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Bite sized history for the curious. Join me on a trip through French History one Paris metro station at a time.
Unknown Host hosts The MetroStop Podcast, a history show with 28 episodes published.
THE DREYFUS AFFAIR – A NATIONAL RECKONING Anatole France was one of the country’s most respected writers and he would become the conscience the Republic had been missing. We draw to the conclusion of the Affair. What doe
THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: DENIED BY A PRESIDENT Felix Faure became President of the Republic in January 1895, just weeks after Alfred Dreyfus was convicted. He was elected because he was seen as safe and predictable. He was no
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 alr
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 a
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 Thi
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, wh
Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau is a station at the north end of line 5. Raymond Queneau believed words were toys—tools for invention and discovery. Philosopher, writer and co-founder of Oulipo, Queneau didn’t just write
Villejuif- Louis Aragon is the last eastern station on line 7. He will reinvent himself again and again — Dadaist provocateur, Surrealist visionary, communist soldier‑poet, Resistance hero, loyal Party intellectual, and
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 G
Goncourt is a station on line 11 The creation of the Académie Goncourt in 1900 was a response to the Académie Française. Edmond Goncourt had a vision in life that he only saw through in his death. Sources: Radio France R
Jasmin is a station on line 9 He is the people’s poet and his language—the lenga d’òc—is not a dialect to be dismissed, but a legacy to be sung. Sources https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Jasmin https://fracade
Victor Hugo is a station on line 2 A literary force in French culture and politics, Victor Hugo’s speeches against poverty, censorship, and execution became the moral backbone of Les Misérables. Published in 1862, It bec
Alexandre Dumas is a station on line 2 Alexandre Dumas didn’t just write heroes—he performed them. He was Edmond Dantès in exile, Athos in elegance, d’Artagnan in bravado. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, an
Rueilly- Diderot is a station on line 8 and line 1. Denis Diderot was no ordinary philosopher. Provocative, and endlessly curious, with a writing style that danced between satire, dialogue, and philosophical paradox. He
Voltaire is a station on line 9 Writer and Philosopher, Francois-Marie Arouet lived through Enlightenment Europe, known more famously as Voltaire. Virgil | Biography, Aeneid, & Facts | Britannica Voltaire | Biography, Wo
Malakoff – Rue Etienne Dolet is a station on line 13 Etienne Dolet became one of France’s first martyrs of free thought. Sources: Calvinism in France and the Netherlands – Wilcuma The Long, Forgotten Reformation in Franc
In season 2 of Metro Stop Podcast, we will be stopping by 16 Century and then passing through two stations celebrating two architects of the enlightenment. Then some of the most celebrated writers in French history, whos
In the 1840s, as revolution simmered and foreign armies loomed, Paris built a colossal ring of stone and earth - Thiers Wall. This is more than a story of urban planning; this is the memory of a Paris that once feared bo
A summary of the events of the Paris Occupation and Liberation. Moral and Historicals Reckonings of Vichy France This has been Metro Stop, thank you so much for listening and I will be back with a new season, and we will
Rol Tanguy is on line 6 at Denfert Rochereau Who was Rol Tanguy? This is the final episode of Season 1 France Today - Women of the Resistance History Hit - Women of the French Resistance Paris in World War II - Wikipedia
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