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How do you enhance your language learning once you've outgrown textbooks?
One Thing In A French Day bridges the gap between formatted classroom French and real conversational French as spoken in everyday Paris.
As one of the pioneering voices in podcast-based language learning, this show has provided for nearly two decades what's surprisingly hard to find : French that exists nowhere else. Not textbook French, not simplified YouTube French, not literary French, not radio or TV French - but the French you only hear when you're actually there. Unscripted conversations that aren't simplified for learners, yet remain accessible. Each episode draws from genuine daily life in Paris - family moments with three daughters, cultural discoveries, interviews with French professionals met in person.
Every episode delivers vocabulary, sentence structures, and conjugation patterns within natural contexts. Topics span culture, food, literature, sports, and political life - offering the cultural immersion that textbooks can't provide.
Recent interviews include acclaimed novelist Leïla Slimani, renowned pastry chef Claire Heitzler, deputy Philippe Juvin, and four French students sharing what matters to them at 19. The Montmartre series explored the neighborhood's history, the Sacré-Cœur story, and meetings with local poet-artists.
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Experience daily life in Paris with, me, Laetitia and my family through entertaining real-life stories and interviews with locals. Learn French through carefully crafted episodes -- clear French with natural flow that develops your listening comprehension. Transcripts available. (Mondays,) Wednesdays & Fridays.
Typical duration of episodes : from 3 to 10 minutes.
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Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Alors, aujourd’hui, en fait, nous ne sommes pas encore vendredi. Nous sommes mercredi, le 4 août. Pietro et moi sommes partis nous promener sur ce qu’on appelle la voie PLM. La voie Paris-Lyon-Marseille, c’est une ancienne voie de chemin de fer qui a été transformée, vous vous rappelez, comme près de Cluny, en piste cycliste. Là, je suis dans le tunnel et quand j’ai vu que ça résonnait, je me suis dit « Ah, c’est pas vrai ! Il faut que j’enregistre au moins quelques phrases du podcast dans ce tunnel ! »
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