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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)

This is Not a Poem: I Wish I Knew Your Friends with Lauretta Alonge

In this episode of "This is Not a Poem," host Elliot KB speaks with British Nigerian writer and amateur photographer Lauretta Alonge about her poem I Wish I Knew Your Friends. They delve into the nuances of writing and self-translating poetry, exploring how Lauretta navigates linguistics and culture in both English and Spanish. Reading her poem in both languages, Lauretta explains the emotional weight and delicate choices made by this poem.

This is Not a Poem: Lorca's Café Cantante with Andi Schaefer

In this episode of "This is Not a Poem," host Elliott KB speaks with writer and translator Andy Schaefer about translating Federico Garcia Lorca's poem "Café Cantante." They delve into the intricacies of translating Lorca’s imagery and themes, as well as the vivid visual and emotional depth in the poem. Andy reads both the original Spanish poem and her English translation, capturing Lorca's evocative style.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Minute - June week 3

Everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics with Yannick Champion-Osselin on World Radio Paris.
Flying taxis will be tested over the summer, Place de la Concorde renewal plans are unveiled and Île-de-France president Valérie Pécresse pleads for National Unity,
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