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Podcast: French farmers protest, battling the mathematics gender gap

No quick fix for French farmers who have been protesting by laying siege to Paris. And it's just the latest in a long string of farmers' demonstrations over the last 100 years. Plus, why French girls…

France , United-kingdom , Paris , France-general- , British , French , Colette-guillop , Cecile-pompeani , Spotlight-on-france , History , Agriculture

Podcast: Fixing France, opposing immigration reforms, Françoise Giroud

A critique that highlights the gap between France and its ideals. Protests to try and block the new "racist" immigration reforms. And the story of Françoise Giroud, journalist-turned-minister in the…

France , United-kingdom , French , Cecile-pompeani , Nabila-ramdani , Fixing-france , North-african , National-rally , Spotlight-on-france , History , Immigration

Podcast: British in France, returning human remains, the Comtesse du Barry

How British people in France have been navigating visiting and living in France since Brexit effectively ended their visa-free travel to Europe. What to do with the human remains in French museums? And…

French-guiana , United-kingdom , France , British , French , Stephane-defossez , Emma-pearson , Hodane-hagi-ali , Klara-boyer-rossol , Corinne-toka-devilliers , Anne-corpet , Moliko-alet

Podcast: French rooster revival, thrifting, reporter Albert Londres

The man trying to save France's emblematic Gaulois doré rooster from oblivion. How online platforms are rivaling charity shops as thrifting and second hand products take off. And the story of Albert…

France , French , Damien-vidart , Albert-londres , Eva-cerio , Donatien-cahu , Middle-ages , Gauloise-dor , Spotlight-on-france , History , Agriculture

Podcast: Israel-Hamas conflict bleeds into France, bikers against bullying

France is feeling the shockwaves of the war in Gaza with a rise in Islamophobia and a wave of anti-Semitic attacks that have got the public and politicians worried. Also, bikers rev up to fight school…

France , Gaza , Israel-general- , Israel , United-states , French , American , Marine-le-pen , Cecile-pompeani , Bernard-mignot , Eugene-bullard , Sciences-po

Podcast: immigration referendum, childfree in France, the feline astronaut

Is a referendum the answer to France's deadlock on immigration reform? Childless by choice in the European country with the highest birthrate. And the story of Félicette – the first cat to fly into space.

France , Bettina-zourli , Vincent-pora , Emmanuel-macron , Spotlight-on-france , History , Immigration , Referendum , Space , Cat , Animals

Podcast: French police go back to school, eating insects, deciphering hieroglyphics

Police officers join a sociology degree programme and are asked to reflect on their role in society. A French start-up banks on insect protein to feed livestock and pets more sustainably. And the Frenchman…

Amiens , Picardie , France , Egypt , French , Egyptian , Elodie-lemaire , Cecile-pompeani , Antoine-hubert , University-of-amiens , Sociologist-elodie-lemaire , Ancient-egyptian

Podcast: France's heatwave legacy, 15-minute city conspiracies, the first TGV

How France shifted its approach to heatwaves after nearly 15,000 people died in the summer of 2003. An urban planning concept gets picked up by conspiracy theorists. And the first TGV that started France's…

France , Paris , France-general- , Cecile-pompeani , Carlos-moreno , Richardc-keller , Spotlight-on-france , History , Heatwave , Weather , Climate-change

Podcast: A deeper look at urban and police violence in France's banlieues

As the dust settles on a week of intense urban violence triggered by the police shooting of a young man in the northern working-class suburb of Nanterre, we look at the causes and what, if anything,…

Algeria , France , French , Nahel-merzouk , Julien-talpin , Leo-ferr , Cecile-pompeani , Political-scientist-jacques-de-maillard , Spotlight-on-france , Police , Banlieue

Podcast: wheat on the Seine, denim goes home to Nimes, forgotten first woman filmmaker

How Rouen, a city on the Seine, far from the open sea, became France's largest grain port; denim production returns to its place of birth in Nimes; and the story of Alice Guy, the world's first woman…

France , Rouen , Haute-normandie , Paris , France-general- , Ukraine , French , Lisa-laborie , Guillaume-sagot , Cecile-pompeani , Manuel-gaborieau , Vieux-nimes