The Thing About France
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About
The Thing About France is a podcast where cultural figures explore the fascinating and complicated relationship between France and America.
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Recent episodes
- Pamela Druckerman on Life, Love, and Lust as an American in France
- Graydon Carter on the Importance of Failure, Decamping to the South of France, and Zoom Cocktail Parties
- Journalist and Editor William Middleton on Embracing Foreignness, Surviving COVID, and Tracing the Steps of the de Menils
- The New Yorker's Lauren Collins Decodes the Mysteries of Frenchness
- Thomas Chatterton Williams on James Baldwin, George Floyd, and the Philosophy of Pandemics
- Comedian and Writer John von Sothen on France's COVID-19 Lockdown and the Art of Critiquing What You Love
- Bob Wilson on Experimental Theater, André Malraux, and Cultural Policy in France and the US
- Rick Moody on French Theory, Charlie Hebdo, Derrida, and OuLiPo
- NYU Provost Katherine Fleming on Studying Abroad, Tuition Costs in France vs. the U.S., and Waitressing in Greece
- BAM Executive Producer Emeritus Joe Melillo on the Avignon Theater Festival, Circus, and Paris vs. BrooklynÂ