How Paris-based TV shows are reshaping the France fascination
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Have you seen Lupin? Or Emily in Paris? What about The Bureau? Or Call My Agent? Maybe you've seen all four of them, perhaps more.
It's undeniable, French TV (and even movies) are having their moment right now, and in the post-Olympic Paris glow, people are even more fascinated with France. Let's talk about it with an expert, Lucille Béfort, who runs the French Vibes Club.
Her very popular Instagram account breaks down French culture and the "art de vivre" in France (as in: the art of living well).
As a French woman raised in the American university system, she has a pretty firm finger on the pulse of both cultures. And she is especially interested in how French culture, including the likes of these TV shows, is affecting people's perception of Paris in a whole new way. Is it escapism? Digital media redefining cultural diplomacy? Or something different entirely?
Let's find out. And a reminder: This chat was streamed live on YouTube for Earful Tower members, and included a Q&A with Lucille after. Watch the replay and get future invites by becoming an Earful member.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frenchvibesclub
Website: https://frenchvibesclub.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. My name is Oliver G. This is the Earful Tower and today we're talking about |
| 0:04.7 | French culture and the French A de Vive. What does that mean? Who knows? Lucy Lebefort will be the guest. |
| 0:12.1 | She runs the French Vives Club. You've surely seen it on social media, especially Instagram. |
| 0:18.2 | She's in the studio talking about all this. French TV shows to watch |
| 0:22.9 | how to make yourself a little bit more French, if that's what you want to do, and why the world is |
| 0:27.7 | obsessed with France and French culture. So this episode's a bit different. Just like last week, |
| 0:34.1 | we filmed it in front of a live audience. So there'll be a video of it on YouTube. |
| 0:38.3 | And if you are an Airful Tower member, |
| 0:40.6 | you'll be able to watch the replay and watch future videos like this. |
| 0:44.8 | Live becoming member of the Earful Tower is how you can support this show. |
| 0:48.9 | But a little music from Press Maxon, and then you'll hear from me and Lucille Biffour. |
| 0:53.6 | Let's get into it lucille before how you doing good how |
| 1:04.0 | are you all over I'm very well it's nice to have you in the studio to talk about French culture yeah |
| 1:09.3 | thanks so much for having me. It's a pleasure being |
| 1:11.1 | here. No, the pleasure is mine. I'm ready to, maybe I hope, learn some stuff as well. |
| 1:16.2 | Hopefully. Let's talk about your CV first. So you're a French. You're not, are you Parisian |
| 1:22.1 | French? No. Actually, I'm originally from the Alps, so near Switzerland and Italy, Chamonis. Chamonix, sure. But my parents are from Paris, so I have been, I grew up between Paris and the Alps. So both are very familiar to me. Interesting, because both of those, they're like hot places to be, you know, not literally in the winter, but I mean, Chamonis is a lot of people dream of being down there in the Alps. It's nice, yeah, and it's nice to compare, you know, I feel like the city life and the countryside life in France, because they're very different too, so. Yeah, true. Which do you prefer? Hard question. You have to pick one. I feel like I need both. Like, I love a city life, but sometimes you want to escape, you know, get some fresh air and oxygen. |
| 2:06.2 | So I feel like they both have pros and cons. |
| 2:09.6 | Okay. |
| 2:10.1 | So you're... |
| 2:10.2 | The best is the both worlds. |
| 2:11.8 | So you're a city girl and a country girl. |
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