A look at the underbelly of Paris
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Meet Morgan Walesh, an American in Paris who specializes in the hidden underbelly of the city.
She talks of her love for the catacombs, the "history of the streets", and how she tried to talk her way into an infamous Paris apartment...
Find out more about Morgan and her work on "Paris History of our Streets" via her website here, Instagram here, and Facebook here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. This is the Yearful Tower podcast. My name is Oliver G. This is a show about |
| 0:05.5 | Paris. I interview the people who make the city of light shine and sometimes that shine |
| 0:11.0 | doesn't come from above ground. It doesn't come from the light at the top of the Eiffel Tower. No, |
| 0:16.5 | not even the glittery lights on the hour every hour in the evenings. Sometimes the light is shone upon |
| 0:22.4 | interesting things and someone who does that is Morgan Wallace, who runs the Paris history |
| 0:28.0 | of our streets account. We're going to talk about the underbelly of Paris. She likes the unusual |
| 0:33.5 | things here. She likes going in the catacomb. She likes digging up interesting stories from the past. |
| 0:39.2 | She even talks about how she got into trouble, trying to make her way into a time capsule apartment of Pagal. |
| 0:48.2 | So this is a bit of a different episode and I enjoyed nerding out on the underside of Paris. |
| 0:53.4 | I want to say a big thank you to all the Patreon supporters of this show who make it possible. |
| 0:59.0 | Patreon, Patreon, whatever you want to call it, doesn't bother me. |
| 1:02.3 | Patreon.com slash the Eiffel Tower where you sign up for a monthly or an annual subscription. |
| 1:08.5 | Not only do you get all these extra bonuses, but you support your favorite podcasts. |
| 1:15.2 | Is it your favorite podcast? |
| 1:16.6 | Maybe it is. |
| 1:17.3 | If it is, hope to see you on Patreon soon. |
| 1:20.6 | And to all the current members, merci beaucoup. |
| 1:23.0 | I think it's time we get into it. |
| 1:24.6 | Paris History of Our Streets with Morgan. |
| 1:27.1 | I'll be back at the end for a few more words. Let's get into it. Paris history of our streets with Morgan. I'll be back at the end for a few more words. |
| 1:29.3 | Let's get into it. |
| 1:42.7 | Morgan Wallace. How you doing? |
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