virtually every...
08.01.2020
FV 115 INTRO: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Fabien de Valroger is truly passionate about the most iconic, vintage French car that is the Deux Chevaux (2CV). Along with the Eiffel Tower and the French baguette, the 2CV is a symbol of France as virtually every...
07.17.2020
FV 114 INTERVIEW: Supporting sustainable development in Nepal with CASD
Buy Full Notes Frenchwoman Marjorie and her husband are part of a not-for-profit organisation helping the Nepalese people with sustainable actions. CASD Australia has been helping villages to get access to drinking water, empower women, facilitating access to education, creating local...
07.17.2020
FV 114 INTRO: Supporting sustainable development in Nepal with CASD
Buy Full Notes Frenchwoman Marjorie and her husband are part of a not-for-profit organisation helping the Nepalese people with sustainable actions. CASD Australia has been helping villages to get access to drinking water, empower women, facilitating access to education, creating local...
07.01.2020
FV 113 INTERVIEW: Inside Le Louvre: through the eyes of a security guard at the most famous museum in the world
Buy Full Notes Gilles Malezieux worked at the Louvre Museum for 25 years and allows you to have a peep inside the life of the largest and most famous museum in the world. We’ll talk about why the Mona Lisa ("La...
07.01.2020
FV 113 INTRO: Inside Le Louvre: through the eyes of a security guard at the most famous museum in the world
Buy Full Notes Gilles Malezieux worked at the Louvre Museum for 25 years and allows you to have a peep inside the life of the largest and most famous museum in the world. We’ll talk about why the Mona Lisa ("La...
06.19.2020
Important Announcement 19-06-2020
We’ll play French language games live on Zoom this week-end, please join in!! Attendance is limited to the first 100 participants who will join. The time, date and link to the meeting is in this week’s newsletter. I’ll also be sending...
06.15.2020
FV 112 INTERVIEW: Copying master painters at the Louvre
Buy Full Notes Did you know you can get free access at the Louvre museum for a chance study and copy some of the masterpieces exhibited there? Gilles Malezieux is an artist who has copied many paintings in the largest and...
06.15.2020
FV 112 INTRO: Copying master painters at the Louvre
Buy Full Notes Did you know you can get free access at the Louvre museum for a chance study and copy some of the masterpieces exhibited there? Gilles Malezieux is an artist who has copied many paintings in the largest and...
06.01.2020
FV 111 INTERVIEW: Working as an interpreter (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Aurélie is an interpreter who is part of l’Association Internationale des Interprètes de Conférence (AIIC). In this episode, Aurélie will share what she finds the most challenging and stressful about her work. What happens when you don’t know a...
06.01.2020
FV 111 INTRO: Working as an interpreter (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Aurélie is an interpreter who is part of l’Association Internationale des Interprètes de Conférence (AIIC). In this episode, Aurélie will share what she finds the most challenging and stressful about her work. What happens when you don’t know a...
05.21.2020
FV 110 INTERVIEW: Working as an interpreter (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Aurélie is an interpreter who is part of l’Association Internationale des Interprètes de Conférence (AIIC). In this episode, find out about her background and what led her to become an interpreter. We’ll also talk about how you get...
05.21.2020
FV 110 INTRO: Working as an interpreter (Part 1)
Buy Full Notes Aurélie is an interpreter who is part of l’Association Internationale des Interprètes de Conférence (AIIC). In this episode, find out about her background and what led her to become an interpreter. We’ll also talk about how you get...
05.01.2020
FV 109 INTERVIEW: 7Plis – recycling skateboards into glasses…and more!
Buy Full Notes Florent Baraban is an optician and glasses maker who is giving a second life to skateboards by recycling them into glasses, pens, and much more. Whether you’re a skateboarding fan or not, you’ll be impressed with how each...
05.01.2020
FV 109 INTRO: 7Plis – recycling skateboards into glasses…and more!
Buy Full Notes Florent Baraban is an optician and glasses maker who is giving a second life to skateboards by recycling them into glasses, pens, and much more. Whether you’re a skateboarding fan or not, you’ll be impressed with how each...
04.16.2020
FV 108 INTERVIEW: Polyglot Steve Kaufmann about language learning (Part 2)
Buy Full Notes Interview with Steve Kaufmann, one of YouTube's most famous polyglots and co-founder of LingQ, an online platform offering language-learning courses in 14 languages. Steve has learnt around 20 (yes, 20!!!) languages in his life. Find out more about his...

What's French Voices Podcast | Learn French | Interviews with Native French Speakers | French Culture about?

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French Voices Podcast | Learn French | Interviews with Native French Speakers | French Culture episodes:

FV 134 : Dédé l’Ardéchois (Part 1): local heritage and history of the railway

FV 133 : (Part 2) The “vin de pomme” from Pays Basque

FYW : Live workshops are back! May 2022

FV 132 : (Part 1) The “vin de pomme” from Pays Basque

FV 131: Wonder Betty, the life of an inspiring woman (Part 2)

FV 130: Wonder Betty, the life of an inspiring woman (Part 1)

FYW – I’m back ! News and what’s next

FV 129: (Part 2) French artist Guy Trinquet

FV 128: (Part 1) French artist Guy Trinquet

FV 127: (Part 2) Representing Belgium abroad: the work of a consul

FV 126: (Part 1) Representing Belgium abroad: the work of a consul

FV 125: (Part 2) Drama company The French Loop with Natacha

FV 124 INTERVIEW: (Part 1) Drama company The French Loop with Natacha

FV 124 INTRO: (Part 1) Drama company The French Loop with Natacha

Meilleurs vœux pour 2021

FV 123 INTERVIEW: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 2)

FV 123 INTRO: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 2)

FV 122 INTERVIEW: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 1)

FV 122 INTRO: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 1)

FV 121 INTERVIEW: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 2)

FV 121 INTRO: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 2)

FV 120 INTERVIEW: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 1)

FV 120 INTRO: Prince.sse Si Je Veux – Raising humans beyond gender stereotypes (Part 1)

FV 119 INTERVIEW: L’Infini Espoir, autobiographie d’une médium, avec Anne-Hélène Gramignano

FV 119 INTRO: L’Infini Espoir, autobiographie d’une médium, avec Anne-Hélène Gramignano

FV 118 INTERVIEW: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 2)

FV 118 INTRO: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 2)

FV 117 INTERVIEW: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 1)

FV 117 INTRO: Bird watching and music with Guillaume Doerig (Part 1)

No Interview for the 1st September 2020

Free French with Jessica this weekend.

FV 116 INTERVIEW: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 2)

FV 116 INTRO: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 2)

Upcoming Grammar Clinic – passé compose and imparfait

FV 115 INTERVIEW: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 1)

FV 115 INTRO: The 2CV, an iconic, beloved French car (Part 1)

FV 114 INTERVIEW: Supporting sustainable development in Nepal with CASD

FV 114 INTRO: Supporting sustainable development in Nepal with CASD

FV 113 INTERVIEW: Inside Le Louvre: through the eyes of a security guard at the most famous museum in the world

FV 113 INTRO: Inside Le Louvre: through the eyes of a security guard at the most famous museum in the world

Important Announcement 19-06-2020

FV 112 INTERVIEW: Copying master painters at the Louvre

FV 112 INTRO: Copying master painters at the Louvre

FV 111 INTERVIEW: Working as an interpreter (Part 2)

FV 111 INTRO: Working as an interpreter (Part 2)

FV 110 INTERVIEW: Working as an interpreter (Part 1)

FV 110 INTRO: Working as an interpreter (Part 1)

FV 109 INTERVIEW: 7Plis – recycling skateboards into glasses…and more!

FV 109 INTRO: 7Plis – recycling skateboards into glasses…and more!

FV 108 INTERVIEW: Polyglot Steve Kaufmann about language learning (Part 2)