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The Thing About France is a podcast where cultural figures explore the fascinating and complicated relationship between France and America.
Eight years ago, an American writer named Pamela Druckerman emerged on the national and international scene wearing a beret –– somewhat iron...
Hearing from Graydon reminded me of the good old days of New York publishing and magazine life — his decadent parties at the Puck building w...
I knew about William Middleton from the biography —or double biography, rather— he wrote of the great French-Texan art collectors, Dominique...
I first met Lauren Collins about fifteen years ago, when we were both working at The New Yorker . I noticed her immediately— The New Yorker...
Thomas Chatterton Williams, the extraordinary expat writer, cultural critic, and James Baldwin scholar, has lived in Paris for a decade. Tho...
John von Sothen is an American magazine writer based in Paris, where he's lived since 2002. He dabbles a little in French TV and comedy, too...
One steaming hot July morning, our team piled into a car to the Hamptons, in Long Island. No, we weren't going to the beach, or to someone's...
At the French Embassy we have an award called the Arts and Letters Award, where we effectively "Knight" people for their contributions to Fr...
Katherine Fleming, provost of NYU, is living proof of the merits of international exchange. She's one of the leaders of the academic world i...
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has hosted some of the most amazing French performances on both sides of the Atlantic, from Les Fêtes Vé...
Gloria Steinem is a household name in the United States, yet she is less known in France. Some might even call her the Simone de Beauvoir of...
All of New York seems to be talking about the new restaurant, Le Coucou, by chef Daniel Rose. Fortunately, Daniel's son and Bénédicte's daug...
We first collaborated with Darren Walker , the passionate and articulate President of the Ford Foundation, on a groundbreaking exhibition en...
The amazing thing about Adam Gopnik , staff writer for The New Yorker , is that he knows more about France than many French people. It's as...
Visual artist Mickalene Thomas seems to have artwork everywhere, from the Moody Arts Center in Houston to the Brooklyn Museum and Paris. One...
Jonathan Galassi has been at the helm of the legendary publishing house Farrar, Straus & Giroux—one of the most literary publishers in the U...
Adam Weinberg is the Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art—one of the most important museums in the United States. I met him when I...
When I started as Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, everyone told me that I had to meet Claire Messud —that she was quintessential F...
I met Liesl Schillinger, the literary critic and translator, 11 years ago. I had just been appointed as a negotiator for France at the UN Se...
David Sedaris ––one of the best-known American humor writers and radio personalities––has written extensively about his time in France. No o...
Dee Dee Bridgewater is a star in France. With three Grammys and a Tony Award under her belt, she represents the quintessential American jazz...
The Thing About France is a podcast that takes you inside the minds of American cultural figures who stepped outside their country and came...