The Earful Tower: Paris

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.

For this season finale, we’re on a private boat on the Seine River with Marie and Bertrand from My Private Paris. They explain how best to plan a visit to the big five, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Musee d’Orsay, the Eiffel Tower, and the Seine.  My Private Paris is a local deluxe agency, crafting itineraries for tours in Paris and beyond. See what they offer here [https://mpp1.typeform.com/earful-tower]. They've been the sponsor for this podcast all season! 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] to support it and to discover our exciting extras. Music: Pres Maxson.

We're nearing the end of this podcast season, so here is a look behind the curtain at five exciting things that have happened... and that are about to happen.  This whole season of The Earful Tower is brought to you by My Private Paris, which is an award-winning travel company creating deluxe itineraries for Paris and beyond. See what they offer here [https://mpp1.typeform.com/earful-tower] and be sure to let them know that you came from The Earful Tower. 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] to support it and to discover our exciting extras.

This week we talk about fun workshops in Paris that we've done recently, specifically stone carving and hat making. The guest: Lina Nordin Gee.  The details: Stonemasonry classes are with last week's guest Grégory Philippe in his atelier in the Marais. If you want to find his studio and book one of his stone-carving sessions, you can find it online here [https://tailleur-pierre.fr/tourism-offer/] (Address [https://www.google.com/maps/place/12+Rue+du+Pr%C3%A9v%C3%B4t,+75004+Paris,+France/@48.8549451,2.3600075,565m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47e671fdeb8292c7:0x61ca4f1a46a558fc!8m2!3d48.8549451!4d2.3600075!16s%2Fg%2F11b8z2cpl5?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D]: 12 Rue du Prévôt, 75004). For the hatmaking, seek out MiniMe Land [https://www.minime-paris.com/] (Address: 25 R. de Turbigo, 75002 Paris) [https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e66f006b546b49:0x8a3988eb70a628b4?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111] At the end of the episode, Marie Segura from My Private Paris is in the studio discussing how best to visit Giverny and Auvers-sur-Oise, once home to Monet and Van Gogh, respectively. In fact, this whole season of The Earful Tower is brought to you by My Private Paris, which is an award-winning travel company creating deluxe itineraries for Paris and beyond. See what they offer here [https://mpp1.typeform.com/earful-tower] and be sure to let them know that you came from The Earful Tower. 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] to support it and to discover our exciting extras.