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In this podcast episode we use a classic scene from the movie “Pink Panther” which highlights using the “American” French accent to illustrate the strangeness related to an ESOP negotiation.  In ESOP transactions it is important to understand that the purchase price or valuation of shares being sold hinge on the ultimate result of the negotiation with a trustee along with their independent buy-side team.  The strangeness can come from the back and forth with the seller offer/trustee counter offer/seller offer.   

In this week's episode, we take a look at the pros and cons of KDP Print and Ingram Spark, and see which one works best for helping indie authors make excellent print books. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 215 of the Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is August 23rd, 2024 and today we are looking at KDP Print and Ingram Spark and seeing which is the better choice for indie authors seeking to make print books. Before we get to our main topic, we will have an update on my current writing projects and the Question of the Week. My current main project is Shield of Conquest and I pleased to report I am 74,000 words into it, which puts me on Chapter 16 of 23. It helps that I had a 10,000 word day for it this week and another 10,000 word day for last week, which of course really moves the needle forward. I am also 37,000 words into Ghosts in the Tombs, which will be my next book after Shield of Conquest. Then after Shield of Conquest will come Cloak of Illusion and I am 7,000 words into that. So good progress all around. In audiobook news, recording for Half-Orc Paladin is almost done. Hopefully that should be wrapped up next week and then that will be available in audiobook before too much longer. So that's where I'm at with my current writing projects. 00:01:10 Question of the Week Now let's take a look at Question of the Week. I haven't had time to do Question of the Week since July, so let's do one now: If you enjoy reading about history, what is your favorite historical period to read about? No wrong answers, obviously. We had a range of responses to this one. Our first responses from Justin who says: My favorite historical periods are Roman (both Republic and The Empire) and American French and Indian War through The Civil War. The US was blessed to have the leaders that founded it. They were not perfect, but they were very good indeed. What's interesting about that is if you read any biographies about George Washington, you'll find out what he probably wanted more than anything in life was prestige and recognition and I think deep down, he very much would have liked to have been, you know, King George The First of The United States, but at the moment of crisis, he was able to refuse the crown and be only president, be only Mr. President, instead of a king. So that is probably one of the reasons the United States has lasted as long as it has. Our next response comes from AM who says: The 1964-965 World's Fair in New York is a moment when the American corporate optimism of the ‘50s came crashing into the aftermath of Kennedy's assassination and growing civil unrest (some of which was caused by the fair organizer's policies and decisions as an urban planner in New York City). It introduced both video calls and Belgian waffles to the General American public. It also had a massive impact on pop culture and several of the attractions Disney created for it still exist today: The Carousel of Progress, It's a Small World, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and the pieces of Ford's Magic Skyway that are still viewable via Disneyland's railroad. Our next comment is from Sue, who says: for me, definitely Medieval/Tudor history, although I love all history. I was one of the few of my year at school who chose to study history rather than geography. Maybe that's why I get easily lost in a new place, lol. William says: I have had the feeling that I should read more on the Holy Roman Empire, but all those princedoms and rulers with complex family names makes it a bit daunting. He is entirely right about that. The history of the Holy Roman Empire is indeed quite complicated. Catriona says: I have two. The English Civil War and Medieval British history pre-Norman invasion. Although truth be told, I love history in all respects. I left the UK 20 years ago and have been in Asia ever since, and am in awe of Angkor Wat, the Great Wall of China, and the history here. Andrew says: The US Civil War. My dad bought a war game in the early ‘80s and got me hooked, followed by Napoleonic Wars. Jeanne says: I've been recently reading a lot on early British history, from the Roman period to the early Medieval period. The history of the British Isles is fascinating because it is made of so many different peoples, languages, and cultures that have all had an influence on modern Great Britain. Barbara says: early English history for me. Anything from William the Conqueror to Richard the Lionheart and Prince John. Richard was popular at the time because of the chivalry, but John was a much better ruler even though he was hated. And John says: Europe 1500 through 1700, also known as “Knights with Guns.” For myself, it's hard to pin down since it will be whatever catches my interest at any given time. Like when I visited the battlefield of Chickamauga in 2022, I went on a long reading spiral about the US Civil War. When I watched Season Four of The Crown, I wound up reading about Thatcher-era Britain to see all the many details that the show got wrong. When I recently read Ghost on the Throne about the Diadochi, the heirs of Alexander the Great, I did a lot of supplemental reading about Alexander the Great and the Wars of the Diadochi as well. Back in 2010, I beat Medieval 2: Total War as the Byzantine Empire faction, so after that I did kind of a deep dive on Byzantine history. All that said, I think two historical periods I read about the most are the second half of the Roman Republic, specifically from the 2nd Punic War to the victory of Augustus and the high Medieval period of Western Europe from about the Norman conquest to the Black Death. I had to laugh when the “how often does your boyfriend think about the Roman Empire?” meme was popular last year because I do actually think about the Roman Republic/Empire a lot, but mostly to mine it for inspiration for fantasy novels. Obviously, the High Medieval period also provides a lot of potential ideas for fantasy books. That said, those two historical periods offer a lot of examples of a fascinating riddle that has no answer: can a good person also be an effective leader who acts in the best interests of his people? Like, Caesar Augustus and King Henry I of England were in questionably very bad men who did a lot of very bad things, yet they're rated among the more effective Roman emperors and English kings because they brought peace and order to their respective realms, whether their realms wanted it or not. Monastic chroniclers at the time said that in King Henry's day, a virgin girl carrying a bag of gold could travel unharmed across England, and while this is obviously a political exaggeration, Henry did in fact impose peace and order on England during his reign. Of course, a bad man can often be a bad leader as well, but I'm afraid one of the unfortunate realities of the human condition is that effective leadership does require a good deal of ruthlessness, and you see a lot of that in both the Roman and in the Medieval periods- bad men who were good leaders and bad men who were also bad leaders. 00:06:33 Main Topic: KDP Print vs. Ingram Spark But this is not a history podcast. This is a podcast about writing and indie publishing, so let's move on over to our main topic, whether KDP Print or Ingram Spark would be better for indies to use to produce their print books. There's an obvious question to ask first: why have print books? There's a couple of different reasons. Some people prefer print books (not as many as they used to), but some people still read print books over ebooks whenever possible. Some people enjoy books both as physical objects and collectibles, and some people enjoy giving books as a gift. Giving a physical book to someone is generally a more satisfying experience than emailing them a code to download the book off their favorite ereader. It is also easier to share print books between people. That way you can read the book and give it to a family member or friend who wants to read it as well without having to purchase an additional copy. It is also an additional source of revenue for indie authors, not a huge source (with certain exceptions). Most indie authors will make more from their ebooks than they will from their print books, but there is potential revenue in print books as well. I checked right before I started recording this podcast and of the money I made from Amazon in 2024 so far this year, about 1.8% of it came from print books. You might say 1.8%, that's not that much. But in this economic climate, I don't think anyone who wants to stay in business should turn away an additional 1.8 percent of revenue. Both KDP Print and Ingram Spark use what's called on demand printing, and we should explain what that is before we go any further. Printing books for self-published writers used to be kind of a nightmarish experience. You might, if you're familiar with the publishing industry at all, might have heard the old joke about how that if you self-publish, you're going to end up with a garage full of books and that did in fact happen to many people. They decided in the 2000s and before that they wanted to self-publish their own books. So they had a contract with the printer and the printer would probably have like a minimum order of like 5,000 copies or something. So you'd have to buy that, and then you'd have your garage full of boxes of books and you'd have to hand sell or find a way to sell all those books one at a time. It was a very unpleasant experience and I'm glad I never tried it, and that I'm fortunate enough to live at a time when the technology has improved quite a bit. Print on demand works that basically it's like one copy is printed whenever you get one order; there's no inventory kept on hand. If you've bought indie books off Amazon, you might notice there's a bit of delay because the book first has to be printed and bound and then it gets shipped to you. This is by contrast to a traditional published book where if say, for example, Stephen King publishes a new novel, there will probably be an initial print round of like 100,000 copies or some equally large number, and then they'll only print more if those initial 100,000 copies sell out. This is a very inefficient and cumbersome system, so you can see why ebooks and print on demand are much more economical and environmentally friendly, if you are worried about that. That said, it doesn't actually have to be a choice of KDP Print versus Ingram Spark. They in some ways do different things, and as of today, August 23rd, 2024, you can use both essentially. They're not exclusive and you can do different kinds of print books through both. But we'll get to that in a little bit. Another important thing to be aware of as you're going to do print books is to have realistic expectations and mindset about it. I've noticed many new or younger authors have the dream they're going to get their book on a physical shelf in a physical store or library, but realistically that does not make a lot of financial sense for most people. Most authors (myself among them), will sell much more in ebooks than in the time it would take to chase down individual bookstores and individual libraries and try to sell print books to them. Bookstores and libraries are frequently overwhelmed with requests from indie authors, especially local indie authors, wanting to put their books in their stores. They may have created specific policies in response to that demand, and you may want to check their website before trying to get a local bookstore or a library to carry your book. If you do want to get your book into a physical store, it is an uphill battle, and frankly, it's probably not worth the time it would take you to sell to fight that battle. Shelf space in bookstores is both limited and shrinking, especially as bookstores sell more things like toys or stationery/lifestyle items which have a bigger profit margin than books, and you don't have the resources as an indie author to compete against the Big 5 for space on those shelves. Bookstores usually expect a discount of around 35 to 45% off retail as well, which means the higher cost of printing on demand makes this very difficult and gives indies the big disadvantage of getting a book into a bookstore. Now I know it sounds like I just was talking down print books quite a bit, but like I said, 1.8% extra revenue. So most of your print book sales will probably be online and probably from people who order directly, like your readers who most enjoy your book and want a physical copy for their collection or readers who will buy the physical book and give it as a gift to someone they want to give it as a present to. I should note that I've been talking about applies to fiction, but the rules are slightly different when it comes to nonfiction. I should note that my nonfiction book, the Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide across its entire lifetime, fully 25% of its sales have been in paperback. Because that is if people need specific nonfiction in print, especially if it's a technical nonfiction where they can refer back to it like my Linux book, then they will be more likely to order it in print. So that is something else to bear in mind as we now dive into the next section of the show, the difference between KDP Print and Ingram Spark. We will look at the pros and cons for both. For KDP Print (that is Amazon's program for selling print books on their site), the pros are it's obviously the best option for selling print books on Amazon, and it's not uncommon for people to use KDP Print for selling paper books on Amazon and then some other service for selling paper books at other online stores. There are no setup fees and there is a window where you can make changes without a fee. The reporting is either real time or real close to real time and you can see print sales next to ebook sales stats. Like when I was referencing various sales figures throughout the recording of the show, I just paused quickly to check on my KDP dashboard and was able to pull up the figures with a couple of clicks. Pricing is an advantage. Amazon offers the most favorable rate for selling directly on Amazon. In return, Amazon controls the minimum price for the book, kind of like they do for audiobooks, which is usually pretty similar to the cost of printing and shipping. When you set up a print book on KDP Print, Amazon will say based on its size, this is the minimum price. You have to sell at this price and you can't go any lower and then you can set the price however high you want. Usually it's best to set the price so that you get about $3 or so per copy or if you go into expand distribution, that you get dollar per copy of it sold. Expanded distribution, we're going to talk about right now in the con section of KDP Print. There are frequently issues with third party sellers. The problem is that KDP Print offers something called expanded distribution, where if you check that box, your book will be sold through Amazon on a variety of different sites like Barnes and Noble and other physical bookstores that have the online store for a reduced rate. So for example, if you sell a copy of your KDP Print book, you get $3 on Amazon, through expanded distribution you'd get like $1.00. The problem with that is it doesn't always work right. Many of the stores don't always integrate properly with Amazon, so the book will show up, but the cover will be missing or the book just won't show up at all, or some of the stores only update like every month or even quarterly sometimes. So that can be a problem as well. KDP Print, like many print on demand services, does not offer the ability to make books returnable, which is something bookstores expect and want, and most physical bookstores will not take a book that is not returnable. There's a cultural component there as well. Most physical bookstores, especially most independent physical bookstores, do not want to order books from their biggest enemy, Amazon, and will flatly refuse if you ask. Some and even a significant number of libraries are unable to order print books from Amazon or it requires more paperwork or effort for them to do so, and therefore they don't really want to bother. Now let's take a look at KDP Print's main rival Ingram Spark, which is another print on demand service. The premise for this is that Ingram Spark is much better at Amazon at selling books at non-Amazon bookstores, which of course makes a lot of sense. It's also easier to sell to libraries from Ingram Spark than it is from KDP Print. You do have more freedom in pricing the book, which you have to be careful for because it is possible to set things up so that you lose money with every book sale, which Amazon KDP Print does not let you do for obvious reasons. Opinions may differ, but some people do think the covers and interiors look nicer from Ingram Spark for than they do from KDP, and you can order bulk copies at wholesale prices, which you can't really do on KDP Print. You sort of can- you can order things at the author rates, but Ingram Spark has a bigger discount for that. You can also produce a bigger variety of books through Ingram Spark in different paperback sizes and different hardback sizes. So all that sounds good, but there is a pretty significant list of cons as well. There are set up fees for each title, which there are not for Amazon KDP Print. Additionally, if you make any change to the book whatsoever after it is published, any change at all, whether it's a new cover, fixing a typo in the text, whatever, you have to pay a fee for any change you make in the book after it is published. Unsurprisingly, it is harder to sell an Ingram Spark book on Amazon than it is anywhere else. Some people say (and I have no way of confirming this) that Amazon artificially increases the delivery times for these titles, but it's probably more likely is that Ingram Spark would have to print the book, ship it to Amazon, and then Amazon would have to ship it to the customer, which would add quite a bit of roundabout travel to the book, which is why some indie authors who are very into print sales tend to use KDB Print for any books that sell on Amazon, and they restrict those books to Amazon and sell their wide books at other bookstores using Ingram Spark. So what conclusion can we draw from this? If you only have time to pursue one, go with KDP Print since Amazon is the majority of print sales, especially in the US right now. That's what I do. If I wanted to do more elaborate paperback books, I would probably go through Ingram Spark, but KDP Print is pretty good at meeting my needs. Unless something changes drastically, I will probably keep doing that for the foreseeable future. However, if you have the time and the ability to do both, it is advantageous to do both. You will need separate ISBNs. You get an ISBN from Amazon and an ISBN from Ingram for the edition of the book you do through there. You could do books through KDP Print and have them just on Amazon and then have the books for the other stores, have those go through just Ingram Spark. This is a bit more work, but if you are an author who is very interested in print books or does a lot of business in print books, that may be advantageous for you to pursue. So to sum up, KDP Print is the simpler, easier option and is probably good enough for most indie authors, whereas Ingram Spark offers a lot more options but is more expensive to use and probably requires greater knowledge to use effectively. But remember, if you are an indie author, you probably will still be making most of your money on ebooks so don't stress out too much about the paper books. And as I mentioned before, my Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide, I got 25% of its revenue from its lifetime from the print book, but that means 75% of the revenue still came from the ebook. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

A Minnesota-born artist and author, Jodi Hills now lives, loves and creates in the south of France. Jodi started writing and painting when she was five years old. No matter what she was feeling, she would go into her room and put it down on paper. As Jodi says, “I guess it's not just what I do. It's who I am! C'est moi!” A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Jodi went into advertising for her first job. She wondered: if she could write about something she didn't care about, like toilet paper, what would it be like to write about something she really DID care about? The first show she ever had was at an art fair with a few framed originals, a few prints, and some cards. It was surprising to her when she sold the original paintings, but the pure joy came from the woman who bought a single card – a single card that cost one dollar. Jodi believes, no matter the budget every person should have the same opportunity to buy a piece of art that moves them. From originals, to prints, to cards, to home goods, to coffee table books, Jodi Hills makes something for everyone. Every word or piece of art is an expression of what she experiences or sees in the world: it's all personal. After a gallery show in Chicago, she accidentally fell in love with a French man; then, got married on purpose and moved to the south of France. In this episode, we not only hear more details of her love story, but we learn what motivates and inspires Jodi. We learn about her daily routine, and the importance of saying “yes”.   Our Non Profit Spotlight is Mezin-Koats Colon Cancer Research Jodi Hills Website Follow: Instagram | Facebook | Tik Tok | Pinterest | Etsy Shop | Blog __ Katie Harms @ katie@katieharms.com, www.katieharms.com or Lisa Rubin @ lisa@wardrobeconsulting.net, www.wardrobeconsulting.net . Follow Us On: Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Please take a moment to rate our podcast wherever you are reading or listening to this! Thank you! We are thankful to our sponsors Continental Diamond, Renae Keller and Scherer Bros Closets 

Get ready to shake and bake with special guests Christina and Mac Hare from World of Horror Podcast as we talk a blue streak about the hilarious and heartfelt 2006 Adam McKay/Will Ferrell comedy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.  We explore how a film this funny manages to lampoon with love, we praise the many brilliant performances that elevate the movie above simple comedy (with special emphasis on Gary Cole, Jane Lynch, and our universal MVP John C. Reilly), we dive into Cal and Ricky's deeply flawed yet sweet friendship, we feel the motor running up our legs with Molly Shannon's riotous scene-stealing performance as Mrs. Dennit, we trade our many favorite quotes, Georgia gives her spot on impression of Texas Ranger, and we revel in the absurd hilarity of the American/French rivalry embodied by Will Ferrell's Ricky Bobby and Sacha Baron Cohen's Jean Girard.  With all due respect, rev up your engines and give us a listen, because if you ain't first, you're last!

This week, Monica and Louisa talk about Americans abroad! First, Monica has a conversation with her son about what he's eating in France. In contrast, she talks to restaurateur Kevin Boehm about bringing French food to Chicago. Then, Monica talks to video game and filmmaker Josh Tsui about Korean Chinese food in LA and Chicago. Finally, in what may now become a tradition, Louisa dares Monica and Iris to eat expired jam. But will they eat it this time?   chewing.xyz chicagotribune.com/chewingpodcast facebook.com/chewingpodcast Louisa Chu: Insta @louisachu1, Twitter @louisachu Monica Eng: Insta @monicaengreporter, Twitter @monicaeng Links: Pre-order Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites *Discount code S23UIP Music: Theme music: Carsick Cars - Zhong Nan Hai  Outro music: Carsick Cars - 15 Minutes Older Segments: “Cadeau” by Aya Nakamura ft. Tiakola, “Le Paradis Perdu” by Lucienne Delyle, “Gondry” by Hyukoh, “Ditto” by NewJeans, “Be Sweet” (Korean Version) by Japanese Breakfast feat. So!YoON!

French luxury business maker and magnet, Sophie Djordjevic is remarked with inevitability. From working with international luxury houses and being at the zenith of e-business, Sophie has planted pillars of inspiration and indelible blueprint of development globally within the American French luxury conglomerate, COTY group. Sophie started early in France, holding her love for luxury and finding her direction within. Soon after her masters in the French Grande École SKEMA Business School, Sophie subsequently scored success with her roles in the pioneer french luxury houses, L'Oreal, Dior, Coty to Guerlain. Today, Sophie is also a board member of SKEMA Global Luxury and Management Masters, one of luxury's most covetable chairs empowering the future generation of leaders.With Tech Powered Luxury, Sophie Djordjevic joins Ashley in a tête-à-tête conversation of french savoir-faire, reading between the lines of luxury and fundamentally discusses on how to break into France's Grandes École system to secure one's primary step to the doorway of luxury.This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TheAlienz can reach a great potential, from music videos(in the works) to performing concerts for large audiences, from teens to older adults. Our band consists of Gemini Teen, composer and singer, 15 years of age, capable of creating songs and hooks in all styles, from EDM to Hiphop to RNB to Pop, she has been writing professional level songs since she was 12. With an enchanting lush unique meso soprano, she offers new revolutionary sound for the industry to continue its rapid growth. ( cousin of Beyonce Knowles, Angel Dawn, Derouen descendant from New Iberia LA) is an all American French, Filipino who can speak three languages and practices advanced Kung Fu) Isabella(Gabriel) is a model and singer, capable of signature vocal texture, she is a natural born performer, tending towards the rock and EDM spectrum. Xenon is a Hiphop rapper and writer hailing of the bay area and composes lofi and futuristic music, with a gritty and authentic street hookishness.

Joining Thomas Harrison-Lord today on this episode is Xavier Pieuchot, Product Marketing Manager at Thrustmaster. It's been a big month for the gaming and simulation equipment manufacturer, as its first-ever direct drive wheel base – the T818 – was launched and shipped to its first customers.Here at Traxion.GG, we were lucky enough to receive one of the first loan units for review. But, we wanted to get deeper under the skin of the T818 and see why the American-French company chose now as the time to enter the increasingly competitive direct drive market, which has quickly become the expected technology for sim racing.We cover its launch, development process, why it's manufactured in France and console support.Is this the most pivotal moment in its 32-year history? Let's find out…Thrustmaster T818 review: https://traxion.gg/thrustmaster-t818-wheel-base-review/Thrustmaster T818 video review: https://youtu.be/_BmmOuEnYt4 Thrustmaster T128 review: https://traxion.gg/thrustmaster-t128-review-the-best-budget-gaming-steering-wheel/Thrustmaster T128 video review: https://youtu.be/NqsTePHB98sDon't forget you can email podcast@traxion.gg if you have any questions about sim rallying you'd like us to answer.If you'd like to hear more episodes like this one, please follow, like and subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a comment on the Traxion.GG website or a review. Your feedback is invaluable and helps us to create more episodes in the future.Sign up for Buzzsprout podcast hosting (affiliate link) - https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1675699Follow Traxion.GGhttps://twitter.com/TraxionGGhttps://www.instagram.com/traxiongg/https://www.twitch.tv/traxiongghttps://www.youtube.com/traxiongghttps://www.facebook.com/TraxionGG/

TheAlienz, band, tourists, invaders is a newly landed singer/writer group that has landed in your musical universe. We come in peace and consist of Gemini Teen(Angel Dawn, half asian , cousin of Beyonce), just finished a collab with Sean Kingston and is a composer and singer, 15 years of age, capable of creating songs and hooks in all styles, from EDM to Hiphop to RNB to Pop, she has been writing professional level songs since she was 12. With an enchanting lush unique meso soprano, she offers new revolutionary sound for the industry to continue its rapid growth. She is an all American French, Filipino who can speak three languages and practices advanced Kung Fu). AQ8, galactic borg from New Orleans/Los Angeles, has been composing music for over 15 years, and creates overall productions aimed at the global market of every style. Capable of singing everything from Michael Jackson to Steve Perry, he is a French Cajun who grew up in the recording studios of Louisiana and is a multi instrumental musician. Capable of writing hook songs on a national level, we invite you to review our unreleased portfolio. We promote on social media and are readying our stage show. We often guest play with Xenon, west coast lofi rapper and Isabella G., instagram model and singer. We are theAlienz who crashed landed on Earth and just have to make do. From rock listeners, to teen anime, to pop to rap, we seek to somewhat peacefully invade this solar system

Talk Art Special Episode!!! We catch up on all things Art Basel with legendary Global Director Marc Speigler - Art Basel is the biggest art fair in the world where thousands of people flock to the city of Basel every year to discover and witness new art, new ideas and the changing of culture - this is art world insider magic.Marc Spiegler (born 1968) is an American/French art journalist and columnist since 1998. In 2012 he became global director of Art Basel. Marc leads the organization's development, including all three shows and our expanding artworld activities. He is ranked in ArtReview's Power 100 among the top 25 most influential individuals in the art world. Art Basel fair brings the international art world together. It features over 200 leading galleries and more than 4,000 artists from five continents. Many high-quality exhibitions take place concurrently in and around Basel, creating a region-wide art week (June 16 – 19, 2022).Follow @ArtBasel and @MarcSpeigler Visit: https://artbasel.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Gaelle presents to you the wonderful Josephine Baker, an American-French black woman, born in 1906, dead in 1976 and recently admitted to the Pantheon in France. You will understand why the French president decided to give her a posthumous honour, and discover the different aspects of her colorful personality.You can get free vocab lists as well as read an interactive transcript (which highlights the words as they're spoken) whilst listening via https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpodLooking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a trial session here: https://languatalk.com/french-tutors-online?via=frenchpod

The Empire State building was lit up with the colours of the French flag this week, in honour of the American-French performer Josephine Baker, who was inducted into France's Panthéon mausoleum on Tuesday. In the US, Josephine Baker is just as beloved as she is in France, and nowhere more so than in Harlem, in New York City. Our correspondents Jessica Le Masurier, Yves Schaeffner and Fanny Chauvin met with New Yorkers to explore Baker's legacy.

Adam Sikora is a Polish harmonica player who completely by chance became obsessed with the pre-war harmonica styles of Sonny Terry, Johnny Woods and Billy Bizor. Luis (Gigi) de Cicco is an eclectic multi-instrumentalist from Benevento, Italy, who, like Adam, found a home in the thriving Berlin arts scene. Capo, acoustic guitar and fingerpicks in hand, Gigi has found his own blues groove by delving deep into the styles of Mississippi Fred McDowell, RL Burnside and other Hill Country masters. Adam and Gigi formed the duo Juke Joint Smokers in Berlin and started to record an electric record together, but decided to go acoustic. They have a great blues feel and mood and we look forward to their first recording. We also recommend their other bands; Adam's the leader of The Soul Thrivers, a collaboration with a Jamaican/UK based singer Dvora Davis and American/French guitarist Nick Morrison. Gig's band Caboose is an ambitious psychedelic/African/rock/blues gumbo that competed in the IBC in 2019. By the way, neither of these bands have a bass-- they both go for a raw, stripped down sound in their own way. This is an inspired duo and both Adam and Gigi are players to watch. Check out http://jukejointsmokers.com/about/, http://soulthrivers.com and https://www.caboosemusic.com/. Take a blues journey with No Border Blues, the only blues podcast focused on international blues artists and hidden blues scenes around the world. Delmark recording artist Johnny Burgin and producer Stephanie Tice shine a spotlight on notable international blues performers, discuss the blues scenes in their home countries, and present intimate and exclusive musical performances. Sponsored by Chicago Blues Network, bringing Chicago Blues to the world. noborderblues.com - chicagobluesnetwork.com - johnnyburgin.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With podcast host of Revolutions and History of Rome Mike Duncan, we talk about the Marquis de Lafayette. He left an aristocratic life in France to fight in the American Revolution, and did so with bravery and zeal. He remains the central figure of American-French cooperation. Mike talks about Lafayette's role not just in American history but in French history. He also talks about his book, Hero of Two Worlds. We also chat about Napoleon and Lafayette, French generals and other stories. Music by Kevin MacLeod and Chris Novembrino. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Ehret discusses his new book “Clash of the Two Americas: Unfinished Symphony (1776-1901)” and how the struggles facing the U.S. republic/empire today are nothing new. The same British imperial, oligarchic, and (proto) deep state interests were present from the start of the American/French revolutions and founding of Canada. He describes how the republican nationalist […]

Michael J. Arbouet talks with Diane Franklin. Diane is an iconic 80s American film actress, known for her dark curly hair, and dialects. Beginning her acting career at the age of ten, Diane started with modeling, theater, commercials, and soap opera work. She then won the lead role of the dream girl, Karen, in cult classic THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982) and soon after played the daughter, Patricia Montelli in AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION. Her break-out film role was the spirited French-exchange student, Monique Junot, from the off-beat comedy BETTER OFF DEAD. And her most notable commercial success was playing the medieval Princess-babe, Joanna, from 1980s iconic comedy, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. Diane sang the NATIONAL ANTHEM at Dodger Stadium in 2004, and wrote two autobiographies about her career: Diane Franklin: The Excellent Adventures of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Kindle), and Diane Franklin: The Excellent CURLS of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Barnes&Noble) Her other acting credits include episodic television, such as Charles in Charge, Murder She Wrote, Matlock and Dallas : The Early Years. She also re-curred in televisions series, and movies made for television, such as SummerGirl and Deadly Lessons. Over the years Diane has also performed in her daughter/filmmaker, OLIVIA DELAURENTIS' award winning comedies: HUMANIZED (L.A. Film Festival,) MY BETTER HALF (Soho Film Festival,) and more recently a comedy web-series on YouTube titled SUGARBABIES (Barely Legal Comedy). Diane returns to acting, on the big screen, in 2018 with the following films: WALLY GOT WASTED, WAKING NIGHTMARE, THE FINAL INTERVIEW and THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS: THE HAUNTING ON LONG ISLAND.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/quidditasfactor)

Now available on Netflix, Oxygen is an American-French sci-fi thriller from director Alexandre Aja with Christie LeBlanc as screenwriter. It stars Mélanie Laurent as a woman who mysteriously wakes up inside a medical cryogenic chamber with no memory or obvious means of escape. The cast also includes Mathieu Amalric and Malik Zidi. This review is an excerpt from Episode #220 of the Cinemaholics Podcast. The intro music is “We Came Here For Jazz” by RejSende. Links: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton Support our show on Patreon. Follow Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Send us an email via cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. Leave us a voicemail on The “Swell” App. Shop our Cinemaholics merch page for hoodies, shirts, and more! Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's conversation with Marissa centers on North American French and North American Spanish. Marissa is a multilingual content creator and champion for all language learners! For this episode, we focused on dialects of French and Spanish spoken, and often marginalized, in North America. We were both eager to shift the French discussion away from Europe and talk about our French speaking neighbors here in our own country. Marissa talks about the Acadiens and Cajun French and how the language was distributed from Canada all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. We discuss stereotypes that affect French speakers in North America and how misrepresentations of Parisian French in the US have been harmful to North American francophones. She also talks to us about how learning to speak the dialect of Spanish that her neighbors and clients speak has opened doors for her and enabled her to make connections in her community. And, because Marissa has been working on relearning her heritage language of Polish, she even gives us a little bit of insight into how that personal and emotional journey has been coming along. This episode is so full of facts and data and even a mini quiz for us where I find out a surprising fact about Cajun French that I never even realized. Big thank you to Marissa for this fact filled conversation and for sharing all of your knowledge with us. As always, if you enjoy this episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the Speaking Tongues Podcast on Apple Podcasts so that other language lovers like ourselves can find the show! Ok, let’s chat To Find Marissa: Instagram: @multilingualmarissa Website: https://relearnalanguage.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvi1KPAwXNWYSa5AeJn89g Puerto Rican Spanish Learning Resources: https://relearnalanguage.com/puerto-rican-spanish/ Learning Louisiana French: https://relearnalanguage.com/learning-louisiana-french/ Speaking Tongues Podcast: www.speakingtonguespodcast.com Follow on IG: @speakingtonguespod Follow on Twitter: @stpodcasthost Like our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/thespeakingtonguespodcast Support the Podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speakingtongues --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/speaking-tongues/message

Scott talks with Legendary Actress Diane Franklin (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Last American Virgin, Amityville 2) about her career. Brian talks Parasite and Amityville with Scott while Dawson watches the Diane Franklin film TerrorVision. Also, Trevor crashes a book club featuring an autobiography by a castmember of Gilligan’s Island with a unique twist.

This week we check out Netflix’s one hundred and eighteenth film the 2018 American-French experimental film ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ directed by Orson Welles starring John Huston, Bob Random, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg and Oja Kodar.   Please follow us at Flix Forum on Facebook or @flixforum on Twitter and Instagram and answer our question of the week, 'Do you think it plays like a fully realised movie?'   You can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Podbean so please subscribe and drop us a review or 5 star rating.    If you're interested in what else we are watching, head on over to our Letterboxd profiles; MJ Jesse    We also have our own Flix Forum Letterboxd page! Links to all our past episodes and episode ratings can be found there by clicking here.    Next week we have 'Outlaw King’, so check out the film before then. You can see the trailer here. 

The wreck of the Titanic was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by oceanographer Robert ...

Hannah Judson is my guest on the podcast this week. She's an international touring American-French singer-songwriter based between Paris, France, and the San Francisco Bay area. Listen in as we talk about creativity and how we find it (especially in the COVID-19 era), her move to France and the differences between the shows and touring in the US and Europe, the background behind her music festival MUSEFest, and the importance of fighting for your place in the music industry.Quotes that Stood Out:“Why do we not feel creative when we've got the time and the space?”“You want to have listeners who are really listening to you, so I don't think it's a good idea to inflate your numbers”‘I would rather have a handful of real people than a huge number that's just paid for”“I do think that women in music need to fight harder. You need to fight hard because there are fewer places for women.”“Your greatest allies might not be in music, they may be in other fields but may be super supportive of you”Resources:Brunchwork Where to find Hannah:Instagram: @hannahj_museFacebook: @hannahjudsonmusicwww.hannahjudson.com

Interview with American/French singer Jeane Manson - On the phone with David Serero - The Culture News.

Have you ever spilled hot coffee on your dick and sued someone for their own dick to replace it? Did that coffee come from a french press? Are you mad and just want your problems to go away?! Save Point Sunday can relate, and we've recorded yet another episode to prove it. Tales of calamity, tales of insanity, tales from the Borderlands! We've got it all, even if it's late, on yet another episode of Save Point Sunday!

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Totally righteous 80's babe actress (and now author) Diane Franklin is our guest this week! We talk about what she's been up to, what she's got coming up, as well as getting some "totally excellent" writing tips before diving into BOTH of her books which she self-published! You do not want to miss out on this bodacious interview and be sure to click the links below to follow Diane and pick up her books! Amazon: Excellent Adventures Vol. 1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianeFranklin80 Facebook: Official Facebook Group Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actressdianefranklin/ YouTube: Liv and Di in L.A.  

In this episode, Charlie, an American French teacher, and I talk about using Instagram to grow your teaching business. We also talk about diversifying your income, including passive income through online courses. Listen to Charlie's tips for learners! Study Less and Speak More: https://bit.ly/2O9p8pk LINKS StreetFrench.org  Instagram.com/Street_French EnglishChallenges.com/teachers  Instagram.com/EnglishChallenges

This week we discuss the entertainer, activist and American-French spy Josephine Baker who aided the French Resistance during World War 2. A little. We also talk about other things like Trump, terrorism and travel. A Lot.

Today we discuss Jodorowsky's Dune a 2013 American-French documentary film directed by Frank Pavich. Our guest is comedian Michael D'Bey, who has also worked on film productions for Kink.com. The film explores cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's unsuccessful attempt to adapt and film Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel Dune in the mid-1970s. Part thoughtful tribute, part bittersweet reminder of a missed opportunity, Jodorowsky's Dune offers a fascinating look at a lost sci-fi legend. "Jodorowsky's Dune" is an account of a film that was never made despite all the love that its makers poured into it, yet somehow it's warm and inspirational: a call to arms for dreamers everywhere. (RogerEbert.com) We also talk about duck dicks, Jodorowsky's Dune as the Tupac of movies, Joe Morton, Meteor Man, Star Wars Force Awakens, and feeding Orson Welles. Michael D'Bey was Born in the Great State of Tennessee in the 7th month on a Sunday at Sunrise... At 7 he knighted himself in His Aunts backyard with his Uncles Straight razor it was pearl handled with Excalibur inscribed on it... At the behest of his principal He dropped outta High School in what should've been his Junior year and joined to Theatre companies and begin working as On-Air Producer at the local radio station, awhile attending various classes at 3 different colleges before getting his G.E.D. Moving to Hollywood And actually enrolling in the American Academy of Art. Where he met a Beautiful Woman, Had a A Gorgeous Baby... and was Cursed to start doing Stand-Up Comedy. **Sup Doc has created a Patreon page for those that can help out. We will also be providing unique Sup Doc content for our contributors. If now is not good for you we always appreciate you listening and spreading the word about Sup Doc! http://www.patreon.com/supdocpodcastFollow us on:Twitter: @supdocpdocastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.

Topics: A litter of kittens, world travels, anniversaries, Uptown Girl, future scientists, clarinets, teaching your children, moments, jazz vocalists, a Patsy Cline sort of deal, the cast of the film Dig, videos, photo shoots, discovering confidence, the Grand Ole Opry where everyone got dosed, Matt Rendon, like Disneyland, focused relaxation, interruptions, Liila, Nashville, healthy competition, collaboration, accessible inspiration, and the things we do for love.

イギリス出身のRebeccaと、ハワイ出身のKyleをゲストに迎えてのトークの第２回目をお届けします。今回のテーマは、私たち英語学習者にとって非常に興味深い「アメリカ英語とイギリス英語の違い」です。この両者の違いによってネイティブスピーカーでも相手の話を理解できないことがあるようです。具体的にはどのような違いがあるのでしょうか。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。 Download MP3 （15:25　8.9MB　中級～上級）+++この番組で使われている主な表現（Differences Between British and American English）+++ Part 1 (トーク開始から最初のプレイクまで 00:54-02:25) relatively = fairly = quite = かなり confusing = 訳の分からない the gist = the main point * * * Part 2 (最初のブレイクから２つ目のブレイクまで 02:30-7:10) to revise = British: to study for an exam. American: to make better. to go over = to review loads of = lots of crisps (British) = potato chips (American) French fries (American) = chips (British) a bonnet (British) = a hood (American), the front hood of a car. a bonnet (American) = a baby’s hat a mate (British) = a (male) friend a rubbish bin (British) = a garbage can, or a trash can (American) a rubber (British) = an eraser (American) a rubber = a condom to be X-rated = a movie containing sex scenes * * * Part 3 (２つ目のブレイクからトーク終了まで 7:15-14:30) a bill = British: a policeman. American: 札 a bill = 請求書 (check) a vending machine =自動販売機 a note (British) = a bill (American) a coach = (British) a large bus to go coach = to take a plane in economy class a custodian (American) = a janitor = 管理人 a custodian (American) = a caretaker (British) = 保管者（夜警・学校の公務員など） cider = American: a kind of soft drink. British: a kind of alcoholic drink to sneak = こそこそ歩くAmerican verb past tense: snuck proper = 上品な to bother (someone) =邪魔する、悩ます、やっかい (verb and noun) to raid = ガサ入れ

イギリス出身のRebeccaと、ハワイ出身のKyleをゲストに迎えてのトークの第２回目をお届けします。今回のテーマは、私たち英語学習者にとって非常に興味深い「アメリカ英語とイギリス英語の違い」です。この両者の違いによってネイティブスピーカーでも相手の話を理解できないことがあるようです。具体的にはどのような違いがあるのでしょうか。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。 Download MP3 （15:25　8.9MB　中級～上級）+++この番組で使われている主な表現（Differences Between British and American English）+++ Part 1 (トーク開始から最初のプレイクまで 00:54-02:25) relatively = fairly = quite = かなり confusing = 訳の分からない the gist = the main point * * * Part 2 (最初のブレイクから２つ目のブレイクまで 02:30-7:10) to revise = British: to study for an exam. American: to make better. to go over = to review loads of = lots of crisps (British) = potato chips (American) French fries (American) = chips (British) a bonnet (British) = a hood (American), the front hood of a car. a bonnet (American) = a baby’s hat a mate (British) = a (male) friend a rubbish bin (British) = a garbage can, or a trash can (American) a rubber (British) = an eraser (American) a rubber = a condom to be X-rated = a movie containing sex scenes * * * Part 3 (２つ目のブレイクからトーク終了まで 7:15-14:30) a bill = British: a policeman. American: 札 a bill = 請求書 (check) a vending machine =自動販売機 a note (British) = a bill (American) a coach = (British) a large bus to go coach = to take a plane in economy class a custodian (American) = a janitor = 管理人 a custodian (American) = a caretaker (British) = 保管者（夜警・学校の公務員など） cider = American: a kind of soft drink. British: a kind of alcoholic drink to sneak = こそこそ歩くAmerican verb past tense: snuck proper = 上品な to bother (someone) =邪魔する、悩ます、やっかい (verb and noun) to raid = ガサ入れ