Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France

Derek Rawson
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Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France

Hello and welcome to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France.My name is Derek Rawson. I'm Australian and I've been living in France for 10 years.Join me as I seek to rekindle my love of France and French culture through conversations with other foreigners living here.I'll be discussing all aspects of France with my guests, from daily life to French culture of all sorts. So whether you know nothing about France, or already know and love the country, this podcast will have something for you! A bientôt!Derek

  1. 29/07/2023

    Ep 16: A Conversation with Kerry Varo (from the United States)

    Welcome back to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 16! The first conversation in over a year on the podcast. To mark this special occasion, my guest is Kerry Varo from the US. He's a young guy, open, friendly, fearless. A talented baker, musician, and polyglot (his parents are Mexican), he has been in France for almost ten years now and has had many interesting experiences.We had a great discussion, touching on some of my favourite Forked Tongues...

    54min

  2. 27/04/2023

    Ep 15: A Moment with... Charles Simic: With Gene Tierney in Paris

    Welcome to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 15 of the journey but, once again, not your usual FT episode... This episode, dedicated to two of my favourite things: Paris and the movies, is a small FT homage to poet, Charles Simic, who died in January. In it, I read his piece: With Gene Tierney in Paris, taken from a book of film appreciation called O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Actors.With humour and poetry Simic describes his experience of being a young ...

    15min

  3. 07/04/2023

    Forked Tongues is... de retour!

    Hello all!It's been too long... But I'm happy to let you know that Forked Tongues will be returning soon with new episodes. New conversations with fascinating foreigners talking about their experience of this equally fascinating country that is France.The adventure continues! I hope you'll join me.Thanks for listening.A bientôt!Derek Rawson

    4min

  4. 06/03/2022

    Ep 14: A Moment with... Jim Harrison: Thirty-three Angles on Eating French

    Welcome to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 14 of the journey, but not your usual FT episode as it's not exactly a conversation...This episode is dedicated to French food, as seen through the eyes of one of my favourite writers, Jim Harrison. In it, I read his piece, Thirty-three Angles on Eating French, taken from his first collection of food writings, The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand.Jim Harrison's glorious pen and unmatched...

    40min

  5. 22/01/2022

    Ep 13: A Conversation with Lesley Webster (from England)

    Welcome back Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 13! The first episode of 2022.In this episode I speak with Lesley Webster, a retired English teacher and passionate Francophile, who has been living in France for 20 years now. I met Lesley 10 years ago but hadn't seen her since, so our conversation was a great opportunity to not just catch up but learn about her life and life-long love of France.Our discussion takes us from her first visits here as a young gi...

    50min

  6. 19/11/2021

    Ep 12: A Conversation with Jim (& Janet) Neve (from England)

    Welcome to episode 12 of Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!In this episode I'm joined by Jim (and Janet) Neve, an English couple who live in the Pyrenees Orientales where I spent two weeks during this year's French summer holidays. When I visited them at their home they were busy looking after their grandson but kindly took time to speak to me about their life in a beautiful corner of France - at the foot of Mount Canigou!We discussed many aspects of French daily ...

    47min

  7. 08/10/2021

    Ep 11: A Conversation with Michael Strutt (from England)

    Welcome back to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!This is Episode 11!The French summer holidays are over, and the French rentrée (back to school) is too. A new (French) year begins... the second year of existence for this podcast! For this first episode following the summer break I spoke with Michael Strutt, an Englishman living in Vernet-les-Bains in the Pyrénées Orientales where I spent two weeks this summer.Affable, insightful, and incredibly knowledgeable...

    50min

  8. 05/08/2021

    Forked Tongues is... en vacances!

    Hello all,Just to let you know that Forked Tongues is taking a short French summer break before returning with new episodes - new conversations! - from September.There's also a new email address for any comments, questions, or anything else you might like to share : ForkedTonguesPodcast [at] gmail.comDon't hesitate to send me a message!Thanks for listening.A bientôt!Derek Rawson

    2min
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Hello and welcome to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France.My name is Derek Rawson. I'm Australian and I've been living in France for 10 years.Join me as I seek to rekindle my love of France and French culture through conversations with other foreigners living here.I'll be discussing all aspects of France with my guests, from daily life to French culture of all sorts. So whether you know nothing about France, or already know and love the country, this podcast will have something for you! A bientôt!Derek

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