World Radio Paris

This is Not a Poem: Hélène Bessette’s Garance Rose with Carrie Chappell

In this episode of This is Not a Poem, Paris-based writer and translator Carrie Chappell joins us in the studio to discuss 20th-century French writer Hélène Bessette. Alongside host Elliott K.B, Carrie Chappell dives into her discovery of this largely forgotten author, defining her poetic novel Garance Rose and speaking on Hélène Bessette’s struggles with both law and finding respect in the literary world.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Minute - July week 3

Everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics with Yannick Champion-Osselin on World Radio Paris.
Accusations of social cleansing after the eviction of 250 homeless people, Mayor Hidalgo swims in the Seine, a strike notice has been filed for the opening ceremony, and the Reserved Olympic Lanes' first day sees 400 fines. 
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Paris Cocktail Talk: July Ep. on WRP - Cocktail Journalism with Aurélie Duboé

Cocktail Journalism in France with Alambic contributor Aurélie Duboé
 
In this month’s episode, we talk to Aurélie Duboé about the state of cocktail journalism in France and how she researches and crafts a story. She shares her take on the French perception of cocktails and how they rate alongside wine, beer, and other spirits. Aurélie gives her take on how bar culture in France differs from other countries, especially in Asia where she previously spent much time drinking cocktails. Finally she recommends some of her favorite bars for cocktails in Paris.
 
About our Cocktail Journalism in France episode guest: Aurélie Duboé
 
Aurélie lived in Malaysia for 10 years, where she discovered the world of cocktails while searching for hidden bars for an Australian magazine. She then wrote for a local magazine and judged several competitions. Now in Paris, Aurélie continues to write about drinks... or vice versa, and occasionally travels for Alambic magazine.
 
Products, places, and people mentioned in our Cocktail Journalism in France episode
 
Aurélie's Cocktails in Paris Instagram
Alambic online magazine
Barmag.fr
BARNEWS
Whisky Mag
Rumporter
 
Paris Cocktail Bars mentioned in the episode:
 
Dirty Dick
Castor Club
Danico
Candelaria
CopperBay
Sherry Butt
Classique
Sister Midnight
Bar Nouveau
Mesures
Lulu White (now closed)
 
Cocktails of the Month for Cocktail Journalism in France Episode: Paloma
 
Paloma
 
45 ml (1.5 oz) Tequila
15 ml (½ oz) fresh squeeze lime juice
Grapefruit soda
Optional: rim the glass with sal de gusano (worm salt) or other salt
Add tequila and lime juice to a tall glass over ice.
Top with grapefruit soda.
If you can’t find grapefruit soda (sometimes the case in France), Aurélie provides this “fake” paloma recipe which was created by Milk and Honey London barman Manuel Alvarez
 
5ml Campari
45 ml tequila
17.5 lime juice
15 ml sugar syrup
50 top with soda water
 
Optional: rim the glass with sal de gusano or other salt
Add all ingredients except soda water to a tall glass over ice.
Top with soda water. 
 
As with any cocktail you can adjust the above proportions to suit your taste if you want it sweeter, more sour, or lower alcohol!
 
Big thanks to…
 
Aurélie Duboé
World Radio Paris for editing and production
Son Little for the music we use
and YOU for tuning in, downloading and listening!
 
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Join the Conversation about Cocktail Journalism in France and general bar culture:
Do you have a favorite French cocktail magazine or site? Share your thoughts with us on social media using #ParisCocktailTalk and/or tagging in your favorite French cocktail writers, sites, or magazines
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Please drink responsibly.

WRP Presents - Being a stand-up comedian in Paris

Host : Yannick Champion-Osselin
Guest : Comedian Karthik > @karthikstandupcomedy
Theme : Being a stand-up comedian in Paris

This is Not a Poem: Translations of Rilke's The Swan with Jason Stoneking

This week on "This is Not a Poem," American poet, diarist, and performance artist Jason Stoneking discusses the author who perhaps most inspired him: Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke.
Now based in Paris, Stoneking speaks with host Elliot KB about admiring a poet whose language you do not speak, relearning how to be a writer outside your mother tongue, and the contrasts between Robert Bly's and Stephen Mitchell’s translations of "The Swan."

The Paris 2024 Olympic Minute - July week 2

The Paris 2024 Olympic Minute - July week 1
Everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics with Yannick Champion-Osselin on World Radio Paris.
Special Olympics lanes for accredited vehicles will begin Monday 15 July, Covid-19 cases concern organisers, opening ceremony rehearsals are underway and the Paris 2024 Olympics have sold a record 8.6 million tickets.
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Lost in Frenchlation: French Cinema Tastes Like Ice Cream

Could you tell me how your favorite film tastes? This week we talk with Emily Neff who makes custom ice cream flavors in Paris about making a flavor for the beach films of Éric Rohmer. Emily unpacks the allure of these films as summertime staples of French cinematic culture while Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray (Alex Brook Lynn) ask questions trying to get to the heart of what these movies taste like as ice cream.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
ARBL, Emily, and Manon sit in the lush lobby of the L'Arlequin right in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a beautiful art deco theater which was once owned by Jacques Tati. They discuss French cinema, Éric Rohmer, French new wave, and old-time sayings. 
 
IN THIS EPISODE:
Movies We Talk About:
Summer’s Tale/Conte d'été (1996) -Éric Rohmer
Clair’s Knee/Le Genou de Claire (1970) -Éric Rohmer
The Green Ray/Le Rayon vert (1986)  - Éric Rohmer
Benedetta (2021)- Paul Verhoeven
Simple Comme Sylvain/The Nature of Love (2023)- Monia CHOKRI
Le Deuxième Acte/The Second Act  (2024) - Quentin Dupieux 
Call Me by your name (2017)- Luca Guadagnino
La Piscine (1969) - Jacques Deray
 
Ice Cream Shop Recommendations in Paris:
Folderol
10 Rue du Grand Prieuré, 75011 Paris, France
 
JJ Hings 
46 Rue Bichat, 75010 Paris, France
(@jjhings)
 
Movie Theaters in Paris We Discuss:
Summer Program Eric Rohmer:
https://www.epeedebois.com/
 
L’Arlequin
76 Rue de Rennes, Paris 75006
https://dulaccinemas.com/cinema/2625/l-arlequin/seances
 
A Few Good Reads on Éric Rohmer:
New Yorker Article on Eric Rohmer’s Movie Music 
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/eric-rohmers-movie-music
 
NYT Article on 
“Make This an ‘Eric Rohmer Summer.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/style/summer-fashion-eric-rohmer.html
 
NYT review of Clair’s Knee in 1971
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/07/archives/-claires-knee-close-to-a-perfect-movie-claire-close-to-a-perfect.html
 
Lost in Frenchlation with Éric Rohmer at L'Epée de Bois movie theater:
100 Rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris, France
July 23rd Le Genou de Claire (Clair's Knee)
July 30th Pauline à la Plage (Pauline at the Beach)
August 6th Conte D'été (Summer's Tale)
 
For more information about Lost in Frenchlation and to buy tickets go to:
https://lostinfrenchlation.com/

The Paris 2024 Olympic Minute - July week 1

Everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics with Yannick Champion-Osselin on World Radio Paris.
The 2024 Games have conceded to air conditioners in the Olympic Village, DJ David Guetta reacts to not being selected for the opening ceremony, the IOC deny cancellation rumours, and the Russian Judo Federation boycott the Games.
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WRP Presents: Filipinos in Paris

This week we interview Meg Gerner, the founder for Kuwento at Kultura-- a cultural storytime program that aims to reconnect Filipino culture through songs, games, and stories. Meg talks with ARBL Murray about the cultural history between Philippines and France.  Meg gives us her restaurant recommendations for great filipino food in Paris and some tips on festivals and events. 
 

Turning Points: Renaissance Man, Jeff Rian.

In this episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen welcomed Jeff Rian, writer, musician, and associate editor of Purple fashion magazine – to play a few new songs from his most recent albums ‘Sketches’ and ‘Such is Life’– Jeff has lived in Paris for almost three decades; he talks about how his music, art and writing all found harmony in the City of Light.
 
Jeff has written numerous essays and exhibition catalogues on art and was a long-time contributor to Art in America, Flash Art, Frieze, and Artforum magazines. He is the author of Buckshot Lexicon, Purple Years, and monographs on contemporary artists (among them, Vito Acconci, Robert Smithson, Robert Rauschenberg, Bruce Nauman, Lewis Baltz, Richard Prince, Philip Lorca di Corcia, to name a few). 
 
As a guitarist/composer, his albums include Everglade, with Jean-Jacques Palix; Battle Songs and Méteo, with Bob Coke; four albums on major labels with French singer Alexandra Roos; and, in 2024, Such Is Life, a selection of
songs, released by Coriolis Sounds, and Sketches, a selection of guitar tracks with one song, curated by photographer Giasco Bertoli for his magazine Roses Tatouées. 
 
SHOW NOTES: 
Songs played in episode:
Oh God – Such is Life(2024) 
These Are the Times – Such is Life(2024) 
Sleep – Sketches (2024)