Cat & Clee’s Culture Corner

Catania Beckita James
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James-Severin sisters, Cat and Clee - who have an overlapping academic background in culture studies (Cat - Language & Culture; Clee - Culture & Film) and French and German foreign language study - watch foreign language films (and series) and talk about their takeaways.

Episodes

  1. 06/26/2021

    A bientôt for now and Lupin S1: Episodes 3, 4 & 5

    Cat and Clee share their experiences and takeaways from Lupin season 1, episodes 3,4 and 5. They also say “see you later” for now. Thanks for listening!!

  2. 06/14/2021

    Lupin: Episodes 1&2

    Cat and Clee give their impressions and observations about French society through the lens of the Netflix series, Lupin. Beware: there are spoilers. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  3. 06/05/2021

    Call My Agent!: Season 4 impressions, takeaways and French filler words

    Cat and Clee provide a summary of the main story lines of Call My Agent!, a French language comedy-drama Netflix series. Cat highlights some French filler words found in Call My Agent! to assist French language learners in sounding more French. They also share their hopes for the announced film and season 5 of the series. As per usual, there are spoilers in this episode. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  4. 05/28/2021

    Call My Agent! Season 3: The racism in France jumps out

    Cat and Clee discuss the plot, their impressions and takeaways from season 3 of Call My Agent!, a French language comedy-drama found on Netflix. As per usual, there are spoilers in this episode. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  5. 05/21/2021

    Call My Agent!: Season 2 impressions, themes and takeaways

    Cat and Clee summarize the main storylines of season 2 of the French comedy-drama, Call My Agent! They also explore themes about the role of women and multiculturalism in French society as shown through the lens of this show. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  6. 05/15/2021

    Call My Agent!: Season 1 impressions

    Cat and Clee start a new French language comedy-drama series, Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent). They provide a summary of the plot and their takeaways. Keep in mind, there are spoilers in this episode. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  7. 05/08/2021

    Parte Deux - Chef’s Table: France

    Cat and Clee share their observations from the last two episodes of The Chef’s Table: France. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  8. 04/30/2021

    French cuisine - Chef’s Table: France

    Cat and Clee discuss their impressions upon watching the first two episodes of Chef’s Table: France. They compare and contrast the personalities and kitchen culture of French chefs, Alain Passard and Alexandre Couillon. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  9. 04/23/2021

    Vicarious Abuse - M’entends-tu? and Tina

    Cat and Clee discuss starting and stopping ‘M’entends-tu?’ (Can You Hear Me?) a French-Canadian television series and finding the 2021 ‘Tina’ HBO documentary to be a palette cleanser. Email: catchingupcandc@gmail.com

  10. 04/16/2021

    The Night We Wish We Could Forget

    Cat and Clee return to give their impressions, takeaways, and misgivings about season 2 of “The Hook Up Plan” (Plan Coeur), a Netflix original French language comedy series. This episode contains spoilers!!

  11. 04/09/2021

    Top, top, top shelf gigolo - en français

    Cat & Clee discuss their impressions and takeaways after viewing the first season of Netflix’s French language comedy, “The Hook Up Plan” (Plan Coeur). Cat shares a couple of French slang words (l’argot français) that she heard used in the series. This episode contains spoilers!!

  12. 04/02/2021

    Pillow Talk - Introducing Foreign Films (and Series) Friday

    The James-Severin sisters, Cat and Clee, talk about their shared academic backgrounds in cultural studies and foreign languages learned (German and French). In their inaugural episode, they share their impressions and takeaways from Dark (German language Netflix series) and Schubert in Love (German language film) and their switch to French language Netflix series, Osmosis and The Hook Up Plan.

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James-Severin sisters, Cat and Clee - who have an overlapping academic background in culture studies (Cat - Language & Culture; Clee - Culture & Film) and French and German foreign language study - watch foreign language films (and series) and talk about their takeaways.

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