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LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1

Learn French with Gaëlle, an experienced French teacher. 99% in French and designed for students with a basic level (A2) or lower intermediate (B1). Gaëlle speaks slowly to make it easier to understand. If you have an intermediate level, you can always increase the playback speed in your app. Each week, you’ll improve your French whilst also learning about French culture, society, history, and much more. Go to LanguaTalk.com/frenchpod to read an interactive transcript of each episode as you

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00:25:36

Thomas Brail et son combat pour les arbres

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2026/10/01

In this episode, Gaëlle introduces Thomas Brail, a man on a mission to protect trees. As climate change accelerates, he is urging politicians and citizens alike to stop felling trees without good reason and to rethink how vital they are to our lives. Tune in to discover his unusual approach and the results it has achieved.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠Claim your free trial, and if you like it, save

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00:27:28

Le Familistère de Guise - utopie sociale ouvrière

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2026/09/04

In this episode, Gaelle talks about a historical place she discovered in the North-East of France, near Belgium: the Familistère de Guise. The only social utopia that was actually set up (and not just dreamed about) and that worked for over a century! You will discover who was behind this idealistic project and what kind of society they hoped to create, in the midst of the brutal 19th century - when the working class was living in indecent and terrible conditions.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI

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00:27:05

Comment vont les artistes et la culture en France

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2026/08/13

In this episode, Gaelle interviews her brother Yoann, a dancer and choreographer, about the unique status held by French artists and technicians. You'll discover why artists in France are more numerous and face less precarity than their counterparts in other countries. Gaelle also asks him how the cultural sector is coping amid budget cuts and economic crisis.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠Claim

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00:24:58

La ville de Grass et l’industrie des parfums

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2026/07/23

In this episode, Gaëlle takes us to Grasse — the legendary French capital of perfume, where luxury houses like Dior and Chanel source the essences behind their most iconic scents. Join her on an olfactory journey through the city's storied streets: from the pungent stench of old leather tanneries, to the delicate bloom of jasmine fields, to the unmistakable, alluring scent of money.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French:

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00:26:12

Marjane Satrapi, autrice franco-iranienne

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2026/07/02

In this episode, Gaelle talks about Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian-French artist who died in June 2026, at the age of 57. She was really well known and famous in France, where she had emigrated from Iran at the age of 25 and where she published her first and bestseller graphic novel, Persepolis. Her professional career and personal life both deserve some praise as she was a strong female voice fighting against a tyrannic regime.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in

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00:22:04

Les espaces sans enfants en France

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2026/06/18

In this episode, Gaelle talks about the trend of “no-kids” spaces in France. It all started when the national train company offered new premium seats in coaches where children under 12 were not allowed. That sparked a fierce debate on the internet and national TV about the appropriateness of such places, where children were banned.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠Claim your free trial, and if you like

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00:26:32

La victoire des vélos à Paris

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2026/05/21

In this episode, Gaelle talks about the triumph of the bikes in Paris and the 25 years of left wing policy it took to progressively push the cars out of the city and become a bike friendly place.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠Claim your free trial, and if you like it, save 20% on the annual unlimited plan with code FRENCH20.You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you

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00:20:07

Les verbes rendre et arriver

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2026/04/30

In this episode, Gaelle explains the different meanings of those two verbs - which she often hears being misused by her students. If you want to learn how to say “it makes me so happy”, “I can’t do it!”, and “I’ve realised”, this episode is for you.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠Claim your free trial, and if you like it, save 20% on the annual unlimited plan with code FRENCH20.You can find an

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00:18:40

Interview avec Baptiste (part 2) - Journalisme de...

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2026/04/10

In this episode, the second part of our interview with Baptiste, we left the field of traditional journalism to explore a different approach: solution journalism. After years of terrible experiences working for 24h news channels, Baptiste created his own media channel to be an actor of a positive and necessary change.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠Claim your free trial, and if you like it, save 20%

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00:29:50

Interview avec Baptiste (part 1) - être journaliste

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2026/03/19

In this episode, Gaelle interviews Baptiste, a French journalist. In this first of a 2-part series, Baptiste talks us through the reality behind the camera: the long hours, the poor work conditions, the exhaustion and the emotional drain. Absolutely enlightening for anyone who isn’t working in that profession.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠Claim your free trial, and if you like it, save 20% on the

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00:27:17

Le palais idéal du facteur Cheval

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2026/02/26

In this episode, Gaëlle takes you to explore an extraordinary place in southern France. A remarkable crossover between art and monument, the Ideal Palace of Postman Cheval stands unique in the world. This masterpiece—the work of one man with his stones and unwavering dreams—remains for us to discover and admire over a century later.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠You can find an interactive transcript

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00:19:40

Pour que et bien que + subjonctif

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2026/02/05

In this episode, Gaelle will help you get more familiar with two structures which require the subjunctive: “pour que” and “bien que”. This episode is addressed to listeners who are already familiar with this conjugation and want to widen their understanding and be able to use it in new contexts.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and

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00:24:26

La Nouvelle Calédonie et le nickel

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2026/01/15

In this episode, Gaelle talks about Nouvelle Calédonie, an archipelago in Oceania, far from mainland France and yet, politically connected to it - a remnant of 19th century colonisation. There, a precious metal is found in abundance: nickel. You will discover why this resource is both crucial and devastating, and what part it plays in the political unrest the island is going through since the 80’s.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French:

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00:25:48

Biographie de Suzanne Noël

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2026/01/01

In this episode, Gaelle talks about an incredible French woman, Suzanne Noël. She was the first woman in the world to practice cosmetic surgery - at the beginning of the 20th century. She lived through two world wars and built a strong ethic and amazing techniques, considering plastic surgery like a feminist tool. Come and hear about this pioneer who was so readily erased from history books, only because she was a woman…Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in

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00:27:15

Interview with Annabelle - la vie en van

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2025/12/11

In this episode, Gaelle interviews Annabelle, an incredible and inspiring woman, mum of two young girls and traveling all over Europe in her van with her little family. You might never wish for such an adventurous life, but trust me, you want to listen to the great stories Annabelle has to share.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and

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00:26:38

Le musée du Louvre et deux célèbres vols

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2025/11/21

In this episode, Gaelle takes the opportunity of the astonishing robbery in the Louvre museum in October 2025 to talk about the Louvre itself and explore its rich and long life as a royal palace. But because talking about the Louvre without talking about its treasures wouldn’t make sense, you will also hear about 2 thefts that happened a century apart, each time shaking French society.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French:

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00:27:20

La Grande Mosquée de Paris

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2025/10/29

In this episode, Gaelle talks about a quite unique building in Paris: the Great Mosque. Located in the quartier Latin, next to Jardin des Plantes et la Sorbonne, you can easily go and visit it and discover this architectural jewel. But why is there such an old and beautiful mosque in the heart of Paris?Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠,

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00:27:42

35h et RTT en France

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2025/10/08

In this episode, Gaelle talks about the quite unique (and short) French legal working hours, and why holidays tend to be longer in France. The French will casually say “no, I’m not working today, I took a RTT”. But what on Earth is that? Well, come and listen to this episode to find out.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you can see

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00:28:44

Gouffre d’Esparros

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2025/09/19

In this episode, Gaelle talks about an unusual and beautiful place to visit in the Pyrenees: le gouffre d’Esparros (the Abyss of Esparros). You will hear about its discovery, the beauty it conceals and the extremely precise work done to keep it in excellent condition whilst opening it to the public.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: ⁠https://languatalk.com/ai-french-tutor?via=gaelle⁠You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠,

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00:25:09

Interview avec Clémence, diététicienne

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2025/08/28

In this episode, Gaelle interviews Clémence, a French dietitian with her own private practice. With her modern and progressive views on nutrition, Clémence will explain why being slim doesn’t always mean being healthy, and how the table manners you learnt as a child can have a big impact on your adult life and your relationship with food.Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: ⁠https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle⁠You can find an interactive

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