The Earful Tower: Paris

We've moved to the seventh arrondissement! Here are my tips (and Lina's tips!) for how best to visit the district.  To see the scroll that goes with this episode, become a member here: www.patreon.com/theearfultower   For the Boston event mentioned in the show: https://afusa.org/event/from-podcast-to-page-oliver-gee-and-lina-nordin-gee-on-their-newest-book/  

In this episode I share five cool secrets from Paris that I've picked up over the years.  This was originally performed for the Alliance Francaise in the USA.  For all the pictures and links mentioned in the show, go to this link: www.theearfultower.com/secrets Remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/theearfultower?sub_confirmation=1  

This week I take you behind the scenes of my recent visit to the mysterious Montmartre Vineyard.  To watch the YouTube Video of the visit, click here: https://youtu.be/oO5BpG8IZZQ To find the Secret Journeys visit, click here: https://www.secretjourneys.travel/journey/le-clos-montmartre-vineyard   To become a member and unlock the Scroll for this episode, click here: https://www.patreon.com/theear...

This week I'm joined by best-selling author Pamela Druckerman. You might know her from her newspaper columns or her brilliant book Bringing up Bébé (aka French Children Don't Throw Food). We discussed her work, the beauty of the Place de Vosges and even had the luck to talk our way into another Paris courtyard.  Find Pamela's website here: www.pameladruckerman.com/ To sign up to my newsletter: www...

This week is another adventurous episode, recorded from above the streets, sitting on a Paris rooftop. I'm joined by 27-year-old Frenchman Raphael Metivet, a photographer capturing Paris from a new perspective. We discussed our 360 degree view, urban exploration across Paris, and Raphael explains some tips and tricks around how he gets his winning shots. Find Raphael on Instagram here: www.instagr...

An adventure episode. Here's the story of host Oliver Gee tracking the 800-year-old Philippe Auguste Wall on the Left Bank.  To see the replay of the live video he made, become a Patreon member here: www.patreon.com/theearfultower   

This week's guest came through a chance encounter. I found myself talking with a man called Diederick from the Netherlands outside the Peloton Cafe. It turned out he owned a shop full of silk flowers around the corner on Rue de Turenne … so I went to visit to understand more.   This episode covers Paris through the eyes of this Dutchman, the evolving bicycle culture within the city, and of course,...

Welcome to The Earful Tower Paris - I'm Oliver Gee. This is something I should have said four years ago.  Yes, after 200+ episodes and 1.5 million + downloads, it's time for a proper insight into what's going on here. With the help of my occasional co-host and wife Lina, and my brother and editor Eddie, this is the episode you should listen to first (or indeed share with your friends).  A few link...

Almost like a sacred ritual in France, the apéro is much more than just a drink with friends.  Véronique Savoye from France With Véro explains more.  To become an Earful Tower member click here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower  

When the Seine River is flooding in Paris, you can almost certainly find me somewhere along the riverbank watching. I find it extraordinarily fascinating.  And it's so close to flooding now that I figured I'd make an episode about it all - including some fun and interesting facts about the Great Flood of 1910.  For more info, check this link: www.theearfultower.com/flood If that link doesn't work...

We're heading back to Paris this week... and here's where we'll be living.  Featuring special guest Lina aka Lovely Lina. Thanks for making the 1.5 million downloads a reality!!! As always, join the Patreon club here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

I've travelled around France an awful lot, so here are 30 things I recommend... and 20 that I really want to do. I made this list with the help of a few members of The Earful's distribution team. Find the full list on my website: https://theearfultower.com/ Here's the bundle discount for Paris On Air and Kylie: https://theearfultower.com/bundle   Become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/th...

I asked about your Paris plans and you sent in hundreds! Here's a chat with three listeners who share their Paris plans, and I talk about the Top 100 List that goes with this episode. Find the full list on my website: https://theearfultower.com/2021/01/11/the-francophiles-bucket-list-100-things-to-do-in-paris-in-2021/ Become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

Hear ye, hear ye: I officially challenge you to join our 2021 Paris Bucket List challenge.  The rules are simple: Find five things you've never done before in Paris, rank them in ascending order of difficulty, then do them all before the year ends.  This will work even if you are just visiting for a week.  Today's episode is Lina and I talking through our respective lists.  Join us!  Become a memb...

It's the top ten episodes from 2020, counting down from number 10 to number one.  Which episode was the most downloaded? Which celebrities made the top ten? How many have you heard? All will be answered in this end-of-year episode from your host, Oliver Gee.  Thanks for listening in 2020.  To get the beautiful scroll from this episode and to support the show at the same time, become a Patreon memb...

This week I'm joined, by author, Stephen Clarke. We discussed being a writer in Lockdown, WWII in Paris, and British spies. As well as his brand new book The Spy Who Inspired Me. This interview was held via Zoom to an audience of Patreon members, you can watch the replay on the link below if you're a member. https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

We are leaving Montmartre! It's been a wonderful two years in our little apartment overlooking Paris, but this chapter is now over.  To mark the occasion, Lina and I took one last walk around our old neighbourhood, with microphone in hand.  If you close your eyes, you can probably imagine that you're walking the cobbled streets with us.  Where in Paris will we be next? Well, you'll have to keep li...

Traditions, meals, markets, and music... Camille from French Today explains how the French celebrate Christmas. Find out more about Christmas in France with stories from Camille.  The Legend of Saint Nicolas - bilingual story    10 ways to wish Merry Christmas (with audio)    French Christmas traditions   100 French Christmas terms with audio    Authentic French Christmas Dialogue (bilingual + aud...

Big news: The Earful Tower is now officially a company. Here's a little explainer from me and the company's first lady, Lina.  Our book, Kylie The Crocodile, is available here: https://theearfultower.com/croc Thanks to all the Patreon supporters who got me this far. Join them here: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower    

Montmartre. A hotspot for tourists and Parisians alike. But what happens when such a district goes through two lockdowns in one year? This week I'm joined by Lily Heise, a 17-year resident of Montmartre, to answer that very question. We also discussed her new book There's Only One Paris.  Follow the link below to order a copy! For Lily's new book, find it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2V20jgL Fo...

Meet Anna Kloots, a writer, a créatrice, and a traveller who moved to Paris in 2020.  But rather than lament the fact she perhaps picked the worst year of all to move to Paris, she has grabbed the city by the horns and made the most of every minute, sharing her adventures with her hundreds of thousands of fans online.  We chat about life in Paris from a terrace in Pigalle, enjoy the episode.  For...

Today's episode is Roni Amelan, a man I met recently whilst sipping a flat white outside Le Peloton cafe. Within 2 minutes I invited him onto the pod, and today's bonus episode is the result! We discuss what I've deemed to be The Pearl of Paris, the island in the Seine called the  Île Saint-Louis! Roni has lived on the island for 20 years so who better than him to tell me everything there is to kn...

This week, Oliver shares an honest look at the second lockdown in Paris. It began on October 30th and has been scheduled to run for four weeks. Mentioned in this episode: Stohrer Bakery, Le Bombardier pub, Saint-Ètienne-du-Mont church, Boulangerie Vandermeersch for the Kugelhopf, the park called Square Roger-Stéphane, and monsieur Segas for the canes. Here are the pictures from Empty Paris in the...

A bonus episode! Here's a presentation of my five best Paris secrets. Hidden gardens, speakeasies, secret cafes... they're all here. And more importantly, I've included the fun stories of how I found them all. Enjoy the episode, and if you want the Scroll for free, here's the link to get it: https://theearfultower.com/scroll-top-5-secrets/ For more content from The Earful Tower, support it and gua...

With the new lockdown in Paris, we're only allowed to stray one kilometre from home. And luckily for me, they've kept the parks and cemeteries open this time - meaning my daily wanderings can now include the Montmartre Cemetery.  Here, you can find dozens of friendly stray cats and hundreds of wonderful gravestones. Here's my episode from inside the cemetery, enjoy! To get my memoir: https://theea...