Culture shocks in Paris

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

So you come to Paris and you realize that you're not in Kansas anymore. Or not in Virginia anymore, as the case is for today's guest.

Yes, it's psychologist John Clarke, who is still in his first year in Paris and who has a razor sharp eye for those little culture shocks that still leave him scratching his head.

Check out John's podcast: Private Practice Workshop.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. It is a Thursday in Paris. My name's Oliver G. You're listening to the Earful Tower
0:05.8	podcast. This show, well, this Thursday episode is brought to you by Fat Tire Tours. Hang around at the end of
0:11.8	the episode while I'll tell you about I did a really cool tour with them. This week, I went cycling up
0:17.9	to Chonsalise right before the Tour de France, the big cycling race, right before
0:22.6	that finished. So we're up at 6.30 in the morning cycling. It was excellent. I can recommend it,
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0:42.3	Now, today's episode, I'm going to be talking a little bit about culture shocks.
0:46.3	There's a guy I know John Clark, his name is.
0:48.3	He's a psychologist, he's an entrepreneur.
0:50.3	He moved to Paris fairly recently and well he's also a patron support of the
0:55.6	Eiffel Tower and I was at an event recently with him, coffee tasting with Tom Clark at Kutum, a
1:01.0	patron event and we're talking about Paris. We were talking about the things you notice when you
1:05.6	move here and then I said to him, you know what, John, you could be a really good guest on the Eiffel Tower.
1:11.6	Why don't we have a little chat about the things you've noticed as an American since you've moved to Paris within the last year?
1:17.7	And he said, Oliver, I'm in. Let's do it.
1:20.0	And that's what we've got for you today.
1:22.1	Now, John's also a podcaster.
1:23.9	He has got a podcast called Private Practice Workshop. If you're into psychology, or if you're a
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