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RFI

Hosted by RFI · General · EN · 150 episodes

About this Podcast:

RFI's English-language service produces news and features, on the radio and online. We currently have over 40 journalists and producers in our Paris office and a network of over 50 correspondents around the world.

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Verified email

Booking probability

44%

Guest openness

Selective

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What is RFI about?

RFI's English-language service produces news and features, on the radio and online. We currently have over 40 journalists and producers in our Paris office and a network of over 50 correspondents around the world.

What has RFI covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Podcast: AI in France, translators fight back, musicians' mentor" (8 October 2026, 33 minutes), "Adieu, dear listeners!" (26 September 2026, 27 minutes), and "Podcast: Pope in secular France, vultures and farmers, first divorce law" (24 September 2026, 33 minutes).

How often does RFI publish?

RFI publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 150 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on RFI?

Booking probability for RFI is 44%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. RFI requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. RFI's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch RFI?

The strongest fits for RFI are Radio & TV Broadcasting.

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RFI is a general show with 150 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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    Podcast: AI in France, translators fight back, musicians' mentor

    Oct 8, 202633 min

    Artificial intelligence is everywhere in France but who's using it, and how? We also look at its impact on translators and how they're striving to keep humans at the helm. And Nadia Boulanger – the pioneering French...

  • Episode #0

    Adieu, dear listeners!

    Sep 26, 202627 minS0

    This week is the final Sound Kitchen program, and it’s a doubleheader: you’ll hear the answers to TWO quiz questions, as well as TWO “Listeners Corner’s” with Paul Myers, plus a special musical choice from me to you...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: Pope in secular France, vultures and farmers, first divorce law

    Sep 24, 202633 minS0

    With its strong commitment to secularism, France is not an obvious place for Pope Leo XIV to stage an appearance, but his visit is drawing interest from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. After nearly disappearing from...

  • Episode #0

    A doubleheader feast!

    Sep 19, 202632 minS0

    This week on The Sound Kitchen it’s a doubleheader: you’ll hear the answers to TWO quiz questions, as well as TWO “Listener's Corner" with Paul Myers, and of course, Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. So sit down, relax...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: Eco-anger, France in space, world's first photograph

    Sep 10, 202634 minS0

    A climate expert experiences eco-anxiety firsthand after living through France's hottest summer on record. France tries to find its place in the new space race. And the story of the earliest known photograph still...

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    Countdown to the ballot: Zambia gears up for August elections

    Jul 21, 202630 minS0

    This week on Spotlight on Africa, we're heading to Zambia, where general elections are set to take place on the 13th August. Voters will go to the polls to elect a president, members of the National Assembly...

  • Episode #0

    Climate justice in Africa: floods, fossil fuels and the fightback

    Jul 7, 202633 minS0

    This week in Spotlight on Africa, we look at climate change, environmental justice and the challenges of adaptation. While Europe's heatwaves make headlines, temperatures are also climbing across Africa, with parts of...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: Adapting to heat, France's fitness boom, Paris Mosque at 100

    Jul 2, 202628 minS0

    As France's record-breaking heatwave last week raises questions about how the country will have to adapt to a warming climate, we look at what that could mean for French culture. We also explore the country's growing...

  • Episode #0

    Blood minerals and memory: the Great Lakes in focus

    Jun 23, 202629 minS0

    This week, Spotlight on Africa turns to the Great Lakes region. First, a new Global Witness report reveals how coltan is being smuggled out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, amid the ongoing conflict in the east...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: Justice for children, De Gaulle on screen, France’s animal welfare gap

    Jun 19, 202632 minS0

    The murder of a young girl has sparked a reckoning with France's failures to investigate and prosecute violence against children. A historian's take on bringing Charles de Gaulle to the big screen. And how France's...

  • Episode #0

    Africa's sound, African film at Cannes and the World Cup kick-off

    Jun 9, 202631 minS0

    This week, Spotlight on Africa explores cinema and music scoring for African documentary projects with storytellers from Mozambique and Kenya. We will also bring you news from the Cannes Film Festival, along with the...

  • Episode #0

    Africa's sound, Cannes' snub and the World Cup kicks off

    Jun 9, 202631 minS0

    This week, Spotlight on Africa explores cinema and music scoring for African documentary projects with storytellers from Mozambique and Kenya. We will also bring you news from the Cannes Film Festival, along with the...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: Protecting whistleblowers, homegrown fertiliser, daylight savings in France

    Jun 4, 202632 minS0

    A former prime minister goes after a whistleblower and what that means for those who dare to speak out. Why a natural ingredient that could cover up to 40 percent of France's fertiliser needs is currently being flushed...

  • Episode #0

    Spotlight on Africa: Global jihadism's growing grip on Africa

    May 26, 202627 minS0

    As attacks from jihadist groups allied to Tuaregs continue in Mali, global jihadism threatens Africa like no other region on earth, according to ACLED's latest report. With the organisation's expert on West Africa...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: Grappling with legacies of slavery, French film industry crisis

    May 21, 202633 minS0

    How two people in the French port city of Nantes – one descended from slave owners, the other from enslaved people – are working together to "repair" the country's troubled history. The slave money that built the Élysée...

  • Episode #0

    Spotlight on Africa: Africa Forward - a fresh start in Nairobi?

    May 12, 202641 minS0

    This week, Spotlight on Africa takes you to the 'Africa Forward' summit, hosted by France and Kenya in Nairobi on the 11th and 12th of May. It marks the first time Paris has staged such an event in an English-speaking...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: French raves, accent insecurity, birth of the Front Populaire

    May 7, 202636 minS0

    A crackdown on France's unauthorised raves threatens an outlet for young people. How regional accents in France can hold you back. And the Front Populaire, which laid the foundations of France's welfare state. The...

  • Episode #0

    From reggae to grime: how black music became synonymous with a British sound

    Apr 28, 202633 minS0

    As a major exhibition retracing how music from Africa, the Caribbean and North America merged to make a distinctly British sound opens in London, Spotlight on Africa looks at a century of black music in the diaspora...

  • Episode #0

    Sudan: Three years of war and new reports of meddling by Ethiopia

    Apr 14, 202633 minS0

    This week in Spotlight on Africa: Sudan’s war enters its fourth year, with no sign of easing since fighting erupted on 15 April 2023. The conflict is intensifying, amid fresh accusations of foreign interference – most...

  • Episode #0

    Podcast: 'New' antisemitism, Statue of Liberty, France's first female general

    Apr 9, 202631 minS0

    A controversial antisemitism bill that opponents say would criminalise criticism of Israel. A small town reubilds its long-lost Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom, to help it rediscover its identity. And the story...

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