Spotlight on France

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Spotlight on France Podcast

Interested in France? Let us be your ears and eyes on the ground. Hosts Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird introduce you to the people who make France what it is, and who want to change it - to give you a fuller picture of this country at the heart of Europe. Spotlight on France is a podcast, in English, from Radio France International, out Thursdays.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Podcast: Inclusive sports, Deaflympics, compromise in French politics

    How the Paris Paralympics have boosted interest in inclusive sports in France. A look back at the origins of the first international games for deaf athletes, 100 years ago. And why it’s difficult, but necessary, for France’s deeply divided National Assembly to embrace the art of compromise.

    29 min

  2. 4 JUL

    Podcast: France revives hemp farming, New Romance, Paris's 1924 Olympics

    France is reviving its industrial farming of hemp – 'green gold' – in the search for more sustainable, energy-saving building materials. French publishers are flocking to romance, as a new generation of authors are writing for a new and growing audience of young women readers. And when Paris hosted the 1924 Olympics 100 years ago.

    34 min

  3. 20 JUN

    Podcast: Imagining a far-right government in France, forgotten fashion icon revived

    As France heads into snap parliamentary elections with the prospect of the far-right National Rally winning a majority, what powers would its prime minister have, and what would change in France? Also, a look at previous presidents who dissolved parliament and risked getting a result they didn't like. And the story of Jenny Sacerdote – France's Roaring Twenties haute couture designer, whose mould-breaking designs are finally being revived.

    34 min

  4. 6 JUN

    Podcast: D-Day and its aftermath seen through French and American eyes

    The United States played a key role in the Allied effort to liberate Western Europe from the Nazis, but not everyone sees it in the same light. As France marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, an American veteran reflects on the differing ways the US and France remember the war. Meanwhile, historians recall the large number of civilians killed during the Allied invasion and explain why US soldiers were not always welcomed as heroes.

    27 min

  5. 9 MAY

    Podcast: Pro-Palestinian student protests, French euroscepticism, Channel Tunnel

    How student protests in support of Palestinians at Paris's political science institute are different from those in the US, a look at France's growing disaffection with Europe, and the long birth of the Channel Tunnel linking France to Britain – 30 years old this week.

    31 min

  6. 25 APR

    Podcast: War on youth, Ionesco in Paris, French women's right to vote

    Why French youth are once again under fire as the government vows to crack down on violent crime. The staying power of Ionesco's The Bald Soprano in one of Paris's smallest theatres. And why French women won the right to vote so much later than many of their European neighbours.

    33 min

  7. 28 MAR

    Podcast: France-Russia relations, hair discrimination, tax history

    How France's new hardline position on Russia marks a major shift away from decades of pro-Russia policies. The fight to make hair discrimination illegal. And why VAT – a tax introduced 70 years ago – is so important to French finances, despite being deeply unequal.

    30 min

  8. 14 MAR

    Podcast: Covid obedience, vasectomies in France, was Rosa Bonheur a lesbian?

    Four years after the start of the first Covid lockdown in France, what has been the impact? What's stopping more men getting vasectomies in France. And why not everyone wants to accept that Rosa Bonheur, the most famous female painter of the 19th century, was a lesbian.

    29 min
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Interested in France? Let us be your ears and eyes on the ground. Hosts Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird introduce you to the people who make France what it is, and who want to change it - to give you a fuller picture of this country at the heart of Europe. Spotlight on France is a podcast, in English, from Radio France International, out Thursdays.

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  • Creator
    RFI English
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Rfi
  • Show Website
    Spotlight on France

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