Intermediate French with Carlito

At an elegant table in Monte Carlo, alcohol catches fire beside a plate of crêpes. The crêpes are served anyway, and according to the story, a mistake becomes crêpes Suzette.

In this episode, we discover five French sweets said to have been born from mistakes. From the Carambar and tarte Tatin to the kouign-amann and bêtises de Cambrai, each one reveals a small story about French regions, words, memories, and traditions.

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👉 Download your FREE "Jeanne d'Arc, en douceur" Guide

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Rouen, 1431. A cold stone room. Dozens of theologians, several of them trained at the University of Paris. And in front of them, alone on a simple bench, a nineteen year old girl who could not read or write.

They asked her a question built so that no answer could save her.

In this episode, we look closely at two of Jeanne d'Arc's real recorded answers, and at what they show us about how she actually thought. We also look at something quietly extraordinary: how her words reached us at all, written down in French by the notaries of the very trial that condemned her.

Almost six hundred years later, those words are still here. And with a little context and patience, they are still within reach.



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Come inside a real Paris hotel room and learn the French you actually need when staying in a hotel in France.

In this episode, we visit the Hôtel Louison in Paris with Elisa. You will hear practical French vocabulary for the reception, the room, the bathroom, the welcome tray, the safe, the minibar, the view, water, and different bed arrangements.

The goal is simple: to help you feel more comfortable, more confident, and less stressed the next time you arrive in a hotel in France.

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👉 Download your FREE "Arsène Lupin à Étretat, en douceur" Guide
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In this episode, I take you to the white cliffs of Étretat in Normandy, and tell you the story of the treasure that a whole nation believed in.

The strange needle of rock, the writer Maurice Leblanc, and Arsène Lupin, the most charming thief in French literature.

A calm, immersive walk into a French legend, and the gentle truth behind it.

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👉 Download your FREE "Madame Bovary, en douceur" Guide
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In this episode, I tell you the story of the most scandalous novel in French history, and of the woman at its heart.

Why France put a book on trial in 1857, who Emma Bovary really was, and why, more than a century later, her longing for a more beautiful life still touches us.

A calm, human walk into French literature, with a gentle invitation to read a little Flaubert yourself.

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Charles