Duolingo French Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Trouver sa voix (Speaking Out)
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in France as the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Linh Lan Dao felt uncomfortable speaking up when she encountered anti-Asian racism. But...
Trailer Season 4
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Duolingo French Podcast is back with new episodes starting September 15, 2020. Listen to the trailer now!
Dessiner un nouveau départ (Drawing a New Beginning)
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Berthet One always loved drawing, but never saw a future in it. Until he wound up in prison and realized that drawing was the best chance he had at re...
Le Top Chef (The Top Chef)
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gratien Leroy is a small-town accountant with big culinary dreams. But when France’s most popular cooking show announces an open call for the countr...
Surfer au Sénégal (Surfing in Senegal)
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Khadjou Sambe’s home country of Senegal, surfing is considered a male-only sport. But that hasn’t stopped Khadjou from pursuing her surfing dre...
Rerun: Le pouvoir du foot (Soccer Power)
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Pride and LGBTQ people across the world, this week we're rerunning the story of Marine Rome and the French soccer team that rocked the Wom...
En scène avec Jacques Brel (In the Spotlight with Jacques Brel)
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Arnaud Askoy has already had three different careers when, at age 43, he discovers his true calling: singing. But not his own music. Arnaud plans to l...
Rêves d'une Karatéka (Karate Dreams)
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For many years, Valérie struggled with feeling different from the other students at her karate school in Montreal. But after learning she had Asperge...
L’aquanaute (The Aquanaut)
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fabien Cousteau, grandson of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, was just a boy when he fell in love with a creature that most other people fea...
Trailer Season 3
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Duolingo French Podcast is back with new episodes starting June 8, 2020. Listen to the trailer now!
La championne du fromage (The Cheese Champion)
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a young PhD student, Viriginie Dhorne dreamed of becoming a brilliant academic. But after starting a family and finding herself stuck working in he...
Héros malgré eux (The Unlikely Heroes)
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kilian Belamri’s loitering habits weren’t much appreciated among the residents of his housing project in Malakoff, south of Paris. But when his ne...
L’amour après le deuil (Love After Grief)
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While on a day trip with his senior citizens club, Raymond Silvestrini survived one of the worst traffic accidents in France’s history. But after me...
Le clown « undercover » (The Undercover Clown)
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a nuclear engineer, David S. had a very serious job. But after discovering a passion for the French art of clowning, he decided to start leading a ...
La chasseuse de la particule (The Particle Hunter)
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After earning a PhD in nuclear physics in Europe, Dr. Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli returned to her native Morocco to teach and raise a family. But when...
Le pouvoir du foot (Soccer Power)
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since France won the World Cup in 1998, Marine Rome yearned to play soccer, but felt excluded from the field. When she finally found her dream te...
Comment je m’appelle ? (What’s My Name?)
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in France, Hong Dagognet rarely spoke with her adoptive parents about her childhood in Vietnam. But after receiving a surprising letter, sh...
La mélodie de la Martinique (The Sound of Martinique)
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In everyday sounds, Christophe Chassol hears the makings of a song. That refined ear led Chassol to become a renowned musician, and develop a new genr...
Trailer Season 2
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Duolingo French Podcast is back with new episodes starting January 28, 2020. Listen to the trailer now!
Le surfeur sans limites (The surfer without limits)
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Dargent devoted his life to surfing — the bigger the waves, the better. He wouldn’t let anything get in his way of his passion, not even a li...
Le paysan (The Countryman)
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cédric Herrou lived a quiet life as an olive farmer on the border between France and Italy until he began to offer shelter for hundreds of migrants s...
Le vigneron rebelle (The Rebel Winemaker)
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Oliver Cousin's grandparents passed away, he promised to honor the winemaking traditions they had passed down to him. But when the French state g...
Partir du paradis (Leaving Paradise)
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elodie Lauret yearned to discover what was beyond the island of La Réunion. But when she set off to Europe in search of better opportunity, she reali...
Entre deux mondes (Between Two Worlds)
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For a long time, Paris was the only place Alexia Sena considered home. But when Alexia began to wonder how she would pass down her Cameroonian heritag...
Le magicien des baguettes (The Baguette Magician)
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mahmoud M’Seddi was born to bake. When M’Seddi was surprised to come in 7th place in the Grand Prix contest for Best Baguette in Paris in 2017, he...
Trailer Season 1
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Deepen your language skills and knowledge of the French-speaking world through fascinating true stories in easy-to-follow French, with added English f...