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The Earful Tower: Paris

Brittany, wolves, and crocodiles

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8796 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This episode has three segments: 

First, it's our look at five interesting habits of the Bretons. 

Second, we review the stunning town of Vannes, Brittany. 

Third, we tell the story of getting chased by what may have been a wolf through a small Breton village.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello,

0:02.0

Jump on my back

0:05.0

Hold on tight

0:09.0

Let's do it together

0:12.0

Let's go for a ride

0:16.0

Let's go for a ride

0:20.0

Hello, how are you? I'm pretty good, thank Hello, how are you?

0:23.1

I'm pretty good, thank you, how are you?

0:24.8

I'm pretty well, that was, in case you're wondering, lovely Lena, or indeed the audience at home, that was Slim and the Beast playing the music at the intro, a song that they wrote specifically for the honeymoon trip that we're on.

0:35.2

Did you know that, Lena?

0:36.5

I did, yeah. You were aware of it. We you know that, Lena? I did, yeah.

0:37.7

You were aware of it.

0:38.9

We have, yeah, we have had the same jingle for a few episodes now.

0:42.9

And they played it at our wedding in Sweden.

0:45.5

But we're off the topic.

0:46.4

I wanted to start by saying a big hello and welcome to the new listeners

0:49.4

who've never listened to this show before,

0:51.2

who were sent specifically this week from their friends

0:54.6

who said check out this this show the earful tower and I thought if you'll allow me Lena I'd do a

1:00.0

little bit of an introduction about what this is go for it okay so it's the earful tower

1:03.9

which is a play on words on the Eiffel Tower because the podcast is usually based in Paris

1:08.7

France but not now.

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