The Earful Tower: Paris

This week it's Caroline de Maigret, supermodel and author of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are. Her appearance on this podcast in April 2019 changed the direction and dynamic of the show. While we're between seasons, I take a look back at this episode and explain why it made a difference to The Earful Tower. In the episode, Caroline talks about being a Parisian woman, the freedom of Paris, and how pleasure is a key element of life in the French capital. If you want to find more from Caroline, check out her Instagram page here [https://www.instagram.com/carolinedemaigret/].  *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon and Substack members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.  Membership takes only a minute to set up, on Patreon [http://patreon.com/theearfultower] or on Substack [https://theearfultower.substack.com/]. Thank you for keeping this channel independent.  For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website  [https://theearfultower.com/] Weekly newsletter [https://theearfultower.substack.com/]  Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theearfultower/?hl=en] - Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheEarfulTower/] - TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@theearfultower]  Find our books [https://theearfultower.com/shop/]  Book a walking tour [https://theearfultower.com/the-earful-tower-walking-tours/] Patreon membership  [https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower]

Author Cara Black is back on the podcast! She is a friend of the show, and has been appearing on it since 2019!  We chat about writing mysteries set in Paris (she has penned over 20 of them), we talk about her upcoming book (which you can pre-order below), and we talk about Paris, of course.  Helpful links for Cara: * Cara Black's official site: [https://carablack.com/] https://carablack.com/ * Cara Black's Susbtack [https://carablack.substack.com/]: https://carablack.substack.com/ * Preorder her book Huguette here: [https://www.amazon.fr/Huguette-Cara-Black/dp/1641294493] https://www.amazon.fr/Huguette-Cara-Black/dp/1641294493 Also mentioned in this episode: * The Earful Everywhere [https://theearfultower.com/2025/05/15/lets-explore-italy-with-the-earful-everywhere/] podcast (currently in Italy): https://theearfultower.com/2025/05/15/lets-explore-italy-with-the-earful-everywhere/ * Our walking tours [http://www.theearfultower.com/tours] of Paris: http://www.theearfultower.com/tours Music by Pres Maxson. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.  Membership takes only a minute to set up on Patreon, [http://patreon.com/theearfultower] or Substack [https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/its-here-the-official-launch-of-the]. Thank you for keeping this channel independent.  For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website  [https://theearfultower.com/] Weekly newsletter [https://theearfultower.substack.com/]

This week on the podcast, it's The Earful's two new interns Thomas Farnham and Genevieve Victoria Gorain. They share their bucket lists for Paris for their two-month stay in Paris.  I found it quite interesting to hear the perspectives of American university students on the City of Light, not least because my typical guests are a bit older.  We'll check back in on them in a couple months to see how they fared.  Here's the post with all ten ideas [https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/ten-cool-ideas-for-college-students] they mentioned in the episode.  Also mentioned in this episode: * The Earful Everywhere [https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/its-here-the-official-launch-of-the] podcast (currently in Italy): https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/its-here-the-official-launch-of-the * Our walking tours [http://www.theearfultower.com/tours] of Paris: http://www.theearfultower.com/tours Music by Pres Maxson. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.  Membership takes only a minute to set up on Patreon, [http://patreon.com/theearfultower] or Substack [https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/its-here-the-official-launch-of-the]. Thank you for keeping this channel independent.  For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website  [https://theearfultower.com/] Weekly newsletter [https://theearfultower.substack.com/]

This week on the podcast, I invite my three-year-old son Otis to talk about language. He has been doing a stellar job learning English, French, and Swedish at the same time, and I was curious to pick his brain about it. You'll hear him tell me how I'm no good at rolling my Rs in French, why he speaks Swedish with his mother, and what he thought about Italy. Well... I mean... he's three years old, so he doesn't really get too deep into anything, but it's still a fascinating conversation for anyone interested in language, the human brain, and international life for families with young children. This episode is a follow-up to an episode from over a year ago in Season 15, Episode 9 called "How we're raising a trilingual child in Paris". That was my wife Lina and I discussing the same topic. But now it was Otis's chance to take the mic for the first time.  Also mentioned in this episode: * The Earful Everywhere [https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/its-here-the-official-launch-of-the] podcast (currently in Italy): https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/its-here-the-official-launch-of-the * Our walking tours [http://www.theearfultower.com/tours] of Paris: http://www.theearfultower.com/tours Music by Pres Maxson, his take on Douce France. *********** The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.  Membership takes only a minute to set up on Patreon, [http://patreon.com/theearfultower] or Substack [https://theearfultower.substack.com/p/its-here-the-official-launch-of-the]. Thank you for keeping this channel independent.  For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links: Website  [https://theearfultower.com/] Weekly newsletter [https://theearfultower.substack.com/]

Let's go deep on the Notre Dame cathedral. Our guest: Boris Petrovic, who has just published a series of historical essays on Notre Dame.  His books are a series of seven, which you can buy one by one or in a heavyweight tome, all the information is here [https://www.amazon.com/stores/Boris-Djordje-Petrovic-PhD/author/B0F27BBBN8?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=5200a04b-35aa-429d-9290-5abf5d8da84d].  You can also book Boris for a walking tour of Notre Dame here [https://www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionProductReview-g187147-d23933248-Private_Historical_Tour_of_Notre_Dame_Exterior-Paris_Ile_de_France.html].   Enjoying what we’re doing here at The Earful Tower and keen to see more? Become a Patreon member here [https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower] or a Substack member here [https://theearfultower.substack.com/] to support it and to discover our exciting extras. Music: Pres Maxson.