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How We Moved to Paris: Visa, Housing, and Healthcare
Episode 609
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Sacha Cohen and her husband spent two and a half years scouting France. They tried Rouen, Dijon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and…
2 months, 1 week ago
Catherine and Marie De Medici: Queen Mothers and Kingmakers
Episode 608
Two Italian banker's daughters married French kings. Both ended up ruling France. Annie Sargent sits down with Elyse Rivin to sort out Catherine de' …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
An Art Retreat in a Medieval Burgundy Village
Episode 607
In episode 607, Annie Sargent talks with Julie Lynch, an Australian costume designer turned painter, about her week-long art retreat in Noyers, a tin…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Eugène Delacroix: The Painter Critics Loved to Hate
Episode 606
Critics called his paintings smudges. He kept painting anyway. In this episode, Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin tell the story of Eugène Delacroix, the…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Five Weeks Solo in Paris: 20 Museums and Hidden Gems, Episode 605
Episode 605
Five weeks solo in Paris. Twenty museums. Four monuments. And a whole lot of surprises. Annie Sargent chats with Larry Rosenblum to talk about his tr…
3 months ago
Alexandre Dumas: Adventure, Scandal, and 100,000 Pages
Episode 604
Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin dig into the life of Alexandre Dumas Père — and it's a wild ride. His grandmother was a slave. His father was the Frenc…
3 months, 1 week ago
Puy du Fou, Arles Bullfighting, and Getting Pickpocketed in Paris
Cas McIntyre has visited France seven times and speaks French well enough to land in real trouble, and real fun. She joins Annie Sargent to swap stor…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Vichy's Story and the Best of the Allier Department
Episode 602
Annie Sargent just got back from the Allier department, dead center of France, and almost nobody visits it. In this episode, she sits down with Elyse…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Your Paris Photos Are Missing (And How to Fix It)
Episode 601
Annie Sargent chats with Bob Soltys, a black-and-white street photographer who has spent decades capturing Paris. Bob shares what gear to actually br…
4 months ago
Who Was Coco Chanel Really? Her Life Story, Unvarnished
Episode 600
This is episode 600 of Join Us in France — a milestone worth celebrating.
Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin dig into the life of Coco Chanel. Born Gabr…
4 months, 1 week ago