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Lost in Frenchlation: Director Nora El Hourch talks about HLM Pussy

French director Nora El Hourch gets accepted to Cannes with her debut feature. 10 years ago Nora made a short film about sexual assault and a decade later she made a feature film around the same theme. Nora speaks with ARBL Murray (Alexandra Lynn) and Manon Kerjean about the making of the film. 
 
The Film HLM Pussy centers around three girls in the Paris suburbs dealing with differences in class, race, and privilege-- when a sexual assault occurs they all grapple with how to deal with it in their own way and the different pressures it creates for each of them. 
 
This episode was produced by ARBL Murray for World Radio Paris, and recorded at independent cinema, Club de L'Étoile in Paris. 

This is Not a Poem: Mary Oliver’s Spring with Clairette Durand-Gasselin

Mary Oliver’s Spring with Clairette Durand-Gasselin
This week in This is not a poem Elliott KB looks into American poet Mary Oliver’s Spring alongside poet and artist Clairette Durand-Gasselin, who has a personal translation of the text.
Bringing up questions like “why does this poem make me cry?” and “how do we translate the untranslatable?”, they discuss how a person’s reading of a poem can be intimately personal, the beauty of nature, and how seemingly plain English can evoke overwhelming emotions. 
Who is Mary Oliver?
Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an acclaimed American poet celebrated for her deep connection to nature. Born in Ohio, USA, Oliver’s poetry, marked by lyrical reflections on the natural world, gained widespread acclaim with her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, “American Primitive” (1983), followed by other accolades.
 
Guest Speaker, Clairette Durand-Gasselin
Clairette Durand-Gasselin is a bilingual poet and visual artist. She’s currently completing her Master’s in Literary Translation at Université Paris Cité. During her eight years in the United States, she co-founded Mad Gleam Press, a small bilingual publishing house. She is now secretary and blog editor at Paris Lit Up.
 
Our Host
In Paris via New York and Iowa, Elliott KB is a poet and translator whose work explores themes of estrangement, place, body, gender and intimacy. They have published award-winning poetry in online and print publications alike, and currently work both in the publishing industry and as a professional translator. A part of an interdisciplinary artistic scene, they have now joined the world of radio to host This is Not a Poem.
Spring, by Mary Oliver in New and Selected Poems. Read the full poem here.
This Episode was hosted by Elliott KB, produced by Yannick Champion-Osselin, audio tech- ARBL Murray, created by World Radio Paris, and recorded in our studios in Paris, France.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Minute - May week 1

Everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics with Yannick Champion-Osselin on World Radio Paris.
The Olympic Torch makes landfall in France, Hidalgo is committed to swimming in the seine, and Olympic security plans may have been stolen.
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Paris Cocktail Talk - Nico de Soto / World Radio Paris

Here is Forest Collins' latest show, aired this week on WRP. We're going to Japan this week!

WRP Presents: Paris Fashion with Anna Barr

Fashion writer Anna Barr joins ARBL Murray (Alexandra Lynn) to reflect on the highs and lows of the Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. Why exactly has Paris Fashion Week become such a spectacle? Anna traces the evolving importance of the fashion industry in France, and the conglomerate LMVH that’s pulling the strings.
 
This episode was hosted and produced by ARBL Murray and created by World Radio Paris, and recorded in our studios in Paris, France

Lost in Frenchlation: Even If You Go To The Moon

In this episode we talk about the new Documentary: Even If You Go To The Moon or “Même si tu vas sur la lune”, A film about a group of young Syrians with refugee status living in Paris. Sara, Hassan, Gietth, and Kiree all attend a program at the Sorbonne in which they are able to learn French and continue their studies from their schools in Syria prior to leaving. 
The film utilizes color, black and white, and animation to tell the full story. Director Laurent Rodriguez and Sara Kontar who is in the film and also did the animations for the film, talk with Manon and ARBL about their experience making the documentary.

Lost In Frenchlation: Sébastien Vaniček’s Vermines

Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray sit down with director Sébastien Vaniček to discuss his break-out feature, VERMINES. Sébastien talks about his experience working odd jobs to support his filmmaking dream, his process, and his love and care for animals… even spiders!
You can find Sébastien Vaniček as @sebvanicek on instagram and more about Vermines on IMDB.
 
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This is Not A Poem: Brian Bilston’s Ceci n’est pas un poeme with Yannick Champion-Osselin

Each episode of This is Not a Poem delves into the intricacies of translation, poetry, and language.
Host, Elliott KB often talks with a featured poet or translator about the craft of translation and the many poets who capture our hearts in both French and English.
 
This week in This is not a poem we discussed poetic snobbery, literary assumptions and cultural perspectives between the English and French language. We asked “what is a poem?”, and where can we find fun while engaging with art?
We discuss the poem Ceci n’est pas un poeme by Brian Bilston and consider it as translated into French by Yannick Champion-Osselin.
 
Who is Brian Bilston?
British poet Brian Bilston has earned acclaim as “The Poet Laureate of Twitter” with his clever and humorous verses, amassing up to 400,000 followers. With three poetry collections, a Costa Book Award-nominated novel, and the moniker “the Banksy of the poetry world,” Bilston’s diverse and accessible literary contributions resonate across genres and platforms. You can find his poetry on Facebook, X, and Mastodon. 
Our Host
In Paris via New York and Iowa, Elliott KB is a poet and translator whose work explores themes of estrangement, place, body, gender and intimacy. They have published award-winning poetry in online and print publications alike, and currently work both in the publishing industry and as a professional translator. A part of an interdisciplinary artistic scene, they have now joined the world of radio to host This is Not a Poem.
Guest speaker
With years of bilingual education under his belt and a taste for literature and culture, Franco-British WRP journalist Yannick Champion-Osselin is both a producer and occasional co-host of This is Not a Poem.
 
Works of art:
This Is Not a Pipe, aka. The Treachery of Images, a painting by Belgian surrealist René Magritte.
Illustration of the ‘hat’ from Le Petit Prince, aka. The Little Prince, a novella written and illustrated by French aristocrat, writer, and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

New Arrivals: Navigating the Paris Metro

Do you know how to make your way around Paris? Yannick Champion-Osselin presents your guide for metros, trains, buses and ticket inspectors in and around the region of Paris.
For up-to-date timetables and maps on your phone to get around Paris, visit the RATP website or download Citymapper here.

WRP Presents: Rachelle Chapman, parenting in Paris

ARBL Murray talks with Rachelle Chapman of Message Paris about parenting in Paris and how to navigate the public school system in France. Rachelle is the VP of public relations for Message Paris, an association for english speaking parents and caretakers.
Message Paris offers help for parents and caretakers living in and around Paris whether that’s support, friendship, having good conversation or a laugh. 
For more information about Message Paris click here.