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Looking to get beneath the surface of Paris? Here's an insider's guide to the city, brought to you from Oliver Gee, host of the award-winning podcast The Earful Tower.
Featuring video guides to Paris, walks through the city, and chats with the people who make the City of Light shine.
Merci!
Featuring video guides to Paris, walks through the city, and chats with the people who make the City of Light shine.
Merci!
Paris if you want to see it like a local
This week on the podcast it's author Scott Carpenter, whose new book is called Paris Lost and Found.
To kick off this "Paris if..." season of the show, he shares his thoughts on how to "roll with it" and see Paris like a local.
You can find him on Instagram here ( frenchlikemoi) ( frenchlikemoi) and find his book in all good bookshops and online. More from Scott on his website here (sdcarpenter.com/) .
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The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.
Membership takes only a minute to set up (patreon.com/theearfultower) . Thank you for keeping this channel independent.
For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links:
Website (theearfultower.com/)
Weekly newsletter (theearfultower.substack.com/)
To kick off this "Paris if..." season of the show, he shares his thoughts on how to "roll with it" and see Paris like a local.
You can find him on Instagram here ( frenchlikemoi) ( frenchlikemoi) and find his book in all good bookshops and online. More from Scott on his website here (sdcarpenter.com/) .
*******
The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.
Membership takes only a minute to set up (patreon.com/theearfultower) . Thank you for keeping this channel independent.
For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links:
Website (theearfultower.com/)
Weekly newsletter (theearfultower.substack.com/)
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My final thoughts on the Paris Olympic Games
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Here are my final thoughts on the Paris Olympic Games. In this episode, it's just me, your host Oliver Gee, sharing a few pros and cons of the Olympics. The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris. ...
Paris museums (by the people who wrote the book on the topic)
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Meet Anne Carminati and James Wesolowski, the authors of 111 Museums in Paris You Shouldn't Miss. We chat about the museum scene in Paris, the pros and cons of large and small museums, and a few good ones to find. Their official website: www.111places.com/111-museums-in-paris The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extra...
Teaching French and French culture to millions: AT Frenchies
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Meet Alexandre Durand and Tom Carles - also known as Alex and Tom - but better known as AT Frenchies, a social media duo that has captivated millions with their take on France and the French language. Their official website: www.atfrenchies.com/ Here's the specific clip they were talking about (www.tiktok.com/@atfrenchies/video/6868369465080417542?lang=en) at the end of the episode, via TikTok....
REPLAY: Paris shuts down before the Opening Ceremony
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Here's a stroll along the River Seine, and through the Ile Saint Louis. This was streamed live on Facebook on July 23rd in the evening, now re-uploaded to UA-cam. More from Paris soon! The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annua...
The challenges of hosting The Olympic Games in Paris, with the mayor of Paris Centre
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Here's a chat with Ariel Weil, the mayor of Paris Centre (arrondissements 1-4). He talks about the challenges of hosting the Olympics, especially security hassles that have come with the openening Ceremony on the Seine River. The Opening Ceremony, perhaps the most ambitious part of the whole games, has turned Ariel's districts into what he compares to a warzone. Meanwhile, Ariel and some of his...
The inside word on French wine and Paris wine bars
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Meet Tanisha Townsend, a Chicago native who became a wine expert in Paris. She gives us a general info to wine and Paris wine bars, plus her take on wine tastings in the French capital. Find more about Tanisha (aka Girl Meets Glass) via her website here (www.girlmeetsglass.com/) and her Instagram page here ( girlmeetsglass) . And here's the link (www.girlmeetsglass.com/workwithgmg...
How to visit the Latin Quarter of Paris
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This week we're talking about the Latin Quarter. The guest is Earful Tower tour guide Hannah Coyle, discussing one of her favourite neighbourhoods. The discovery tour of the Latin Quarter is our newest walking tour, you can book a private or semi-private walk, and we're rolling it out on Tuesday afternoons to start. Find more here. (www.theearfultower.com/tours) The Earful Tower exists thanks t...
The hunt for ALL the Paris Statues of Liberty
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Did you know there are 8 Statues of Liberty in Paris. Maybe more. And this week, I'll find them all and show you. This episode gives you the facts and the history. Here's the blog link (theearfultower.com/2018/07/04/did-you-know-there-are-five-statue-of-liberty-replicas-in-paris/) to go with the eight (plus!) statues: theearfultower.com/2018/07/04/did-you-know-there-are-five-statue-of-liberty-r...
What to do in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
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We spent a day in the 1st arrondissement. Here’s what we found. This video shows a walk through the Palais Royale, past the Louvre courtyards, and to the Ile de la Cité. The audio is an Earful Tower podcast episode from the Paris Countdown season, where hosts Oliver and Lina spent 24 hours in each Paris arrondissement. This season's sponsor @LivTours offers more than 30 tours and experiences in...
What to do in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris
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We spent a day in the 2nd arrondissement. Here’s what we found. This video shows a walk through the covered passages of the 2nd arrondissement and into the Richelieu library. The audio is an Earful Tower podcast episode from the Paris Countdown season, where hosts Oliver and Lina spent 24 hours in each Paris arrondissement. This season's sponsor @LivTours offers more than 30 tours and experienc...
What to do in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris [Marais]
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We spent a day in the 3rd arrondissement. Here’s what we found. This video shows a walk from the National Archives to the Marché des Enfants Rouges. The audio is an Earful Tower podcast episode from the Paris Countdown season, where hosts Oliver and Lina spent 24 hours in each Paris arrondissement. This season's sponsor @LivTours offers more than 30 tours and experiences in and around Paris. Th...
What to do in the 4th arrondissement of Paris [Notre Dame to Place des Vosges]
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We spent a day in the 4th arrondissement. Here’s what we found. This video shows a walk from Notre Dame to the Place des Vosges. The audio is an Earful Tower podcast episode from the Paris Countdown season, where hosts Oliver and Lina spent 24 hours in each Paris arrondissement. This season's sponsor @LivTours offers more than 30 tours and experiences in and around Paris. Their tour groups are ...
What to do in the 5th arrondissement of Paris [Latin Quarter]
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What to do in the 5th arrondissement of Paris [Latin Quarter]
What to do in the 6th arrondissement of Paris [Luxembourg Gardens]
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What to do in the 6th arrondissement of Paris [Luxembourg Gardens]
Meet the woman selling the Seine river
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Meet the woman selling the Seine river
What to do in the 7th of Paris [Rue Cler to the Eiffel Tower]
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What to do in the 7th of Paris [Rue Cler to the Eiffel Tower]
What to do in the 8th arrondissement of Paris [Petit Palais]
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What to do in the 8th arrondissement of Paris [Petit Palais]
What to do in the 9th arrondissement of Paris [Opera]
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What to do in the 9th arrondissement of Paris [Opera]
What to do in the 10th arrondissement of Paris [rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis]
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What to do in the 10th arrondissement of Paris [rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis]
What to do in the 11th arrondissement of Paris [Bastille Markets]
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What to do in the 11th arrondissement of Paris [Bastille Markets]
What to do in the 12th arrondissement of Paris [Marché d'Aligre]
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What to do in the 12th arrondissement of Paris [Marché d'Aligre]
Paris history is on sale: Meet the man selling it
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Paris history is on sale: Meet the man selling it
What to do in the 13th arrondissement of Paris [Butte Aux Cailles]
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What to do in the 13th arrondissement of Paris [Butte Aux Cailles]
What to do in the 14th arrondissement of Paris
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What to do in the 14th arrondissement of Paris
The best hidden gem in every Paris arrondissement
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The best hidden gem in every Paris arrondissement
What to do in the 15th arrondissement of Paris [Walk Ile Aux Cygnes]
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What to do in the 15th arrondissement of Paris [Walk Ile Aux Cygnes]
What to do in the 16th arrondissement of Paris [Walk down rue de Passy]
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What to do in the 16th arrondissement of Paris [Walk down rue de Passy]
What to do in the 17th arrondissement of Paris [Walk in Batignolles]
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What to do in the 17th arrondissement of Paris [Walk in Batignolles]
Does 'meter' rhyme with 'cheetah'? (And more from our new Paris kids' book)
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Does 'meter' rhyme with 'cheetah'? (And more from our new Paris kids' book)
Love getting lost in Paris. I don't consider it being lost but getting acquainted with a new friend (aka new neighborhood).
Fabulous episode. I blend Earful Tower tips with flaneusing. Today I got lost in the Eglise Madeleine and adjacent Belle Epoque toilettes, for example. Something I learned in Scott's interview was that the city was designed to be an aesthetic pleasure. It delivers!
Passy is the best part of Paris
wenn ich daran denke, dass diese Kirche vom 12. - 14. Jahrhundert gebaut wurde, bestimmt unter schwierigsten Bedingungen armer Menschen, die dort an ihrem einzigen freien Tag ohne Lohn arbeiteten, denn als Lohn wurde ihnen ein tolles Leben im Paradies versprochen... Wenn ich bedenke, dass auch in dieser Cathedrale Priester davon sehr gut lebten, armen Leuten das Letzte auszupressen, von Menschen "Spenden" zu erhalten, die NICHTS hatten, damit diese Priester mit hochwertigen Gewändern protzen konnten. Wenn ich bedenke, wie der Reichtum in dieser Cathedrale gehortet wurde, während Menschen an Hunger starben... Nein, es ist für MICH kein Symbol des Friedens, sondern eines der Unterdrückung. Auch wenn es wunderschön aussieht. Und leider haben diese Menschen ein armes, unterdrücktes Leben auf Erden geführt und sind niemals in irgendeinem Paradies angekommen.
Excellent talk. It’s Ben almost twenty five years sense I visited Paris. I remember seeing all those book sellers. Fond memories. Hope to return someday.
i love this street, I was there in May
I collect and use canes and walking sticks (over 100, at present) and I know the first place I'm going if I ever go to France! I probably wouldn't leave the store.
Is the 6th or nothing for me❤❤❤
We have visited Paris a number of times over the years. We now always stay in the 17th closer to Place Des Terrnes. Its almost like a quiet beautiful home you return too on a busy day of visiting the rest of Paris.
5:24 Did you buy some cheese there?
Merci de partager ton avis. Je suis du nord de la France. Ces jeux m'ont fait du bien mentalement et j'espère qu'ils continueront à nous faire du bien. Je suis quelqu'un de positif mais la situation politique de la France m'a beaucoup inquiété et m'inquiète toujours . J'ai été aussi très soulagée que tout se soit passé !
Je suis aussi contente d'avoir un avis international positif car sur internet, on ne voit que les bad buzz! La moindre déclaration négative sur les réseaux sociaux est reprise partout et prise comme l'entière vérité alors que ce n'est la parole que d'une personne, il y a plein de fake news. C'est terrible !
My boyfriend is from France and I’m obsessed with his accent
According to what this woman says about thel lánguáge, I tell you. I never go to a country if I do not speak their lánguáge or that they speak English well. People from muy country are they same as American, they do not care for learning . I think that IS not respectful. And tell her you just pronounce "Los Ángeles" , letter G like H in English, and you should not pronounce French names they American way. Thanks. I am from Argentina.
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Loved the games. I think all the businesses that may have suffered will make it back up and then some from the 2 week long advertisement of Paris. It was amazing. I also booked an Earful Tower tour when I am back in October. Got to support my peeps.
Great to hear your impressions of the Games. Thanks for sharing. From Brisbane, Australia it was magic watching the Games in the exquisite backdrop of Paris. So much was on offer to the viewer above and beyond the Games themselves. Missing it all now. 🇫🇷🎉
Watching from London. Whole thing was awesome……..Paris did us proud!
I went there yesterday and ecperienced so much joy on that street. Do not miss the litle park right next to the church towards the end of the street (down the hill).
Very interesting. I will probably get the book. I knew from checking the Internet that there were a lot of museums in Paris. As a tourist your time is always limited, but the book would let you prioritise a small list of smaller museums to visit to suit your personal interest. I am interested in art. Monet is my hero. I know there is a small Monet museum that I want to visit on my next trip to Paris.
With a German Lied?!
I used to live in the Batignolles street, near the church. It's a marvellous "quartier" for family but not for tourists.
That was nice. Thanks, Oliver 👍
Will notre dame be open after Olympics?
Notre DAME OF PARIS Cathedral re-openning on next December, 8th
On the New Orleeeeeeans pronunciation, was the song you discussed House of the Rising Sun? “There was a house in New Orleeeeeeans, they called the rising sun…”
Most Parisian take an extended summer vacation each year, either in July and August
Hey Oliver apologies for my user name ( it's sort of homage to Jean Reno, Ruby & Quentin movie, I should change it). Was so hoping you'd stop and chat with a local and you entered the restaurant, how fascinating and engaging, what a highlight! Btw you signed your book for my nephew as a gift, encouraging him to be a journo, well he made it, tv reporter for a few years and now a media advisor to some very senior public figures. Enjoy showcasing Paris during this exciting time! Thank you for the tour and your words, we won't see things like that again in our lifetime.
Hi.Coming first time to Paris August 27 until September 5..How do you think? everything will be closed
Is there going to be a replay for people in Australia????
Two live walks in a row, thank you, Oliver! You haven't lost your spontaneous touch. Can't wait to see it all through your eye/lens tomorrow!
Is the Notre Dame spire renovation complete?
Greetings from Las Vegas thank you for your efforts. Love the city wish I was there. What kind of trees are in the city
Am in Paris working some events. Had yesterday (Wed) off, worked one tonight. The streets are pretty quiet.
I'm writing to you from Malibu California. I am thrilled about the Olympics In Paris. What is the weather like now?
Simply horrible!
So glad we did our Paris trip a month ago.......Things were far less closed off and less ugly scaffolding.
Hello from Houston Texas wonderful to see my favorite crowded streets empty 🎉❤
Oliver, the booksellers were furious because they had been told they should completely remove their boxes. Glad to see they're still there. But no customers, of course.
The empty streets seem so eerie but in a way as a flâneur, I can appreciate this.
and so, what do you wanna say? lol the most useless channel on youtube
I'm sure it will be fine but gosh it doesn't look like our beautiful Paris at all right now.
Enrique’s restaurant is called ‘Au Vieux Paris’.
Yes - wisteria
Thank you - so good to see Paris for pedestrians😄 Now I want to be there so - you asked for a question - do you know anywhere really cheap/free to stay in the Marais? Just to let you know I’m here🤣
Hello there😄 When I think back to these decades and Paris/France I think music 🎶Edith Piaf - Juliet Greco - Serge Gainsbourg - Jane Birkin - The Stranglers 🎵From age 7 when I started formal French lessons at school in Manchester UK and became immersed in all things French as we had Madame, a French-born teacher, and art/other teachers and listening to RTL Radio Luxembourg, Radio Caroline and the start of BBC Radio 1 - Emperor Rosco, Allan Freeman, Simon Dee - and the essential John Peel in the 80s. Thank you for sparking some great memories♥
The French are not interested in the Olympics. In fact, Paris literally shut down July/August to head South for vacation time. Again, Paris gets unbearably hot this time of year. Good luck with the Games!
Lockdown 2!
C'est scandaleux . Un point c'est tout. Quelle foutaise. Budget onze milliards. Alors que la France sombre.
Je croyais qu'à Paris on parlait français.....
What a great video. I love Paris and it seems like everyone has left the city it also reminds me of Covid times. I'm so looking forward to watching the Paris Olympics from Ottawa Canada Friday afternoon. So excited!!
I’m coming to you, Paris!