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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 listen. This will help you follow along and allow you to study the sentences.
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Lycéens, manifestation et problème dans l’éducation nationale
In this episode, Gaelle talks about the current political events happening in France with secondary school pupils taking the streets. You will understand what they are demanding and why the police response is so problematic. You will also r
Thomas Brail et son combat pour les arbres
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
Le Familistère de Guise - utopie sociale ouvrière
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
Comment vont les artistes et la culture en France
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 cou
La ville de Grass et l’industrie des parfums
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
Marjane Satrapi, autrice franco-iranienne
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 publishe
Les espaces sans enfants en France
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 i
La victoire des vélos à Paris
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
Les verbes rendre et arriver
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
Interview avec Baptiste (part 2) - Journalisme de solutions
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 c
Interview avec Baptiste (part 1) - être journaliste
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. A
Le palais idéal du facteur Cheval
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 wit
Pour que et bien que + subjonctif
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 th
La Nouvelle Calédonie et le nickel
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
Biographie de Suzanne Noël
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 ethi
Interview with Annabelle - la vie en van
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 wa
Le musée du Louvre et deux célèbres vols
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
La Grande Mosquée de Paris
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
35h et RTT en France
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? We
Gouffre d’Esparros
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 kee
Interview avec Clémence, diététicienne
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 man
Visite de l’été - Cap d’Agde
In this episode, Gaelle explores the many facets of a famous French seaside resort: Cap d’Agde. From state-planned economy to sexual freedom, this Mediterranean summer hot spot has a lot to it. Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform t
Les essais nucléaires français
In this episode, Gaelle goes back in time, post Second World War and the midst of the Cold War, when nuclear weapons were at the center of attention. France got its first nuclear bomb in 1954 and has been a nuclear power since then. But the
Interview with TV producer, Jérémy Michalak
In this episode, Gaelle interviews Jérémy Michalak, a French TV producer. For the past 10 years he has worked with Lucie Carrasco, a heavily disabled French woman, in her trips around the world. In this interview, you will understand how di
Temps, fois, heure
In this episode, Gaelle explains the difference between “temps”, “fois” and “heure”, all translated as “time” in English - making it hard for English speakers to choose the right word. Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help yo
L’Algérie et les Pieds-Noirs
In this episode, Gaelle goes back in time, during the French colonisation of Algeria.The history between the old colonial power and its colony is a rocky one, with a terrible independence war that scared both countries. And in the middle of
Biographie - George Sand
In this episode, Gaelle talks about a famous French writer from the 19th century: George Sand. And don’t be fooled by the masculine name, as it was a decoy for this female writer to get her place in the very misogynist society of the time.
Grammaire - t euphonique et questions formelles
In this episode, Gaelle tackles a grammar point: how to build formal questions and how to use the “t euphonique”. If you ever wondered why French people say “comment va-t-elle?” and where this extra “t” comes from, you are in the right plac
Parler de la mort
In this episode, Gaelle talks about a sad and difficult topic: death. Following the loss of her friend, she realised that death is not something we easily talk about, and we usually don’t know the appropriate words for it. You will learn ho
L’association United Schools - interview avec Stéphane
In this episode, Gaelle interviews Stéphane, the co-founder and president of a non-profit organisation called “United Schools”. Stephane explains where the idea came from back in 2018 and how he and his wife travelled around the world with
