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Bonjour Chanson Series 15, Episode 74
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 15
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We invite you to enjoy six Francophone songs with English commentary. The newer songs will surprise you. The traditional ones will charm you.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 15, Episode 73
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 15
Caption: Iris Koshlev of Peppermoon, Credit: Courtesy of Peppermoon.
We introduce Four French and two Canadian artists in English. They interpret 6 Francophone songs and you do not need to know French to enjoy the sh...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2014
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 15, Episode 72
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 15
Caption: Constance Amiot, courtesy of Talent Sorcier
Enjoy 5 beautiful French language love songs and a nostalgic look at childhood. As always, the commentary is in English and you don't need French ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 15, Episode 71
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 15
Caption: Pierre Faa, Credit: © Jay Alansky
Enjoy six songs about love, about the search for meaning and even about a little black dress that found itself in a closet full of men's clothes. ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 14, Episode 70.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 14
Caption: Sophie Beaudet, Credit: Courtesy of the Artist
We get to meet young as well as established Francophone singers and to enjoy their songs. No knowledge of French is required..

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:41
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 14, Episode 69
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 14
Caption: Boulevard Des Airs, Credit: Courtesy Boulevard des Airs
A band with enthusiastic young musicians in the Pyrenees, a poem about a passionate dark haired Spanish woman, a tribute to the city of Paris. A...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 27:36
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 14, Episode 68
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 14
Caption: Joséphine Draï (with her kind permission)
There are refreshing surprises in this program on French Chanson for English speakers. You do not need to understand French to discover them. Che...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 14, Episode 66
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 14
Caption: Pub de l"Etoile in Besançon
You'll discover 6 Francophone Songs Introduced in English, from France Gall, the teenage idol from the seventies, to the artist Zaz, honoring the ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 65
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: Colorful Roofs in Québec City
A Mosaic of songs by Francophone artists that will delight you even if you do not speak a word of French. When you'll listen to the songs you'll k...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 64
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: A Crowded French Riviera Beach in the Summer.
In this episode of "Bonjour Chanson" French artists are outnumbered by their foreign brothers and sisters. Enjoy the best of French Language Popul...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Up White in Africa
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a 2003 conversation with Alexandra Fuller, author of “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” a memoir ab...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 62
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: Le Mans, France
Six Francophone Artists, 4 of recent fame, 2 well-established are introduced in English with one of their songs. No knowledge of French is needed ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:36
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 12, Episode 60
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: Nyon, Lake Geneva, Switzerland
We bring French Chanson to English speaking audiences. No need to understand French. This episode spans the range from Jacques Brel to the hot new...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 12, Episode59
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: French postage stamp with portrait of Jacques Prévert by Pablo Picasso, Credit: Olga Popova
Great new French language songs rub shoulders with well-established ones in this episode of "Bonjour Chanson" and they mutually enhance each other....

Bought by KUT and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 2
Bonjour Chanson Series 12, Episode 58
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
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Six Francophone artists born respectively in Senegal, Canada, the Réunion Island, France and Algeria interpret beautiful French language songs. W...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KUT, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 3
Bonjour Chanson Series 12 Episode 57
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: Canal de la Robine, Narbonne
6 Francophone Artists are introduced with one of their songs to English speaking audiences. They will dazzle with their charisma.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 12 Episode 56
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: Rennes
The six Francophone songs in this episode form a colorful palette of very different emotions. You'll hear about the artists and their songs in Engl...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 55
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 11
Caption: The Port of Sète, South of France
Tenderness, sarcasm, heartache and longing. All these emotions are present in the French language songs we'll introduce in English in this episode...

Bought by KUT and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2012
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 2
Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 54
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 11
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We introduce 6 Francophone artists in English and listen to one of their songs. You'll hear recent songs and older ones. They are equally addictive!

Bought by KUT and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 26:31
  • Purchases: 2
Drones: A New Death From Above
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We bring you voices from Pakistan of families destroyed by drone strikes. And we hear from Medea Benjamin and other activists working to build a g...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 53
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 11
Caption: Saint Germain des Prés
When Leo Ferré sings, one can cut the French atmosphere with a knife. When you listen to Jane Birkin sing in French with her English accent, it br...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 24:49
  • Purchases: 2
Bonjour Chanson Series 11, Episode 52
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 11
Caption: Paris, along a quay of the Seine
We find beautiful French language songs and introduce them as well as the artists to an English speaking audience. You will enjoy them although you...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Jun 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:15
  • Purchases: 2
Arundhati Roy: Jungles of Resistance
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy takes us deep into the revolutionary-filled jungles of India, as she reads excerpts from her new book ‘Walking...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Mending the Past: International Truth and Reconciliation
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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After Apartheid, genocide, or after civil wars...how do nations, or people who've been pitted against each other, resolve their differences and liv...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 177 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Best-selling Author, Joshua Foer, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
East coast Author, JOSHUA FOER. Author and advocate for tall women, Arianne Cohen. Indie-psych folk ensemble, THE PARSON RED HEADS.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1