One Thing In A French Day | Stories from Paris in French

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April 28, 2025 Moment difficile - French Family Story (Chappell Roan)
Walking through the streets of Paris to a wisdom teeth removal appointment - this is the personal journey I share with you as my daughter Felicia faces her dental surgery. Follow our path along Avenue Wagram, feel the waiting room tension, and experience the relief afterward as music provides comfort during our ride home.
This episode offers French vocabulary for medical situations and family relationships while giving you a glimpse into real Parisian life.
Subscribers receive the complete transcript with bonus vocabulary notes and comprehension markers to enhance your French learning experience.
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#FrenchPodcast #LearnFrenchOnline #DailyFrenchPractice #ParisianLife #FrenchVocabulary #FrenchListening #DentalTermsInFrench #FrenchFamily #FrenchCulture #AuthenticFrench
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April 23, 2025 La quête de la tarte aux fraises - French Pâtisserie Tour
In this episode of One Thing In A French Day, Lisa and I continue our quest for strawberry tartS! We visit two renowned pastry shops - Encore by pastry chef Ophélie Barès and Tradition et Gourmandise by Meilleur Ouvrier de France Stéphane Glacier.
Discover the differences between a "fraisier" and a "tarte aux fraises" as we compare these delicious French desserts.
Perfect for French learners who want to improve their vocabulary while discovering authentic French pastry culture! Subscribers get access to the complete transcript with vocabulary notes and learning tips.
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#FrenchPodcast #LearnFrenchWithPastries #FrenchDesserts #FrenchListeningPractice #StrawberryTart #FrenchCulture #DailyFrenchPractice #AuthenticFrench #FrenchBakery #ParisianLife
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5 min
April 21, 2025 La dégustation de tartes - French Pastry Review
In today's episode of "One Thing In A French Day," I share a family moment as we gather around the table to taste various French pastries. Join me and my family as we describe our impressions of the Lola tart from Arnaud Larher, a classic strawberry tart, and Italian cannolis.
Perfect for French learners who want to improve their vocabulary about food, pastries, and taste descriptions in authentic, everyday French.
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#FrenchListeningPractice #LearnFrenchVocabulary #FrenchPodcast #FrenchFoodVocabulary #DailyFrenchPractice #AuthenticFrench #FrenchCulture #FrenchPastry #FrenchFoodTasting #ParisianLifestyle
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April 18, 2025 Courses gourmandes à Asnières - French Pastry Tasting
Join me in this episode of One Thing in a French Day as Lisa and I continue our shopping adventure in Asnières! After our bookstore visit, we explore a renowned patisserie owned by Arnaud Larher (Master Craftsman of France) and search for a strawberry tart. We also buy an Italian Easter specialties at a local Italian grocery store - traditional colombas and cannolis! Experience authentic French conversation while expanding your food vocabulary.
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#FrenchPodcast #LearnFrenchEveryday #FrenchPatisserie #FrenchFoodVocabulary #AuthenticFrench #FrenchListeningPractice #EasterTraditions #FrenchItalianFusion #ParisianLifestyle #IntermediateFrench
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6 min
April 16, 2025 2498 — Courses gourmandes et littéraires — mercredi 16 avril 2025
Join Lisa and me as we explore a comic book store called "Case à bulles" in Asnières!
Discover the meaning behind this clever French name for a comic book shop and follow our search for special gifts. Lisa is looking for a new volume of Blacksad - a detective series where animals are the main characters! We're also searching for a comic for Felicia who's having her wisdom teeth removed today.
Experience authentic French conversation about comics, bookstores, and daily life in Paris. Perfect for French learners who want to improve their listening comprehension with real-life dialogues!
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#FrenchPodcast #LearnFrench #FrenchListening #ComicBooks #FrenchBD #FrenchBookstore #EverydayFrench #ParisianLife #FrenchVocabulary #FrenchForBeginners
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4 min
April 14, 2025 2497— Bois-Colombes, Musée du XXIe siècle — lundi 14 avril 2025
In this episode, I'm with my daughter Lisa who is working on a creative writing project for her French class! She's writing about our neighborhood street in the style of author Thomas Clerc. I explain how her class is creating a book called "Bois-Colombes, Museum of the 21st Century"
We also celebrate Emilie who completed the Paris Marathon in exactly 3 hours and 27 minutes - matching her age!
Discover French teaching methods, teen vocabulary, and unique writing techniques called "bornes" (markers). Perfect for understanding real French family conversations and educational approaches!
#LearnFrench #FrenchPodcast #FrenchVocabulary #ParisMarathon #FrenchWriting #BoiscolombesGuide #FrenchTeenLife #EverydayFrench #FrenchSchoolProject #FrenchCulture
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April 11, 2025 2496 — Déambuler à la manière de Thomas Clerc — vendredi 11 avril 2025
Discover how my daughter Lisa is studying Thomas Clerc's distinctive literary style that captures Paris street by street!
Her French teacher has organized a walking tour where students observe and take notes to craft their own urban descriptions. I share my thoughts on different writers who document city life, including Jean Rolin's "Le pont de Bezons."
Lisa plans to describe our own street with its rich history - from beer merchant warehouses to WWII bombing site to modern office buildings. Join me for this blend of literature, urban exploration, and the art of seeing the stories hidden in everyday streets!
#FrenchPodcast #LearnFrench #ParisWalking #FrenchLiterature #ThomasClerc #UrbanExploration #FrenchTeaching #FrenchBooks #ParisNeighborhoods #FrenchVocabulary
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April 09, 2025 2495 — Le running créatif d’Emilie dans Paris 2/2 — mercredi 9 avril 2025
Let's continue the conversation with Emilie, a creative runner who combines her passion for running with art and French pastries.
Join us as she explains her unique approach to urban running in Paris, shares her preparation for the upcoming Paris Marathon, and reveals her favorite running route through the city - a heart-shaped path perfect for discovering Paris's most charming spots.
Emilie tells us about the joy of adding an artistic dimension to her running practice and offers practical advice for anyone wanting to explore Paris on foot.
This episode is perfect for French learners interested in sports vocabulary, Paris tourism, and authentic French conversation. Don't forget to follow Emilie on Instagram at @shotdecafeine!
#FrenchRunning #ParisRunning #FrenchPastries #LearnFrench #FrenchPodcast #RunningInParis #MarathonDeParis #FrenchVocabulary #FrenchListening #PracticalFrench
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6 min
April 07, 2025 2494 — Le running créatif d’Emilie dans Paris 1/2 — lundi 7 avril 2025
Join me as I meet Emilie, the creative runner behind @Shotdecafeine! In this episode, I discover how she transforms running into a cultural adventure through Paris.
From her "semi-macaron" marathon connecting all Ladurée shops to running along Paris metro lines, Emilie shares how the pandemic inspired her running journey and her passion for French pastries.
Listen to this engaging conversation about a unique way to explore Paris neighborhoods, French patisseries, and how creativity can transform exercise into cultural discovery.
Perfect for French learners interested in Parisian life, running culture, and French gastronomy!
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#LearnFrench #FrenchPodcast #ParisRunning #FrenchCulture #RunningInParis #FrenchPastries #DiscoverParis #FrenchListening #ParisTourism #CreativeRunning
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April 04, 2025 2493 — Mission réussie (Aventure à Argenteuil 3/3) — vendredi 4 avril 2025
Join me for the final episode of my Argenteuil adventure! Today I'll share how I overcame my initial disappointment to succeed in my kung fu sword competition.
Perfect for French learners wanting to improve their vocabulary while experiencing real everyday French!
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#LearnFrench #FrenchPodcast #FrenchVocabulary #FrenchImmersion #EverydayFrench #FrenchSports #KungFu #FrenchCompetition #FrenchExpressions #FrenchListening #wushugirl #argenteuil
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About One Thing In A French Day | Stories from Paris in French

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Dans One Thing In A French Day, je vous raconte quelque chose qui m’est arrivé dans la journée : une balade à Paris, une discussion en famille, une rencontre.
Twice a week since 2006, I’ve been sharing a small piece of my day in France, in French. Not the postcard version of Paris, but real life, seen by a Frenchwoman who lives here. I’m not passing through; I’ve always lived in the Paris area.

This podcast is for anyone who wants to gain ease in French and enjoy the feeling of living in France like a French person. Improving your listening comprehension improves so much else along the way: your French, your fluency, your vocabulary, your syntax, your curiosity.

From the beginning, I’ve written day by day. I choose my topics from what happened to me a few days earlier, sometimes that very day. It’s not always comfortable, and it’s a little risky, but that’s what makes it an adventure. It also gives the podcast its logbook feel: it follows my life, the seasons, my travels, my encounters. Nothing is invented.

You might think that writing episodes before recording them takes them away from natural spoken French. In fact, the writing is the podcast’s main asset for learners. I take great care with my sentences: short and long, simple and complex, with all kinds of tenses, plus snippets of dialogue when I report a conversation. Spontaneous speech is fascinating, but its syntax is very different. To express an opinion or tell a story well, you need to know how a sentence is built. These aren’t textbook sentences, though, and their contexts aren’t limited. You hear well-written French again and again, you notice how words are used in context, and those sentence patterns become instinctive.

For several years, I’ve also shared interviews with people who live or work in France and whom I want to meet. I prepare my questions around their work or their approach, and I meet them in person, at their workplace or in a café. Hearing other voices trains your ear to new rhythms and new ways of saying things. And because listening often to one voice already does much of the work, adapting to others becomes easier.

I’m not a French teacher, and the podcast letters that come with each transcript aren’t lessons. French is the language I live, think and write in, and I like showing you what is natural or useful for a learner. In the letters you’ll find useful phrases taken from the episode, along with playful exercises inspired by writers, poetry, researchers’ books, music, the history of indexes, encounters… They’re a lively complement to more formal lessons when you’re learning on your own.

Written, recorded and produced by me, Laetitia, near Paris, France. 

Subscribe to the letters to support this independent, homemade podcast : www.onethinginafrenchday.com

Contact: [email protected]

About this podcast: One Thing In A French Day is a French podcast for intermediate and advanced learners (B1–C1) who want to learn French with authentic, spoken French. Each episode is a true story about French daily life and life in Paris, with a full transcript. A good fit for French listening practice, real French vocabulary and Paris stories told by a native speaker.