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S2.8 Picpus – Courteline

7 min · 3. mar. 2026
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Picpus is a station on line 6   Georges Courteline (1858–1929) was a French satirist, playwright, and novelist, famous for his biting humor and sharp critiques of bureaucracy and middle-class life.  25 juin 1929 : Mort de Georges Courteline | SavoirsetCulture.fr [https://savoirsetculture.fr/25-juin-1929-mort-de-georges-courteline.html]  Georges Courteline | Satirist, Playwright, Humorist | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Courteline]  Archives of Seine-et-Marne [https://archives.seine-et-marne.fr/fr/georges-courteline-1858-1929].  Libre Théâtre [https://libretheatre.fr/couple-famille-loeuvre-de-courteline/]  EBSCO [https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/georges-courteline]  L'Officiel des spectacles [https://www.offi.fr/artiste/georges-courteline-70900.html] THEATREonline.com [https://www.theatreonline.com/Artiste/Georges-Courteline/9886].  jds.fr [https://www.jds.fr/paris/spectacles/theatre/les-courtes-de-courteline-881013_A]  Babelio [https://www.babelio.com/livres/Courteline-Boubouroche/427834] SchoolMouv [https://www.schoolmouv.fr/fiches-de-lecture/boubouroche-georges-courteline/fiche-de-lecture].  Bibliothèque Numérique TV5MONDE [https://bibliothequenumerique.tv5monde.com/livre/358/Messieurs-les-ronds-de-cuir].  Music: Embracing this World by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon]  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ [https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/]  Creative Commons CC BY 4.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

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3.3 Jaures

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: THE SOCIALIST INTEREST  Jean Jaures is a political icon, remembered today as a socialist leader, a defender of workers, and one of the strongest advocates for Alfred Dreyfus.  Sources and Reading  Zeev Sternhell, Jaurès et la naissance du socialisme républicain (1983)  Harvey Goldberg, The Life of Jean Jaurès (1962)  Geoffrey Kurtz, Jean Jaurès: The Inner Life of Social Democracy (2014)  Madeleine Rebérioux, Jaurès : La politique et la légende (1975)  Sudhir Hazareesingh, Political Traditions in Modern France (1994)  Jean Jaurès, Histoire socialiste de la Révolution française (1901–1907)  Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair  [https://youtu.be/p-pXFErq868?si=NJRy3RXHUL8kmQ1k]  The Socialist Interest by Jean Jaures 1898 [https://www.marxists.org/archive/jaures/1898/socialist-interest.htm]  The Radical Tea Towel The Assassination of Jean Jaures [https://radicalteatowel.co.uk/radical-history-blog/murder-in-paris-the-assassination-of-jean-jaurs]  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ [https://onsound.eu/]  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ [https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/]  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/]

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3.2 Avenue Emile Zola

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: J'ACCUSE! As the situation unfolded with Dreyfus and new evidence came to light, Zola reached his limit of what he could morally tolerate from the lying establishment. By this time, Emile Zola was already a very famous novelist, and he was about to expose the truth to a country that didn’t want to hear it.   Sources  Sam Aronow The Dreyfus Affair  [https://youtu.be/p-pXFErq868?si=NJRy3RXHUL8kmQ1k]  Emile Zola Brittanica [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emile-Zola]  CNRS How the Dreyfus Affair Went Global [https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/how-the-dreyfus-affair-went-global]  J'accuse Letter to the President of the Republic by Emile Zola 1898 [https://www.marxists.org/archive/zola/1898/jaccuse.htm?utm_source=copilot.com] - A must read!  Hachette [https://www.hachette.com/]  Émile Zola (Author of Germinal) - Goodreads [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4750._mile_Zola]  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ [https://onsound.eu/]  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ [https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/]  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0

9. juni 202613 min
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3.1 Champs-Elysée Clemenceau Pt2

THE CHAMPS-ELYSEE AND THE BELLE EPOQUE  In this BONUS episode, the Belle Epoque comes to life. The Third republic was a period of social and economic prosperity, and nowhere displayed this, quite like the most beautiful avenue in the world.   Sources  Belle Époque or the "Beautiful Age" in France [https://www.thoughtco.com/the-belle-epoque-beautiful-age-1221300]  Paris Digest - Champs-Elysée Facts [https://www.parisdigest.com/paris/champs-elysees-facts.htm]  Everything Explained - The Belle Epoque [https://everything.explained.today/Paris_in_the_Belle_%C3%89poque/]  French Moments- The Grand Palais and Petit Palais [https://frenchmoments.eu/grand-palais-and-petit-palais-paris/]  Brittanica Elysium Greek Mythology [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Elysium-Greek-mythology]  The Good Life France - History of the Champs Elysée [https://thegoodlifefrance.com/history-the-champs-elysees-paris]  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ [https://onsound.eu/]  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ [https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/]  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/]

5. juni 202611 min
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3.1 Champs-Elysée Clemenceau Pt1

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: CLEMENCEAU AND THE THIRD REPUBLIC  In Season 3 we visit five stations and five men whose lives intersected at the Dreyfus Affair.   Episode 1 sees George Clemenceau fighting for the newly established Third Republic, giving the foundation of a story of a scandal that divided France for nearly a decade.   Sources  Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair [https://youtu.be/p-pXFErq868?si=NJRy3RXHUL8kmQ1k]  Georges Clemenceau summary | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/summary/Georges-Clemenceau]  Georges Clemenceau | French Prime Minister & WWI Leader | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Clemenceau]  Panama Scandal  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_scandals]Panama Scandal | Corruption, Bribery & Fraud | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/event/Panama-Scandal]  Treaty of Versailles 1919 [https://www.britannica.com/summary/Treaty-of-Versailles-1919]  Music Last Hero by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ [https://onsound.eu/]  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ [https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/]  Creative Commons CC BY 3.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/]

2. juni 202613 min
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How Do Metro Stations Get Their Names?

I say it every week, we stop by stations named after artists, intellects, innovators; every station's name is a signal or memory pinned to a place.  Listeners have me asked about how the metro stations get their names, who decides and what the criteria are so, in this inter season -bonus episode, we find out.   Sources  Metro: where does the iconic white tiling found in every station come from? - Sortiraparis.com [https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-visit-in-paris/history-heritage/articles/306745-metro-where-does-the-iconic-white-tiling-found-in-every-station-come-from?utm_source=copilot.com]  Are you familiar with... the friezes in the metro? | Behind-the-scenes [https://www.ratp.fr/en/discover/decouvrir/behind-scenes/are-you-familiar-friezes-metro?utm_source=copilot.com]  What about the iconic Street-Name Plaques of Paris? - French Moments [https://frenchmoments.eu/street-name-plaques-of-paris/]  Wikipedia - List of Metro Stations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Paris_M%C3%A9tro_stations]  The secrets behind the Paris Metro station names [https://www.dw.com/en/the-secrets-behind-the-paris-metro-station-names/g-61462511?utm_source=copilot.com]   Where do Paris Metro stations get their names? - CityMonitor [https://www.citymonitor.ai/analysis/where-does-paris-get-its-metro-station-names-taxonomy-4115/?utm_source=copilot.com]  12 metro names explained | Un jour de plus à Paris [https://www.unjourdeplusaparis.com/en/paris-insolite/origine-noms-stations-de-metro?utm_source=copilot.com]  16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations | Fabric of Paris [https://fabricofparis.com/2023/10/31/16-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-names-of-Paris-metro-stations.html?utm_source=copilot.com]  grandparisexpress.fr [https://www.grandparisexpress.fr/stations-areas]  Les Echos [https://www.lesechos.fr/pme-regions/ile-de-france/grand-paris-express-pour-eteindre-la-polemique-ile-de-france-mobilites-rebaptise-deux-gares-1788962] Paris Secret [https://parissecret.com/vote-noms-stations-grand-paris-express/]    Music: Embracing this World by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon]  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ [https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/]  Creative Commons CC BY 4.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

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