Groove Xanadu released their eponymous debut album, showcasing the group's signature sound live on Turning Points. In this episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen welcomed singer-songwriter Michael D. Amitin and vocalist Cerenia Capouix to the studio. In the winter of 2023–2024, Michael, an American expat in Paris, began exploring new musical ideas with fresh collaborators. Serendipity played its part, bringing together a talented lineup: keyboardist Paul Sany, guitarist Guillaume Perrin, ba...
Jun 05, 2025•25 min•Ep. 109
Created and recorded by Wafa Jawad for World Radio Paris. In this episode of Cups and Dishes, we’re getting a little emotional… in the best way. Wafa dives into the magic of food and memory—how just one bite can take you back in time. From the Proustian moment to a few personal stories, this episode explores the times where food becomes something more: a memory, a feeling, a connection. Episode produced by ARBL Murray and Héloïse Daniel
Jun 04, 2025•5 min•Ep. 108
It's that time of year again! The Cannes Film Festival wrap up! There were anarchists sabotaging electrical systems and fainting spells during the screenings but was it also an exciting year for cinema? Our guest Youri Rebeko helps us unpack it all and shares his top picks and biggest disappointments this year. Youri is a screenwriter, composer, and one of the hosts of the popular French cinema podcast La Perche . This episode is produced and hosted by Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray and recorded ...
May 29, 2025•35 min•Ep. 107
In This episode of New Arrivals, Eliza Lorenço walks us through a guide to renting an apartment in Paris! "Paris has a bad reputation when it comes to finding a place to live. Advice can also vary widely. It’s important to stay informed and get the facts straight. I’d heard that finding a rental was difficult, so when I moved to Paris from Sydney, Australia, I made it a top priority to find accommodation before I had even stepped foot in the country. There’s really no such thing as being too pre...
May 23, 2025•26 min•Ep. 106
In this episode of Parentalité Joelle, Meg, and Rachelle, talk with Christine Siler about Menopause. Christine (Tina) is a menopause policy advocate and is changing the way women, men, doctors, and families see menopause. In some cultures it was regarded as a sacred time when a women transitioned into a wiser peaceful keeper of the community, now many fear and dread it. Tina is working to change the policy and medical care around menopause so that the women in our lives can move into this phase ...
May 21, 2025•1 hr
Learn what King of France Philippe Auguste achieved during rule, around the year 1200. Among his constructions, the protection wall of Paris, the Sorbonne University, the Sewer system, and he established Paris as the Capital of France. Learn a lot more by listening to Dr Gary Girod.
May 09, 2025•42 min•Ep. 105
In this Episode of Lost in Frenchlatin we talk with Global Cinema expert Dina Iordanova about her 2016 book Cinemas of Paris. We talk about how Paris is a "never ending film festival," and why movie going in the city of light is unlike anywhere else. We talk about the wealth of movie theaters and why they are all different. How some have gone to extreme lengths to keep these cinemas open and some have been saved by the city itself. Dina Iordanova is Emeritus Professor in Global Cinema at the Uni...
May 04, 2025•30 min
In this episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen speaks with husband-and-wife team Jonathan Ruppin and Emma Claire Sweeney, who run the Ruppin Agency Writers’ Studio. Their retreats in Paris ( https://www.ruppinagency.com/paris/ ) and North Wales, along with their mentoring programmes, have become sought-after experiences for writers. Their upcoming Paris retreat (18–23 May), hosted by the Véranda Association Culturelle, will take place in a stunning house in the 15th arrondissement, often fe...
May 02, 2025•22 min•Ep. 104
What happens when war is fought from behind a screen? In this episode, host ARBL Murray speaks with Canadian writer and Afghan war veteran Matt Jones about his new novel, Predators, Reapers, and Deadlier Creatures. Set in Kandahar in 2010, the book follows a drone operator wrestling with the moral and psychological weight of remote warfare. Now based in Paris, where he teaches creative writing at SciencesPo, Jones explores the challenge of writing about war for divided audiences—drawing on his j...
Apr 08, 2025•57 min•Ep. 103
In this Episode of Lost in Frenchlatin we talk with lauded French filmmaker and screenwriter Arnaud Desplechin about his new film ‘Spectateurs!' (Filmlovers!) His film screened at the beautiful Jeu de Paume in the Tuileries Gardens, during the Lost in Frenchlation event. Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray were able to chat with Arnaud about his films, his inspiration, and what it was like to put together his own personal ode to cinema. Arnaud tells us why he used the mixed forms of narrative and docu...
Mar 28, 2025•27 min
In this episode of Cups and Dishes Wafa Jawad shares with us the meaning of Ramadan and some of her favorite foods with which to break the fast each day during the Holy month.
Mar 10, 2025•10 min•Ep. 102
On this episode of Parentalité we talk about the French way of reading and storytelling with children. First, Meg Gerner chats with Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee, the parent duo responsible for the popular podcast The Earful Tower , about their series of children's books which all feature precocious animal characters who galavant around Paris. Lena talks about being a creative mom with a toddler and a newborn and Oliver gives us insight into their reading habits with three languages in the hous...
Mar 06, 2025•44 min
In this Episode of Lost in Frenchlatin we continue our series on the Cinemas of Paris. Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray chat with Camille Labé, the new Owner of L'épée de Bois . L'épée de Bois is a small cinema on Rue Mouffetard, one of the most iconic streets of Paris. The cinema opened in 1971 and has changed hands several times. Camille is the most recent owner having taken ownership in February of 2024. Camille tells us what it's like to run a cinema with a focus on community and classic cinema...
Feb 24, 2025•30 min
Welcome to Cups and Dishes: Valentine’s Day with BONESHAKER Doughnuts in Paris! Valentine day is here and Wafa Jawad wanted to share the love ❤️ with you all especially her love for doughnuts 🍩. We visit with Amanda Bankert owner and founder of Boneshake r the all vegan doughnut shop, and her about her story, the name boneshaker, and what makes a doughnut joke funny! As usual @cups_and_dishes does NOT disappoint. We truly had a wonderful time. Features in this video is the exclusive Heart-shape...
Feb 14, 2025•8 min•Ep. 10
In this episode of This is not a Poem, Sabine Huynh and EK Bartlett explore the great women writers who shaped Sabine Huynh’s writing, notably Anne Sexton, and how translation shapes our practice as writers. A book shouldn’t be judged by its cover, but it was indeed the cover of Anne Sexton's collected poems and her sandaled feet, that captured Sabine’s attention in a little bookstore in Harvard Square in 1999. Now, 25 years later, Sabine has translated nearly all of this iconic American poet’s ...
Jan 30, 2025•25 min
On this episode of Lost in Frenchlation, Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray talk to the crew at the Luminor Cinema, one of the oldest movie houses in Paris, about what it's like to run an art-house theater. From the Paris projectionist shortage to the regulations for film distribution, the story of the Luminor touches all facets of film culture in Paris and, more broadly, France. Andy Sellitto is the cinema manager, and Anna Dichio coordinates events as well as heads the awareness campaign to Save Th...
Jan 28, 2025•34 min•Ep. 101
For the first episode of Cups and Dishes Wafa Jawad visits O Coffee int he 15th arrondissement of Paris and chats with owner Matthew Sloane about the origins of the shop, the coffee, the decor, and the delicious banana bread. Wafa Jawad is a Baghdadi born Londoner living in Paris! in Cups and Dishes she shares her adventures through local Parisian cafes and snack culture.
Jan 14, 2025•5 min
The classic Charles Dickens Christmas story comes to life in this rendition for radio produced by The Atlantic Theater Arts and World Radio Paris. We are so happy to bring this wonderful story to life! A Christmas Carol is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly greedy man, lacking in empathy. He is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve to deliver him three very important messages. First published in 1843 the story has become a definitive morality tale associated with the holiday around the...
Dec 24, 2024•58 min
On this episode of PARENTALITÉ, we meet Joelle Benoliel, an American mom living in the heart of Paris. She is a communications coach and talks with Rachelle Chapman and ARBL Murray about navigating the cultural differences between French and American lifestyles. We talk about old French Christmas traditions, Hanukah, and French holiday cinema. Episode Notes and Recommendations: Films: Santa Claus is a Stinker (Le père Noël est une ordure) 1982 AND it's American remake Mixed Nuts! FOR ADULTS Fren...
Dec 23, 2024•59 min
This episode of Don't Tell Comedy on World Radio Paris took place at Iremmo (institute of research and studies Mediteranean moyen-orient) in the 5th arrondissement, on November 8.
Dec 20, 2024•47 min•Ep. 100
Leo Zelada is the literary pseudonym of Braulio Rubén Tupaj Amaru Grajeda Fuentes, poet and writer. He studied philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Peru). He was the founder of the Néon poetry group. From 1983 to 1997, he traveled from Lima to Los Angeles by public transport and on foot, crossing the Andes, the Amazon, the Darien jungle, the Caribbean and Chiapas. He has published the poetry books Delirium Tremens, A Cyberpunk's diary, Nosferatu's opuscule at the Dawn, The...
Dec 20, 2024•38 min•Ep. 99
On this episode of Flaneur, phototographer Denzil Jacobs is joined by Philadelphia based television and media personality, Jen Su who talks about her experience at Paris Fashion Week 2024 (Womenswear) which took place in October. She tells us about the shows, fashion trends she spotted, and celebrity guests she rubbed shoulders with and even shares tips for spring fashionistas curious about attending this prestigious fashion event. Photography by Denzil Jacobs
Dec 17, 2024•9 min•Ep. 98
Jessica Taggart Rose, a poet based in Margate, UK, speaks about her debut pamphlet, The river has no colour, published in a bilingual version by The New Menard Press. ( https://www.thenewmenardpress.com/ ) The poems paint Paris through the seasons, through the rain and the canicular sun, posing questions about the ecological problems the city faces. EK asks Jessica about her poetic process and the collaboration between herself and Claire Durand-Gasslin, who did the French translation. Jessica Ta...
Dec 10, 2024•32 min•Ep. 97
For this holiday episode we are delving into cinema history with renowned cinephile, David Honnorat, and talking all bout French comedy film. Our focus is Santa Claus is a Stinker (Le père Noël est une ordure) 1982, and French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzes go Skiing (Les Bronzés font du ski) 1979. Both Films are Screening at 8pm on December 10th 2024 at L’Epée de Bois, 100 Rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris. GET TICKETS HERE David is a renowned cinephile and video essayist. He runs a successful youtube...
Dec 08, 2024•29 min
On this episode of Flaneur, host, photographer, Denzil Jacobs sits down with French Pastry Chef, Sébastien Gaudard at his Le Grand Café boutique located on rue Faubourg Poissonnière in Paris to talk about his family owned business and his journey and passion for the art of creating delicious and indulgent French style pastries at his 3 locations in Paris. Photography and Artwork by Denzil Jacobs.
Dec 02, 2024•7 min
For the inaugural episode of FLÂNEUR, Denzil Jacobs, Photographer and show host, interviews South African singer Belinda Davids during her French Tour of her global live show “The Greatest Love of All” produced by Showtime Australia.
Nov 22, 2024•7 min
In this episode ARBL Murray and Manon Kerjean talk to director Simon Bouisson about his latest film DRONE, his past work as an interactive filmmaker, building stories around the many layers of truth behind emerging technologies, the male gaze, making electronic music with composer Paul Saban , and using Artificial Intelligence in cinema. We also find out about what it was like to work with the drone racing community and the famous drone pilot, Benoit Finck . Drone is the story of Émilie, a young...
Nov 20, 2024•35 min
On this episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen chatted with Olive Towey and Charlie Ganly. Olive and Charlie have created Ceangal, a concept that offers unique retreats in beautiful settings across the Cognac region of France. Ceangal is an Irish word meaning ‘connect’. This is Olive and Charlie’s second time at Turning Points because we believe what they offer is the ‘real deal’. Their mindfulness, yoga, art, cookery and food and wine getaways are unforgettable experiences, each imbued wit...
Nov 15, 2024•26 min•Ep. 95
Paris-based writer and translator Carrie Chappell is back on This is Not a Poem, once again discussing 20th-century French writer Hélène Bessette with host Elliott K.B. Carrie Chappell shares her translations and insights on the complexities of the poetic novel Garance Rose, diving into a passage that challenges readers to question what it truly means to live within a "Republic" — an idea that Bessette explores with both satire and scepticism.
Nov 04, 2024•26 min
On this episode Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray sit down with director Nicolas Peduzzi to talk about his latest documentary film Etat Limité or "On the Edge." The Film follows a young psychiatrist Jamal during his daily rounds at the well-known Hospital Beaujon on the edge of Paris. Jamal has to navigate time constraints and budgetary restrictions whilst trying to care for his patients as best he can. Shot over the corse of 3 years, Etat Limité is an incredible portrait of the compassion of a youn...
Oct 30, 2024•27 min•Ep. 94
