222: Oliver Gee of The Earful Tower Podcast
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #222
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The Earful Tower podcast is hosted by Australian journalist Oliver Gee. Kicking off in early 2017, The Earful Tower is a weekly, seasonal show primarily based in Paris documenting Oliver as he learns about all things French.
Currently kicking off his fourth season, he and his bride Lena will be venturing outside of Paris on their honeymoon for at least six weeks, and in fact, their Tour de France (aka Le Tour de Amour) will follow the route that may curiously take the shape of a heart. And yes, they are aware of this fun fact. :)
Oliver and his wife Lena on their wedding day earlier this month.
Have a listen to our conversation, get to know Oliver, find out where and how that now quite famous red scooter of his came to be a part of his life, and if he had a motto what it would be.
There's that red scooter!
Check out The Earful Tower podcast:
- Subscribe to the podcast - The Earful Tower
- Check out the blog
- Follow @theearfultower on Instagram
- Support the podcast via Patreon and receive behind the scenes videos of their trip throughout France.
- Purchase The Earful Tower's Guide Book to Paris in which 150 questions and answers are shared about the city, many from the experts, locals and guests he has had on his podcast.
- Follow The Earful Tower on YouTube (check out the video that received more than a million views - How to Fake a French Accent)
The Earful Tower's Guide to Paris
French Week 2018 – Posts So Far . . .
Guests Who Stopped By for a Conversation:
- #221: Waking Up In Paris Author Sonia Choquette — A Conversation on Reinvention
- Aix-en-Provence & M.L. Longworth – Talking about the Paris of the South of France
- A Conversation with Sharon Santoni & A Very Special Giveaway
Traveling to France
- TSLL's Tour of Les Jardins de Villandry (enjoy a 3 minute relaxing tour of the grounds)
- Claude Monet's Giverny: My Time with the Famous Waterlilies and Those Copper Pots & Pans
- All You Need to Know About the Markets in Provence (and in France for that matter)
- A Country B & B in the City of Amboise: Le Manoir de la Maison Blanche
- Hôtel Particulier Montmartre – Quiet Luxury in Paris
- Where to Stay in Luxury in France, yet Simply So – TSLL Recommends
- How to Successfully Rent a Car (and Drive in Europe and Britain as a Tourist
Shopping French Products
- French Linens: The Fields, The History, and Why It is Truly Luxurious Fabric (and where to find a sheet set of your own)
- Find Your Perfect Provence (Simply French) Market Tote
Extra French Posts
- Cooking in Provence with Patricia Wells
- A Review of Tish Jett's New Book: Living Forever Chic
- Lunch with Julia Child at La Couronne in Rouen, France
Giveaways (enter by August 18)
- Giveaway – French Wall Decor Prints from Modvin
- A Linen Giveaway from Soak & Sleep
- A Conversation with Sharon Santoni & A Very Special Giveaway
TSLL's 3rd Annual French Week continues through August 19th with at least two posts per day. À bientôt!
~Catch up on all of TSLL's French-Inspired posts here and French-inspired podcast episodes here.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the |
| 0:45.0 | the 222 episode of the Simple Sophisticate. |
| 0:49.0 | We are wrapping up the third annual French week here on the Simply Luxurious Life, which embodies |
| 0:55.8 | a simple Sophisticate podcast. |
| 0:58.6 | And I am very excited for today's guest. Before I get into our conversation, |
| 1:05.0 | I want to kind of give a backstory |
| 1:07.0 | as to how we finally connected |
| 1:09.0 | and happen to have this interview. |
| 1:12.8 | So today's guest is Oliver G from the Ereful Tower podcast. |
| 1:18.1 | You guys may remember back in September of last year, |
| 1:21.4 | so episode 175, episode 175. |
| 1:24.0 | His podcast was the petite plazier of that particular episode. |
| 1:28.2 | That's when I was first introduced to the podcast. |
| 1:31.0 | He kicked it off in early 2017 and I have been listening ever since he is |
| 1:36.9 | now on his fourth season and we're going to talk about that in our conversation |
| 1:42.3 | as well as just everything about the |
| 1:45.5 | earful tower what it's about and also get to know Oliver a little bit more. |
| 1:49.7 | In fact, I'm going to ask my question that has always been, I've been curious about since I've seen him on Facebook and in his Instagram feeds. |
| 1:58.0 | It has to do with something that is almost, I would say, as famous as his podcast is becoming and he shared with us |
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