Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France
Hello and welcome to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France.My name is Derek Rawson. I'm Australian and I've been living in France for 10 years.Join me as I seek to rekindle my love of France and French culture through conversations with other foreigners living here.I'll be discussing all aspects of France with my guests, from daily life to French culture of all sorts. So whether you know nothing about France, or already know and love the country, this podcast will have something for you! A bientôt!Derek
Episodes
20 episodes
Ep 17: A Conversation with Victor Santander (from Peru)
Welcome back to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 17! A new year, a new episode! My guest for this special occasion is Victor Santander from Peru. He's a great guy, very knowledgeable on...
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Ep 16: A Conversation with Kerry Varo (from the United States)
Welcome back to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 16! The first conversation in over a year on the podcast. To mark this special occasion, my guest is Kerry Varo from the US. He's a youn...
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Ep 15: A Moment with... Charles Simic: With Gene Tierney in Paris
Welcome to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 15 of the journey but, once again, not your usual FT episode... This episode, dedicated to two of my favourite things: Paris and the movies, ...
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Forked Tongues is... de retour!
Hello all!It's been too long... But I'm happy to let you know that Forked Tongues will be returning soon with new episodes. New conversations with fascinating foreigners talking about their experience of this equally fascin...
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Ep 14: A Moment with... Jim Harrison: Thirty-three Angles on Eating French
Welcome to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 14 of the journey, but not your usual FT episode as it's not exactly a conversation...This episode is dedicated to French food, as seen through th...
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Ep 13: A Conversation with Lesley Webster (from England)
Welcome back Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!Episode 13! The first episode of 2022.In this episode I speak with Lesley Webster, a retired English teacher and passionate Francophile, who has been li...
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Ep 12: A Conversation with Jim (& Janet) Neve (from England)
Welcome to episode 12 of Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!In this episode I'm joined by Jim (and Janet) Neve, an English couple who live in the Pyrenees Orientales where I spent two weeks during this year's...
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Ep 11: A Conversation with Michael Strutt (from England)
Welcome back to Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!This is Episode 11!The French summer holidays are over, and the French rentrée (back to school) is too. A new (French) year begins... the se...
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Forked Tongues is... en vacances!
Hello all,Just to let you know that Forked Tongues is taking a short French summer break before returning with new episodes - new conversations! - from September.There's also a new email address for any comments, questions, or a...
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Ep 10: A Conversation with Eduardo Martini (from Brazil)
Welcome to Episode 10 of Forked Tongues!In this episode of the Forked Tongues journey I'm joined by Eduardo Martini from Brazil.Eduardo hasn't been in France for very long but his experience has been interesting and unexpected, ...
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Ep 9: A Conversation with Octavian F. (from Romania) - Part 2
Welcome to Episode 9 of Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France!In this episode I am once again joined by Octavian from Romania. If you listened to episode 8, you know that Octavian and I ran out of time so I invi...
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Ep 8: A Conversation with Octavian F. (from Romania) - Part 1
Welcome to Episode 8 of Forked Tongues!In this episode I speak with Octavian from Romania. Octavian and I crossed paths many times taking our children to school before I engaged him in conversation, which is one of the good things about...
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Ep 7: A Conversation with Selene Piantanida (from Italy)
Welcome to Episode 7 of Forked Tongues!In this episode of the Forked Tongues journey I'm joined by Selene Piantanida from Italy. She has been in France for a few years now, and while she is far from being the loud and talkative Italian ...
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Ep 6: A Conversation with Igor Maia (from Brazil)
Hello all,Welcome to Episode 6 of Forked Tongues!Thanks for your patience. It took me a bit longer to get this episode ready than previous ones - I'll blame it on the (French) winter blues... I shouldn't have delaye...
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Ep 5: A Conversation with Deniz Aksay (from Turkey)
Welcome to Episode 5 of Forked Tongues!In this episode of the Forked Tongues journey I'm joined by Deniz Aksay from Turkey. I had never met Deniz before our interview so had little idea of where our conversation about life in France wou...
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Ep 4: A Conversation with Mark Jordan (from Ireland)
Welcome to Episode 4 of Forked Tongues!The journey continues in 2021...In this episode I'm joined by Mark Jordan, a towering and jovial Irishman who is the manager and chief brewer, not to mention co-owner (with brother, Peter) ...
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Ep 3: A Conversation with Liang Na (from China)
Welcome to Episode 3 of Forked Tongues!In this episode I'm joined by Liang Na who, originally from China, is my first non-native English-speaking guest. Na was a little worried about her English level being good enough but she shouldn't...
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Ep 2: A conversation with David Malek (from the United States)
Hello all,Welcome to episode 2 of Forked Tongues... the journey continues!In this episode I'm joined by David Malek, a terrific artist - a painter - who lives and works here in Poitiers. I first met David a few years ago when our ...
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Ep 1: A conversation with Peter Jordan (from Ireland)
Welcome to episode one, the beginning of this Forked Tongues journey through France.In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with a good friend, Peter Jordan, a multi-talented Irishman who's been living in Poitiers, France for 19 ...
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Introducing... Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France
Hello and welcome to my new podcast... Forked Tongues: Conversations with Foreigners Living in France.My name is Derek Rawson. I'm Australian and I've been living in France for 10 years.Join me as I seek to rekindle my love of F...
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