The Earful Tower show

The Earful Tower

Summary: The Earful Tower is a weekly podcast all about Paris, hosted by Australian expat Oliver Gee. With a huge variety of guests - from cooks and comedians to TV hosts and tour guides - this show will transport you to the City of Lights and make you feel like you've met the characters that make it shine.

Podcasts:

 The trick to starting a French conversation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:52

We all know it's important to say "bonjour" no matter where you in in France. That's hardly a secret. But there's no better way to get a conversation going than to ask "ca va?" directly afterwards. Let me explain...

 Behind the curtains of Shakespeare and Company | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:11

What really goes on at the iconic and mysterious Shakespeare and Company? A chat from inside the book store with Adam Biles.

 A closer look at the elegant 7th arrondissement of Paris | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:47

Thanks to the mysterious Goddess of Fortune (aka Leah Walker from Paris Perfect rentals), Lina and I have landed in a luxury apartment by the Eiffel Tower for two weeks. Leah joins me for a chat about the district.

 Life as a Paris food writer when all the restaurants are closed | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:09

Alec Lobrano talks about the future of Paris restaurants, his favorite spots in Paris, and how every French restaurant is like a theatre.

 The lockdown's over! So what now for Paris? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:06

A chat the Mayor of the Marais, Ariel Weil, about what's going on now and what will change.

 The kindest Parisian I've met | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:54

Here's an excerpt from the "audio experience" for my new book, Paris On Air, telling the story of my first trip to Paris.

 What will happen to the Paris restaurants? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:39

Guy Griffin from Cafe Oberkampf and Cafe Mericourt joins the show to talk about the restaurant industry in Paris and how it'll cope during the lockdown... and then what'll come next.

 Life as an influencer in the Paris lockdown | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:00

Paris has been closed down for about six weeks now and everyone's life has changed. Including these three influencers, Carin Olsson, Lindsey Tramuta, and Sophie Nadeau.

 What does Paris look like in lockdown? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55:39

From the Eiffel Tower to the Marais, Montmartre to the Left Bank, and even a look at the suburbs... five guests share their Paris views on this week's show.

 The Paris artist painting through lockdown | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:03

Lina Nordin Gee aka @parisianpostcards has been painting a watercolour every day about Paris, France, and famous French faces. 

 Paris lockdown leaves street frozen in 1942 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:38

An abandoned film set in Montmartre has left rue Androuet frozen in Nazi-occupied 1941.

 A chat with Ernest Hemingway | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:43

Unbelievable. After a strange dream, I found myself with a direct phone number for Ernest Hemingway in 1925. I called the number... here's what happened. 

 Paris on lockdown: The first two weeks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:50

Me and Lina have made it to two weeks without going crazy. Here's what we're doing to stay busy (and what you can do too!)

 What can we learn from the Rome lockdown? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:29

Australian journalist Josephine McKenna has lived in Rome for 12 years and gives us an insight into life in lockdown in the worst-hit country for the Coronavirus.

 'I got Coronavirus': One Parisian's story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:36

A friend of mine, 45-year-old David, has been in quarantine for almost two weeks after catching the coronavirus. David shares how he caught the virus, what it did to him, and how the French healthcare is treating him.

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