The New Paris Podcast

It's week five of confinement in Paris. I have been reporting stories about the virus and how the lockdown has severely impacted businesses and was slowly thinking about recording the podcast from home (vs in a studio). After a number of listeners reached out saying they'd love to know a little bit about how Paris is handling the situation, I got the equipment set up and got to work! More episodes, with guests, to follow. Mentioned in this episode: Paris under quarantine: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/life-in-coronavirus-quarantine-stories-from-paris-umbria-and-tel-aviv Restaurants suffering: https://www.eater.com/2020/3/17/21183882/life-in-a-paris-without-restaurants Rate of bankruptcy predicted: https://www.rtl.fr/actu/conso/coronavirus-quelles-seront-les-consequences-de-la-crise-economique-7800368225 Soutien Artisans et Commerçants: https://soutien-commercants-artisans.fr/ Institut Pasteur: https://don.pasteur.fr/site/ipa/coronavirus/en/don/index.html Vos Gâteaux: https://www.instagram.com/vosgateaux/?hl=fr New publication date for my book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/new-parisienne_9781419742811/

In the time I have run this show and published my book, "The New Paris", specialty coffee has become a far less exotic and unfamiliar commodity in the city and across France. The city's leading coffee roasters have helped that along and continue to demonstrate the importance of transparency in the industry. To talk about some of his company's new initiatives, I'm joined on this episode by David Flynn, co-founder of Belleville Brûlerie. Mentioned in this episode: Belleville Brûlerie: https://cafesbelleville.com/?lang=en Pesticide-free coffee: https://cafesbelleville.com/blogs/bloguerie/zero-residu-de-pesticides Coffee subscription: https://cafesbelleville.com/pages/abonnement Tutorials on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cafesbelleville/ Update: Belleville Brûlerie has been donating coffee to Paris hospitals to support workers on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. If you wish to buy a bag of the special blend to support them in their efforts, click here: https://cafesbelleville.com/products/petitssoins?variant=31513039732854 Instant coffee: https://cafesbelleville.com/collections/cafes-instantanes

(Recorded March 12, before Covid-19 confinement) One of the earliest travel aficionados I met in Paris was Anne Ditmeyer. Her design work, her blog aptly called Prêt à Voyager, and her leisure time all revolved around travel and the way it expands our minds and teaches us about other cultures and ways of life. As a longtime Paris resident, she has applied that travel experience to exposing visitors to the best of her home. Anne joins me on this episode to talk about her work, tourism in Paris, and immersive experiences. Mentioned in this episode: anneditmeyer.com pret-a-voyager.com navigateparis.com Anne on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pretavoyager Anne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pretavoyager On overtourism: http://www.pret-a-voyager.com/2019/07/the-problem-of-overtourism/ Farfelu Paris: https://www.instagram.com/farfelu.paris Grand Rex aquatic show: https://www.aquatic-show.com/fr/references/fontaine-musicale/fontaine-musicale-grand-rex-paris-france Cinema Pass: http://www.pret-a-voyager.com/2014/09/life-in-france-cinema-pass/ Vincent Sardon stamp shop: https://www.instagram.com/le.tampographe.sardon/

In February 2017, a young entrepreneurial Swede living in Paris took her design business to the next level. Deuxième Studios, a shoe label created by Lina Nordin Gee, brought fun fabrics and silhouettes, quality craftsmanship, and artisanal production to the fashion scene where more and more young talents are emerging online. Lina joins the show to talk about designing in Paris, creating in a time when sustainable consumption is paramount, and her thoughts on Paris as a fashion capital. Mentioned in this episode: Deuxième Studios: https://www.deuxiemestudios.com Parisian Postcards: https://www.instagram.com/parisianpostcards/ Parisian Postcards shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ParisianPostcards The Earful Tower: https://theearfultower.com Printemps department store: http://departmentstoreparis.printemps.com/store/haussmann/

When I think of the contemporary American writers that have marked the canon of documenting the French experience, I instantly think of David Lebovitz. The prolific author and blogger gave us personal stories about navigating life in Paris, about cooking, about buying and renovating an apartment and now he brings us a primer on drinking, with his new book aptly titled "Drinking French". He joins Lindsey to talk about the process, drinking culture in France, and his favorite cocktail. Mentioned in this episode: David Lebovitz: https://www.davidlebovitz.com/ "Drinking French" book: https://amzn.to/2wyixNN David on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidlebovitz/ David's books: https://www.davidlebovitz.com/books/ David's book events: https://www.davidlebovitz.com/schedule/

The tale of how and why Americans come to settle in Paris is generations deep but it doesn’t stop being compelling. I learned about Jay Swanson, and American from the Pacific Northwest who has lived in Paris a number of years, through his video work. For the better part of three years, he was posting a video every single day on his popular YouTube channel about some aspect of life and culture in the city. But beyond that? I knew very little. We had the chance to get to know one another at the end of last year and talk a lot about a big, ambitious project he has for the next several years that takes him far beyond video documentation of Parisian life. Now, he joins me to share what’s brewing: Building the Oracle. Mentioned in this episode: Jay Swanson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/jayswanson/ French Fridays with Lindsey Tramuta: https://youtu.be/SsooVUuFYcM Building the Oracle: https://www.buildingtheoracle.com/ My interview on Building the Oracle: https://share.transistor.fm/s/5a486d92 Jay on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayswanson/

Given the troubled nature of this beginning to 2020, I thought it would be a nice idea to start the year by talking about love. L’amour and its multitudes. Specifically, I wanted to talk about "Amour: How the French Talk about Love", the new book by Stefania Rousselle, an award-winning French-American photo journalist and filmmaker whose work has been featured in the New York Times, The guardian, Le Monde and many other outlets. A collection of photographs and essays with 90 strangers across France, her book attempts to uncover the universality of love. Mentioned in this episode: Stefania Rousselle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefaniarousselle/?hl=en Stefania's book "AMOUR": https://amzn.to/2R3dXPG "Amour" samples: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/09/stefania-rousselle-photographer-love Stefania's reporting:

An update about The New Paris podcast and the forthcoming book from the show's host, Lindsey Tramuta. www.thenewparisienne.com

Closing out the third season and the year with a look back on some of the major stories that dominated the newsfeed throughout 2019 in Paris , from the Notre Dame fire to Mayor Hidalgo's war on cars and the pension reform strikes that, at the time of publishing this, have continued for four weeks. I’m joined by my friend Jake Cigainero, a fellow journalist and contributor to NPR. NOTE: This episode was recorded on December 4th, the day before the start of the pension reform strikes. We hypothesized how disruptive the strikes would but it ended up becoming far worse than we expected. Mentioned in this episode: Jake Cigainero, NPR: https://twitter.com/jacobstapp Notre Dame fire & big donations: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/12/the-notre-dame-fire-prompted-an-orgy-of-wallet-waving-is-the-cathedral-now-rising-from-the-ashes G7 with Macron: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/world/middleeast/iran-trump-rouhani-call-macron.html Mayor Hidalgo's war on cars (and Airbnb. And Amazon): https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/11/amazon-delivery-online-shopping-environmental-impact-paris/602674/ Pension reform strikes: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/europe/france-pension-protests.html

What does it mean to be a citizen of a given place? How do our origins, beliefs, and race compose our identities? Should they be part of understanding our senses of self at all? This is arguably one of the prevailing issues of our time but one that looks very different in the United States and France. It’s also one of the abiding questions explored by Thomas Chatterton Williams, a cultural critic and author based in Paris, in almost all of his work. His newest book: "Self-Portrait in Black-and-White: Unlearning Race", presents an argument for moving beyond such superficial ways of labeling and categorizing ourselves and proposes alternatives for considering who we are as people. He joins me to talk about his book and how the thorny topic of race plays out in his two homes. Mentioned in this episode: Thomas Chatterton Williams: https://twitter.com/thomaschattwill "Self-Portrait in Black & White" https://amzn.to/2RxZbAX The Good Fight podcast interview with Thomas: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/how-to-talk-about-identity-without-playing-into-the-hands-of-racists.html "Losing My Cool" (first book): https://amzn.to/2RA7X1w Book excerpt in NYT Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/magazine/black-white-family-race.html Thomas on Bill Maher: https://www.hbo.com/real-time-with-bill-maher/2019/31-episode-511