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Bite sized history for the curious. Join me on a trip through French History one Paris metro station at a time. 

  1. 2d ago

    3.5 Anatole France

    THE DREYFUS AFFAIR – A NATIONAL RECKONING  Anatole France was one of the country’s most respected writers and he would become the conscience the Republic had been missing. We draw to the conclusion of the Affair.   What does it mean for France, for the Dreyfusards and for Alfred Dreyfus?  Sources and reading   Marie‑Claire Bancquart, Anatole France: La vie littéraire (1984)  Michel Winock, Le Siècle des intellectuels (1997)  Émile Bréhier, Histoire de la philosophie (for context on France’s philosophical influences)  David Bellos, The Novel of the Century (2017)  Anatole France’s own essays and speeches (1890s)  Anatole France | Nobel Prize Winner, French Novelist & Poet | Britannica  Anatole France (Author of The Gods Will Have Blood) - Goodreads  Academie Francaise The Funeral of Anatole France  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    15 min

  2. Jun 23

    3.4 Felix Faure

    THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: DENIED BY A PRESIDENT   Felix Faure became President of the Republic in January 1895, just weeks after Alfred Dreyfus was convicted. He was elected because he was seen as safe and predictable. He was not a reformer. He was not interested in challenging institutions. He was not associated with any major scandals, yet at least.  Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair   Félix Faure | French Republic, Politics, Legacy | Britannica  Biography Central Margurite Steinheil  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    9 min

  3. Jun 16

    3.3 Jaures

    THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: THE SOCIALIST INTEREST  Jean Jaures is a political icon, remembered today as a socialist leader, a defender of workers, and one of the strongest advocates for Alfred Dreyfus.  Sources and Reading  Zeev Sternhell, Jaurès et la naissance du socialisme républicain (1983)  Harvey Goldberg, The Life of Jean Jaurès (1962)  Geoffrey Kurtz, Jean Jaurès: The Inner Life of Social Democracy (2014)  Madeleine Rebérioux, Jaurès : La politique et la légende (1975)  Sudhir Hazareesingh, Political Traditions in Modern France (1994)  Jean Jaurès, Histoire socialiste de la Révolution française (1901–1907)  Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair   The Socialist Interest by Jean Jaures 1898  The Radical Tea Towel The Assassination of Jean Jaures  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    13 min

  4. Jun 9

    3.2 Avenue Emile Zola

    THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: J'ACCUSE! As the situation unfolded with Dreyfus and new evidence came to light, Zola reached his limit of what he could morally tolerate from the lying establishment. By this time, Emile Zola was already a very famous novelist, and he was about to expose the truth to a country that didn’t want to hear it.   Sources  Sam Aronow The Dreyfus Affair   Emile Zola Brittanica  CNRS How the Dreyfus Affair Went Global  J'accuse Letter to the President of the Republic by Emile Zola 1898 - A must read!  Hachette  Émile Zola (Author of Germinal) - Goodreads  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0

    13 min

  5. Jun 5 ·  Bonus

    3.1 Champs-Elysée Clemenceau Pt2

    THE CHAMPS-ELYSEE AND THE BELLE EPOQUE  In this BONUS episode, the Belle Epoque comes to life. The Third republic was a period of social and economic prosperity, and nowhere displayed this, quite like the most beautiful avenue in the world.   Sources  Belle Époque or the "Beautiful Age" in France  Paris Digest - Champs-Elysée Facts  Everything Explained - The Belle Epoque  French Moments- The Grand Palais and Petit Palais  Brittanica Elysium Greek Mythology  The Good Life France - History of the Champs Elysée  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    12 min

  6. Jun 2

    3.1 Champs-Elysée Clemenceau Pt1

    THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: CLEMENCEAU AND THE THIRD REPUBLIC  In Season 3 we visit five stations and five men whose lives intersected at the Dreyfus Affair.   Episode 1 sees George Clemenceau fighting for the newly established Third Republic, giving the foundation of a story of a scandal that divided France for nearly a decade.   Sources  Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair  Georges Clemenceau summary | Britannica  Georges Clemenceau | French Prime Minister & WWI Leader | Britannica  Panama Scandal Panama Scandal | Corruption, Bribery & Fraud | Britannica  Treaty of Versailles 1919  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    14 min

  7. Apr 21 ·  Bonus

    How Do Metro Stations Get Their Names?

    I say it every week, we stop by stations named after artists, intellects, innovators; every station's name is a signal or memory pinned to a place.  Listeners have me asked about how the metro stations get their names, who decides and what the criteria are so, in this inter season -bonus episode, we find out.   Sources  Metro: where does the iconic white tiling found in every station come from? - Sortiraparis.com  Are you familiar with... the friezes in the metro? | Behind-the-scenes  What about the iconic Street-Name Plaques of Paris? - French Moments  Wikipedia - List of Metro Stations  The secrets behind the Paris Metro station names   Where do Paris Metro stations get their names? - CityMonitor  12 metro names explained | Un jour de plus à Paris  16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations | Fabric of Paris  grandparisexpress.fr  Les Echos Paris Secret    Music: Embracing this World by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 4.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    10 min

  8. Mar 17

    S2.10 Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau

    Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau is a station at the north end of line 5.  Raymond Queneau believed words were toys—tools for invention and discovery. Philosopher, writer and co-founder of Oulipo, Queneau didn’t just write novels—he rewrote the very idea of what a novel could be.  Oulipo – Wikipedia Wikipedia  Fnac Site Gallimard Radio France  Le petit lecteur  EBSCO Research Starter – Oulipo EBSCO  Tetragrammaton – Creativity of Limitation tetragrammaton.com  Gilliam Writers Group – Oulipo’s Legacy gilliamwritersgroup.com  Oxford Academic – The Oulipo and Modern Thought Oxford Academic  Music: Embracing this World by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/  Creative Commons CC BY 4.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    13 min
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Bite sized history for the curious. Join me on a trip through French History one Paris metro station at a time. 

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    2025 - 2026
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