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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

Podcast: Conserving a martyred village, abortion drug shortages, identifying HIV

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane continues to memorialise the massacre of 643 of its inhabitants by the Nazis in 1944. Are shortages of an abortion drug in France linked to the anti-abortion movement…

Oradour , Poitou-charentes , France , Oradour-sur-glane , Limousin , Paris , France-general- , French , Pauline-londeix , Cecile-pompeani , Benoit-sadry , Jessica-phelan

Podcast: French union paradox, Tintin today, first Miss France

Why French unions are so prominent despite record low membership. How Tintin defied critiques of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism to remain one of France's favourite comic strip characters. And the 1920…

Belgium , France , Belgian , French , Cecile-pompeani , Marie-menard , Renaud-nattiez , Spotlight-on-france , Trade-unions , Pensions , Protests

France makes multinationals more responsible for respecting human rights

France has become the first country to adopt a law that requires French-registered multinational companies to take responsibility for their whole supply chain, including in their subcontracting companies…

France , Spotlight-on-france , Law , Globalisation , Textile , Bangladesh , Industrial-accident , Workers , Human-rights , Safety , Environment

Podcast: holding multinationals to account, Agent Orange on stage, ten years of gay marriage

France's pioneering 2017 law that made French-based multinational companies responsible for human rights and environmental violations wherever they do business. Also, a Franco-Vietnamese theatre director…

Vietnam , Republic-of , France , Bangladesh , United-states , French , Vietnamese , Nayla-ajaltouni , Vincent-autin-vincentautin , Rana-plaza , Cecile-pompeani , Florent-berdeaux

Podcast: France and China, menstrual leave, the 'Picasso Papers'

France's evolving relationship with China; allowing women time off for period pain; and why artist Pablo Picasso never became French.

Paris , France-general- , France , Saint-ouen , Poitou-charentes , Spain , China , French , Pablo-picasso , Cecile-pompeani , French-president-emmanuel-macron

Podcast: testing French democracy, surviving eco-anxiety, naming children

Is the French government denying people their democratic rights by passing its controversial pension reform without a vote in parliament? No, says a constitutional expert, but it has led to a political…

France , French , Olivier-dubois , Cecile-pompeani , Napoleon-bonaparte , Christophe-boutin , Les-ecoptimistes , First-consul , Spotlight-on-france , History , Pensions

Podcast: ChatGPT in French schools, Placard Man, first French pensions

How French educators are grappling with new AI-based technology, like ChatGPT, and how it will affect teaching, evaluating and learning. Voltuan, the most-recognised man on French demos, talks about…

Paris , France-general- , France , French , Cecile-pompeani , Voltuan , Jean-baptiste-redd , Jean-gabriel-ganascia-quecalcoatle , Sciences-po , Jean-gabriel-ganascia , Baptiste-redd , World-war

Podcast: Pension reform fury, employment after 55, Paris Peace Accords

A majority of French people disapprove of the government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64-years-old. Women could come off worse than men, and it will involve addressing senior employment,…

Vietnam , Republic-of , Paris , France-general- , France , North-vietnam , Vietnam-general- , French , Cecile-pompeani , Barbara-pompili , Spotlight-on-france

Podcast: Senegalese riflemen, cryptocurrency woes, Napoleon III

Long-awaited recognition for France's colonial infantry corps. Who are the French victims of the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange? Napoleon III's transformation of France.

United-states , Paris , France-general- , France , French , American , Ronan-journoud , Cecile-pompeani , Omar-sy , Les-tirailleurs , Yoro-diao ,