September 2021 – World Radio Paris

Sep 27,2021

Atelier Tours on Hidden Paris

Eric, one of the founders of Atelier Tours Paris, and Zara, Atelier Tours Paris’ in-house curator & art advisor, join me to talk about what led to this company being founded and what brought them to Paris, with a special focus on their @artheartwalkingtours.

They mention some of the galleries that feature on their walking tours, give tips on how to approach the often intimidating art world and so much more!

You can book a tour with them here: https://www.ateliertoursparis.com/.

For more tips on places to visit in and around Paris, follow Hidden Paris on Instagram: @hiddenparispodcast.

by The WRP Team

Sep 22,2021

Joanne Kimes talks about her new book “Finding Paris: A Novel.”

Joanne Kimes was a television writer in Los Angeles when she became pregnant and soon realized the road to procreation was plagued with miserable potholes. So she wrote a book called, “Pregnancy Sucks” that became a best-seller and led to a dozen other titles in her “Sucks” books series. She’s appeared on the Today show, written dozens of magazine and website articles, and has just released her first fiction book, “Finding Paris: A Novel.”

While she currently lives in Los Angeles, she hopes to move to Paris as soon as France will let citizens from the U.S. COVID cesspool through their borders.

Listen now on the La Vie Creative show.

by The WRP Team

Sep 20,2021

Nick Davis on Cafe Terrance

Nick Davis, author of Competing with Idiots, sits down at Cafe Terrance. A fascinating, complex dual biography of Hollywood’s most dazzling—and famous—brothers, and a dark, riveting portrait of competition, love, and enmity that ultimately undid them both.

One most famous for having written Citizen Kane (with Orson Welles, as most recently portrayed in David Fincher’s acclaimed Netflix film, Mank); the other, All About Eve; one, who only wrote screenplays but believed himself to be a serious playwright, slowly dying of alcoholism and disappointment; the other, a four-time Academy Award-winning director, auteur, sorcerer, and seducer of leading ladies, one of Hollywood’s most literate and intelligent filmmakers.

by The WRP Team

Sep 13,2021

All radio stations now on DAB+

Today marks a milestone in radio broadcasting in France. A few days before the official launch date (Oct 12), all radio stations currently offered on FM in Paris – including all State-run (France Inter, Mouv, Fip…) and commercial ones – (NRJ, RTL, Virgin…) which were not yet on DAB+ have started broadcasting using this new technology, not only in Paris, but also all along the A6 and A7 highways, basically from Paris to Lyon and all the way to Marseille, which is the first national road fully served by DAB+ transmitters (many others will follow in the months to come).

DAB+ is a new broadcast norm which is gradually going to replace FM. All new cars sold in France have a DAB+ tuner by law. The benefits of DAB+ are huge: much larger choice of radio stations (currently 100 in Paris), static-free CD quality reception, on-screen information, no frequency tuning necessary… Besides, DAB+ is a broadcast norm, which means that it does not transit through a phone’s 4G/5G connection, won’t run your phone’s battery or use up your data plan. It’s free and anonymous.

WRP is one of those 100 Paris stations now on air. As you may already know, WRP is also offered in the South of France is areas where many expats live. Next January, it will also be heard throughout Normandy.

by The WRP Team

Archive 28 September 2021