Gustave Courbet: The Rebel Painter from Ornans, Episode 620
He painted village funerals on canvases meant for kings. He turned down the Legion of Honor. He died in exile. Meet Gustave Courbet. Annie S...
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Marseille Travel Guide: What Locals Want You to Know
Forget what you've heard about Marseille. Annie Sargent talks with two locals who see a very different city: Emilie Bonnel from the Marseill...
Baccarat Crystal: Visiting the Town and Museum in the Grand Est
Annie Sargent wasn't expecting much from Baccarat. She's not a crystal person. Then she visited this small town in the Grand Est and changed...
Brittany Coastal Camping Guide: GR34 from Saint-Brieuc to Saint-Malo, Episode 617
Could you hike the Brittany coast with just a tent and a bus app? Jennifer Gruenke did. She walked the GR34 from Saint-Brieuc to Saint-Malo...
Women in the Panthéon episode: Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz and Germaine Tillion, Episode 616
Annie Sargent talks with Elyse Rivin about two women honored in the Panthéon. Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz and Germaine Tillion both joined...
Loire Valley Chateaux (Plus a Month of French Lessons in Tours), Episode 615
Annie Sargent chats with Rowena Sjovall, a repeat Bootcamper who just spent a full month living in Tours. Rowena signed up for four weeks of...
Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de Lapérouse: France's Greatest Explorer You've Never Heard Of
Annie Sargent talks with Elyse Rivin about Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de Lapérouse. He was born near Albi. He became one of France's gre...
Learning French Later in Life: A Couple's Avignon Immersion
Annie Sargent chats with Nan and Marty Deniston, two Americans who spent three whole months living in Avignon. They wanted more than a vacat...
Louis Braille: The Blind French Teen Who Changed Reading Forever
Annie Sargent sits down with Elyse Rivin to tell the story of Louis Braille. He lost his sight at age three. He was completely blind by five...
Lyon Travel Guide: Secret Passageways and Food Specialties
Annie Sargent takes you to Lyon in this episode. She met with Mikayla Sibner, an American who's taught French in Lyon for years, and they wa...
Camille Claudel: Betrayed by Family, Locked Away for 30 Years
Camille Claudel trained alongside Auguste Rodin. She fell in love with him. She became a brilliant sculptor in her own right. Then her famil...
How We Moved to Paris: Visa, Housing, and Healthcare
109-word iTunes description: Sacha Cohen and her husband spent two and a half years scouting France. They tried Rouen, Dijon, Bordeaux, Toul...
Catherine and Marie De Medici: Queen Mothers and Kingmakers
Two Italian banker's daughters married French kings. Both ended up ruling France. Annie Sargent sits down with Elyse Rivin to sort out Cathe...
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 Noye...
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 Delac...
Five Weeks Solo in Paris: 20 Museums and Hidden Gems, 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 abo...
Alexandre Dumas: Adventure, Scandal, and 100,000 Pages
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...
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...
Vichy's Story and the Best of the Allier Department
Annie Sargent just got back from the Allier department, dead center of France, and almost nobody visits it. In this episode, she sits down w...
What Your Paris Photos Are Missing (And How to Fix It)
Annie Sargent chats with Bob Soltys, a black-and-white street photographer who has spent decades capturing Paris. Bob shares what gear to ac...