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Duolingo French Podcast Duolingo
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4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
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Deepen your language skills and knowledge of the French-speaking world through fascinating true stories in easy-to-follow French, with added English for context. From Duolingo, the world's #1 way to learn a language. Hosted by Ngofeen Mputubwele.
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The Voice of France (La voix de la France) - Revisited
To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Simone, who unknowingly became the most “listened-to voice in France.” Stick around until the end for an update on what Simone has been up to since the first episode aired!
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In The Spotlight with Jacques Brel (En scène avec Jacques Brel) - Revisited
To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Arnaud, who launched a career impersonating one of France’s most beloved male singers, Jacques Brel. Stick around until the end for an update on what Arnaud has been up to since the first episode aired!
Check out recordings of Arnaud’s live performances here. We also made a Spotify playlist where you can kick back and listen to some of Jacques Brel’s greatest hits.
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Traditions iconiques - Fête de la musique - Revisited
On June 21, 1981, the French government invented a new holiday. Ever since then, every summer solstice, anyone in France can take to the streets and perform music…and they do! But for Fanny, sharing her birthday with la Fête de la Musique was a bit of a curse…until she discovered how to help her favorite band take on the challenge of that special night.
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La mélodie de la Martinique (The Sound of Martinique) - Revisited
To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Christophe, better known under his performer name Chassol, who developed a new musical genre inspired by the sounds of his home island of Martinique. Stick around until the end for an update on what Christophe has been up to since the first episode aired.
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La chanteuse des îles (The Island Singer) - Revisited
To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Waaydah, a teenager from the French island of Mayotte who took the stage in her island’s first-ever opera competition. Stick around until the end for an update on what Waaydah has been up to since the first episode aired!
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La comédienne de balcon (The Balcony Performer) - Revisited
To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Marie, a stage actor who found a way to keep French theater alive during the Covid lockdowns. Stick around until the end for an update on what Marie has been up to since the first episode aired!
A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/4ba190U.
Customer Reviews
Great podcast but we need in-app audio back!
Asked Duolingo this directly before and not got a response, so not expecting an answer but, but why did you remove the audio lessons in the main app?!
When it was removed you promised to “replace it with something better soon”, but it has been gone long enough to confirm that was just a lie to keep us quiet when you took it away.
It was the only way to learn in the app hands-free. Not everyone can easily use their hands and all the timed match madness type lessons are unusable for some.
If you were truly committed to “bringing language learning to everyone”, you’d listen to all your users pleading for the reinstatement of this feature.
Please, just give us it back!
Perfect!
I am a French speaking and I love listening to these stories. I listen with my husband, who is learning French. Each story from the French speaking world is interesting and we’ll narrated by the much-loved host, Ngofeen Mputubwele.
I agree with the person before me
BRING THAT FEATURE BACK RIGHT NOW ! AND STOP SHOVING THE NEVER ENDING ADS TO UPGRADE MEMBERSHIP UP OUR ARSES 😡.