Spotlight on France

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  Spotlight on France - Podcast: Revisiting green hydrogen, gay conversion therapy

  RFI - Sarah Elzas

  Another summer special, where we look back on what has been called the world's first green hydrogen production plant. And a first-hand account of gay conversion therapy, which has since become a crime in France. Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International. Find us on …

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  Spotlight on France - Podcast: Revisiting dying with dignity, baking Christmas in August

  RFI - Sarah Elzas

  A special summer episode, in which we update last October's conversation with Jacqueline Jencquel, a member of the French Association for the right to die with dignity (ADMD). She talks about planning her own death and what needs to change in French law. Also, from the archives, a look at pastry …

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  Spotlight on France - Podcast: Paris attacks verdict, quidditch in France, Haiti's 'independence debt'

  RFI - Sarah Elzas

  Reflecting on the end of the trial of those involved in the 2015 Paris attacks; developing quidditch in France, where some are wary of a sport involving a broom between the legs. And the day that Haiti was forced to pay its former slave masters for its independence. The trial of the 20 men involved …

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  Spotlight on France - Podcast: France's healthcare crisis, 'deserting' agro-tech, fête de la musique

  RFI - Sarah Elzas

  France's famously good public healthcare system is in crisis, as emergency services warn of shutdowns over the summer due to lack of staff. Graduates of prestigious AgroParisTech university make waves by turning their backs on an industry they say is "waging war on the living world". The annual Fête …

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  Spotlight on France - Podcast: Union of the left, SOS trees, celebrating Britain's 'francophile' Queen

  RFI - Sarah Elzas

  A first-time candidate for parliament campaigns for the newly unified left. Why a Frenchman has set up camp in one of Gustav Eiffel's ancient plane trees. France marks the jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. One of the most interesting parts of the upcoming parliamentary elections in France is …

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  Spotlight on France - Podcast: France's female PM, protecting Marseille's Calanques, Battle of Rocroi

  RFI - Sarah Elzas

  Does France's new female Prime Minister mark a victory for feminism? Marseille's creeks (Calanques), faced with degradation, limit visitors. The battle in 1643 that shifted influence in Europe from Spain to France. Elisabeth Borne, the second female prime minister in France's modern history, bears …