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**The Earful Tower: Paris**

The Earful Tower is a weekly podcast all about Paris, hosted by Australian expat Oliver Gee. With a huge variety of guests – from cooks and comedians to TV hosts and tour guides – this show will transport you to the City of Lights and make you feel like you’ve met the characters that make it shine.

Latest Episodes:

Top five episodes and blog posts of 2022 Dec 26, 2022

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Oliver breaks down the top blogs posts and podcasts episodes of 2022.

All this information with helpful links is on this post here.

Become a Patreon supporter here.

A walk through a Paris Christmas market Dec 19, 2022

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Oliver and Lina take a stroll through the Tuileries Christmas Market. They also took a microphone.

Here's what they found - from German food to mulled wine, ghost rides to disgruntled employees.

Ho ho ho, here we go!

Become a member on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/theearfultower

All music by Pres Maxson, including his newest song: Noel a Paris.

Near death in Paris... and how it shaped me Dec 12, 2022

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Australian author Jayne Tuttle almost died after an elevator accident in Paris.

She retells the harrowing story and explains how her excellent memoir series helped her with the recovery process.

Her books: Paris Or Die and My Sweet Guillotine.

http://www.jaynetuttle.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jaynetuttle/?hl=en

If you enjoy the Earful Tower, become the newest Patreon supporter today: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Is French difficult to learn (according to a polyglot) Dec 05, 2022

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Is French difficult to learn?

I asked polyglot and YouTube superstar Nathaniel Drew.

Find more from him here:

https://www.nathanieldrew.com/

@nathanieldrew_

Become a member of The Earful Tower here:

https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

A guide to Jazz in Paris Nov 28, 2022

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Meet Alex Freiman, a Parisian jazz musician.

In this episode, we discus the vibrant jazz scene in Paris and how Alex is bringing live jazz to Paris (most recently via the Blitz Society - a chess/jazz club).

We also talked about how jazz music can lead to life as an outcast, the trouble with how La La Land depicted the Paris jazz scene, and the day the Notre Dame burned down.

We recorded this podcast in the Square René Viviani park beside the Shakespeare and Company bookshop, where Alex works as a bookseller. You'll hear people in the background, the occasional church bell, siren, and the crunch of Parisian gravel under people's feet as they walk past.

Click below to get Alex's album, Play It Gentle, from Apple Music.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/play-it-gentle/1268554715

If you're a Patreon supporter, check out this episode's transcription in The Earful Gazette, out now! www.patreon.com/theeearfultower

Cheese Carnage: How one American's cheese cutting divided a community Nov 21, 2022

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This week we shared a picture on social media of a cheese massacre at a Parisian dinner party. The culprit? A newly arrived American in France. The victim? An innocent 18-month-old Comté slice.

After the picture went viral in the Earful community, we took a much deeper look at what happened. Here comes an interview with some mortified cheesemongers, some first-class acting from Earful VIPs, and the full story from the knife-wielding Texan.

I'm sure I don't really need to say it, but a lot of this episode is tongue-in-cheek, so don't take anything too seriously. Though the info about how to actually cut Comté is legitimate.

If you're a Patreon supporter, check out our very first transcription in The Earful Gazette, out now! www.patreon.com/theeearfultower

Paris trivia quiz: Ten questions for you Nov 07, 2022

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To celebrate the launch of our new book, Grace the Giraffe in Paris, we've put together a little pub quiz for you all.

Ten questions, getting progressively harder.

The rules: Answer out loud. If you're right, you get the points. That's it.

Good luck.

Find our book here: www.theearfultower.com/grace or browse the whole shop here: www.theearfultower.com/shop

Become a Patron here: www.patreon.com/theearfultower

20 years on: From "Almost French" to wholly Australian Oct 31, 2022

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Today on the pod it's Australian author Sarah Turnbull, the woman behind the 2002 smash hit memoir Almost French.

But she isn't in Paris anymore, no no! She is in Sydney, which couldn't be more different. So with all these years gone by, what does Sarah miss about Paris?

Of course, this is but one part of a sprawling conversation we had at Frenchy's cafe in Mosman. We also touched on how Australia "does" French things and we get an exclusive insight into Sarah's new book!!!

You can find Sarah's books "Almost French" and "All Good Things" online (and in bookshops!) and you can encourage her to keep going on Instagram here: @sarahturnbullauthor

If you're enjoying The Earful Tower, tell your friends! Then become a Patron for all the bonuses: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

What's it really like to be a Paris waiter? Oct 24, 2022

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Edward Chisholm joins The Earful Tower to talk about his new hit book "A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City".

He also gives his thoughts on how much to tip a French waiter, the truth behind the service industry, and what goes on behind closed kitchen doors.

We recorded the chat inside the lavish Belle Époque brasserie Bofinger in the 4th arrondissement, so with the background noise you might just feel like you're sitting there with us.

Edward's official website: https://www.edwardchisholm.com/

Edward's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edward_chisholm_/?hl=en

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In Earful Tower news, find more about the Australian book tour here: https://theearfultower.com/2022/10/08/the-earful-tour-how-to-find-us-in-australia/

Become a Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Music by Pres Maxson.

Inside a very secret Paris cemetery (with the Montmartre mayor) Oct 17, 2022

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Let's explore the Cimetiere du Calvaire, which is the oldest cemetery in Paris and surely the hardest to get inside.

How did we get in? Well, today's guest Eric Lejoindre - the Mayor of Montmartre - happens to have a key. Or at least, he knows the man with the key, father Alexandre Denis, who also features in this "on the go" episode.

All three of us visited the cemetery for the first time as part of this Earful Tower podcast episode - hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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Find more about the Australian book tour here: https://theearfultower.com/2022/10/08/the-earful-tour-how-to-find-us-in-australia/

Become a Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Music by Pres Maxson.

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