Learn French By Podcast
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 51:32:18
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Learn French by Podcast is an exciting series of French lessons for everybody. Work with high-quality audio podcasts in your own time and at your own pace. Want to clarify some details? Something you couldn't quite understand? Then download comprehensive with transcripts, details grammatical explanations, cultural points of interest, and more.
Episódios
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214: Les jeux d’argent ne sont pas que de simples jeux.
10/08/2024 Duração: 12minGambling is a colossal industry. Those with skin in the game say that it’s ‘just fun’. However, there are also those who say that gambling is addictive as a drug. Let’s discuss ‘les jeux d’argent’ in this lesson.
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213: Les Louisianais se battent pour la survie de leur patrimoine.
03/07/2024 Duração: 10minThe people of southern Louisiana are very proud of their French heritage and culture. They’re fighting tooth and nail for the survival of French which is struggling against the onslaught of English. In this lesson, let’s discuss some of the things that makes Louisiana different.
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212: Aux élections européennes le Président Macron prend une raclée
15/06/2024 Duração: 12minOur lesson this time relates to the European elections in which President Macron’s party was subjected to a drubbing while support for parties of the right surged. A snap election, called by President Macron after the election results became known, is a high-risk strategy. Let’s discuss.
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211: Les rénovations se paient cher … à moins que l’on ne les fasse soi-même!
31/10/2023 Duração: 13minThis time, our lesson relates to a DIY job that frightens off a lot people, that is, laying tiles. Let’s start with a dialogue.
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210: ‘Que penses-tu de chatGPT? Faut-il en avoir peur?’
08/06/2023 Duração: 15minSince the launch of chatGPT in November 2022, everyone is talking about it. Some are in awe of its potential while others go so far as to say that it represents an existential threat. Let’s talk about this technological evolution in this lesson.
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209 : Vers une société sans argent liquide
08/10/2022 Duração: 13minIt seems we are inexorably headed towards a cashless society. It is not uncommon now for some retailers to even refuse cash payments. What are the consequences of this development? Let’s talk about it.
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‘Les garçons ne pleurent pas’
01/08/2022 Duração: 14minIn this lesson, we will hear Bertrand’s thoughts on a book he has just finished reading. But we are going to discover that the book’s title isn’t really true.
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207: J'ai eu le covid.
16/07/2022 Duração: 12minPeople were starting to feel invincible. After over two year’s of covid, they were saying to themselves: ‘it’s over – we can get back to normality’. But covid is still circulating. Let’s start with a conversation.
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206: De retour au bureau - à temps partiel
05/03/2022 Duração: 16minAfter nearly two years, we are seeing a gradual return to the workplace. Working from home – travailler de sa maison – has presented both advantages and disadvantages.
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205: Le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt!
17/12/2021 Duração: 16minSome people are early-risers while others are night owls. In this lesson, we discuss an adage which makes the bold claim that people who fall into the first category are at an advantage.
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204: Prendre - un verbe polyvalent
24/07/2021 Duração: 07minOne of our Beginner listeners asked about the English verb ‘to get’ which made us think about prendre. ‘Get’ is just one of the many meanings of this multipurpose French verb, depending on the context.
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203: L'indice de réparabilité - un petit pas dans la bonne direction
10/03/2021 Duração: 17minThis lesson centres on an interesting initiative which should see manufacturers pull up their socks when it comes to environmentally-friendly products. Let's start with a conversation!
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202: Ça pousse, ton jardin?!
27/08/2020 Duração: 15minOne of our listeners asked that we would prepare a lesson with some gardening vocabulary and that’s what we did, over WhatsApp! We have lots of interesting vocabulary to learn – let’s start with a conversation.
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201: La covid-19 - une crise inédite
02/06/2020 Duração: 28minOur conversation this time is about something which has been central to our lives around the world since the beginning of the year. We are speaking, of course, about the coronavirus pandemic. Let's get started with a conversation.
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200: La crise des opioïdes
23/10/2019 Duração: 18minThe subject of this - our 200th lesson! - is the opioids crisis in the U.S. which has reached quite shocking proportions. But how did it come to this? Let’s start with a conversation.
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199: ‘Les décroissants’, c’est qui?
20/07/2019 Duração: 10minOur conversation this time focuses on people who are referred to as ‘les décroissants’. But who exactly are ‘les décroissants’? To find out, let’s start with a conversation.
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198: Je viens chercher mon fils!
19/04/2019 Duração: 10minOne of our listeners was taking up a position as a teacher in a pre-school in France and asked if we would put together some expressions and vocabulary that might be used in a dialogue between the teacher and a parent. Let’s consider one such conversation.
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197: Quand l’Afrique a gagné la Coupe du Monde
12/03/2019 Duração: 18minOur lesson this time goes back to a joke made by chat-show host Trevor Noah last summer, following the World cup. The only thing is, some people didn’t find his joke funny at all, not least the French ambassador in Washington. So what was it all about, again? Let’s start, as usual, with a conversation to put things in context.
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196: Le Président Macron réinstaurera le Service national
28/02/2019 Duração: 16minOur conversation this time focuses on President Macron's plan to reintroduce national service in France. Some people are wondering if he is the right man to decide on such matters, given that he himself is the first French president not to have done military service.
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195: La présidence Trump approche des élections de mi-mandat
27/07/2018 Duração: 18minThe Trump presidency is nearing the mid-term elections in November. Mr Trump – arguably more than any other American president – has polarised opinions. Let’s talk about the first half of his mandate and what has being going on in recent weeks.