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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 PDF Guides which elucidate all the finer points. Learn French the fun way.

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  • August 10 · 8 min

    217: La Coupe du monde 2026: 'le plus grand événement humain, social et culturel que l'humanité ait jamais vu'?

    Even though the World Cup is now behind us, the 2026 edition was unlike all previous tournaments for all sorts of reasons. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, described its success in grandiose terms. Others, including Swiss football commentator, David Lemos, were more circumspect. At the conclusion of the final, Mr. Lemos didn't hold back. Let's revisit what he said in this lesson.

  • July 15 · 13 min

    216: C'est la canicule!

    Even though we are just about at mid-summer, there has already been a number of heatwaves. In several regions of the world temperatures are soaring. Let's talk about the extreme heat.

  • Mar 17, 2025 · 19 min

    215: Les EU et l'UE toujours amis mais plus alliés

    To say that relations between the U.S. and Europe have changed is an understatement. NATO is a major bone of contention and the introduction of tariffs has caused turmoil in financial markets. Let's talk about it in this lesson.

  • Aug 10, 2024 · 12 min

    214: Les jeux d'argent ne sont pas que de simples jeux.

    Gambling 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.

  • Jul 3, 2024 · 10 min

    213: Les Louisianais se battent pour la survie de leur patrimoine.

    The 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.

  • Jun 15, 2024 · 12 min

    212: Aux élections européennes le Président Macron prend une raclée

    Our 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.

  • Jun 8, 2023 · 15 min

    210: 'Que penses-tu de chatGPT? Faut-il en avoir peur?'

    Since 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.

  • Oct 8, 2022 · 13 min

    209 : Vers une société sans argent liquide

    It 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.

  • Aug 1, 2022 · 14 min

    208 : 'Les garçons ne pleurent pas'

    In 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.

  • Jul 16, 2022 · 12 min

    207: J'ai eu le covid.

    People 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.

  • Mar 5, 2022 · 16 min

    206: De retour au bureau - à temps partiel

    After 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.

  • Jul 24, 2021 · 7 min

    204: Prendre - un verbe polyvalent

    One 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.

  • Aug 27, 2020 · 15 min

    202: Ça pousse, ton jardin?!

    One 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.

  • Jun 2, 2020 · 28 min

    201: La covid-19 - une crise inédite

    Our 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.

  • Oct 23, 2019 · 18 min

    200: La crise des opioïdes

    The 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.

  • Jul 20, 2019 · 10 min

    199: 'Les décroissants', c'est qui?

    Our 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.

  • Apr 19, 2019 · 10 min

    198: Je viens chercher mon fils!

    One 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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