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Lost in Frenchlation: The Cannes Film Festival Wrap Up 2024

Lost in Frenchlation's host and founder, Manon Kerjean recaps her time at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival With ARBL Murray. Manon talks about the few French films that walked away with awards, the films she found most moving, Greta Gerwig as the new Jury president, and the prevalence of the #MeToo movement on the red carpet, which included a mysterious list and the hiring of a crisis management PR team by the festival itself. Did bits about the ageing Richard Gere, the great film with Demi Moore, the extraordinary actions of actress and activist Judith Godreche. 
 
This episode is produced and hosted by ARBL Murray and recorded remotely from Paris and Cannes.

This is Not a Poem:The Trace We Leave Behind with Patrick Williamson

The Trace We Leave Behind with Poet Patrick Williamson 
English poet and translator based in Paris Patrick Williamson speak with Elliot KB about the process of working between multiple languages, and how translation leaves its mark on a text. 

WRP Presents: Task Force Hogan

In this episode Robert Quinn interviews William Hogan about his book: Task Force Hogan. The book is about William's father Samual and his story fighting as the youngest Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. army from Normandy to the Elbe at the forefront of the liberation of France. To find out more about William Hogan visit https://williamrhogan.com/.
 
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The episode was hosted and produced by Robert Quinn and recorded at the WRP studios in Paris, France. 
 
 

WRP Presents: Le Classique, A history of the football rivalry between Paris and Marseilles

Always wanted to follow French football? Le Classique, A rivalry between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille, is a great place to start. 
Robert Quinn interviews Patrick Mignon, a sociologist and researcher on juvenile cultures, supporterism in football. He is author of the book LA PASSION DU FOOTBALL (1998) 
 
 
 

The Inkprints: Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir was a major figure in the 20th-century development of philosophy, French literature, and feminist theory and critique. In this episode, presenter Niamh Carey takes a specific look at de Beauvoir's novels and her worldwide famous philosophical piece "The Second Sex", examining de Beauvoir's long-lasting legacy, alongside her significant personal controversies. Editor's note: 1. The presenter mentions one novel which she calls "Meeting in Moscow" - the correct title is "Misunderstanding in Moscow".2. When the presenter mentions recent events relating to abortion law in France, she is referencing not the first entry of the right to abortion into French law in 1975, but the consolidation of the right into the French Constitution (Art 23) in March 2024.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Minute - May week 3

Everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics with Yannick Champion-Osselin on World Radio Paris.
Parisians were surprised by an unusual FR-Alert, the Olympic Qualifier Series begins in Shanghai, and Spot24 showcases Paris 2024’s six urban sports.
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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!