So French!

The podcast from Paris about French current affairs, culture and politics. Hosted by Sara Bertilsson and Stefan de Vries

So French! is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 79 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts So French!, a news show with 79 episodes published.

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  Episode #2

  Presidential Politics, Radio Silence and Céline Dion Fever

  Sep 17, 202642 minS7

  What happens when two minutes of political commentary send France’s biggest radio station silent? Sara Bertilsson and Stefan de Vries unpack the mounting pressure on French media—and what it reveals about power, politics and free speech in France. Their guest is Hind Ziane, geopolitical analyst, TV commentator and founder and CEO of Paris-based political strategy and CivicTech company Génération Politique. Together, they look at the emerging presidential campaign, France’s international standing and why the election is already shaping difficult budget negotiations. Plus: Céline Dion is back in Paris, sending the city into a full-blown frenzy. Further reading: Le Monde’s live coverage of the 2027 presidential campaign Guest: Hind Ziane

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  Back to School, Back to Le Pen: Season 7 Kicks Off

  Sep 3, 202639 minS7

  France is back from summer break, and so is its most wide-open presidential race in decades. Political scientist Damien Lecomte joins Sara and Stefan to explain why voters now fear Jean-Luc Mélenchon more than Marine Le Pen, and what that means for 2027. So French! is back for season 7! Sara and Stefan return from the summer break to a France gearing up for the most unpredictable presidential election in years — with Emmanuel Macron unable to run again, Marine Le Pen the clear frontrunner, the left divided, and the centre-right squabbling over who should lead it. First, the rentrée: a new phone ban now covers French high schools too, and Sara's own teenage daughter has thoughts. Macron's flagship plan to ban under-15s from social media was struck down by the Constitutional Council just before the summer — so what happens now? And as France heads into "meteorological autumn" with another heatwave on the way, why is climate barely coming up in the presidential campaign at all? Then, political scientist Damien Lecomte (Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University) joins the show to unpack a genuinely open race: why Marine Le Pen is the clear frontrunner, the quiet battle between Gabriel Attal and Édouard Philippe for the centre-right, why the French president is unlike almost any other democratically elected leader in the world — and the striking normalisation of the far right that now has centrist voters more wary of Jean-Luc Mélenchon than of Le Pen herself. We close out with an update on Gabriel Attal's school uniform experiment — and why it's quietly falling apart. Guest: Damien Lecomte, political scientist and researcher at Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Links: Our new website: www.sofrench.show Instagram: @sofrenchshow Email: bonjour@sofrench.show Also on air: World Radio Paris

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  Episode #14

  France's Record-Breaking Heatwave and Climate Policy Failures

  Jun 28, 202637 minS6

  In this episode, Stefan and Sara discuss France's extreme heatwave, government responses to climate change, transparency issues in French politics, and upcoming French presidential elections. Stefan also tells how his journalistic nosiness led to a radical change in French public spending, or as Sara calls it, the "Lex De Vries".

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  Episode #13

  From Abuse to Arsène Lupin: France’s Dark Reality and Favourite Fantasy

  Jun 12, 202633 minS6

  This week on So French! , Sara Bertilsson and Stefan de Vries look at two sexual abuse scandals shaking France: the killing of 11-year-old Lyhanna and the growing allegations against singer and actor Patrick Bruel. What do these cases reveal about the failures of the French justice system, the protection of women and children, and the way power shields powerful men? And after the darkness, a little elegance: the long-awaited return of Arsène Lupin on Netflix, with Omar Sy once again bringing France’s most charming gentleman thief back to life. Hosted by Sara Bertilsson & Stefan de Vries

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  Episode #12

  Cannes Fights Back Against France’s Right-wing Media Mogul

  May 21, 202626 minS6

  At the Cannes Film Festival, the biggest drama isn’t on screen. In this episode of So French, Sara Bertilsson and Stefan de Vries dive into the growing power of billionaire Vincent Bolloré over French media, cinema and politics. Can one media empire shape what Europe watches, thinks and creates? Plus: fresh trouble for presidential hopeful Édouard Philippe, the endless parade of Macron-era political movements, and why culture may be Europe’s most underestimated form of power. From Cannes red carpets to Parisian backrooms, this is France at its most So French. Hosted by Sara Bertilsson & Stefan de Vries

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