living a life of perpetual franglais
When people find out that my father is French most of them assume that that is why/how I speak French. Not true. My dad spoke to us in English when I was a kid. I learned French by struggling through vacations in France where I understood almost nothing, listening to horribly boring French learning tapes, signing myself up for a French pen pal (remember when you could send away for pen pals from other countries?), four years of high school French, as much French music as I could possibly find, and then ano
I personally am on a never-ending search for French podcasts that are similar to the American podcasts that I am obsessed with. I want to be entertained, learn fun, new bits of info, and laugh out loud. Think Freakonomics, Slate's The Gist, Radiolab. You know what I'm talking about, right? The kind of podcasts that I'm addicted to like trashy TV shows à la Revenge. The kind of podcasts that make me want to have to drive 30 minutes to a meeting just so that I can get caught up on the latest episode of Seria