Josephine Baker enters the Pantheon in Paris, Episode 365
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Josephine Baker, performer, entrepreneur, mother and war heroine was a force to reckon with. She rose from poverty in America into fame and success by the time she was in her mid-20s in France.
On this episode of the podcast, Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin talk about her amazing life and why you should visit the Château des Milandes in the Dordogne where she lived for 20 years. We also discuss the reason why it's so significant that she's entering the Pantheon today.
This episode features my frequent guest Elyse Rivin. You can book a tour with her through her website and you can also support her on Patreon.
Full show notes for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/365
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Join Us in France episode 365. |
| 0:04.0 | 3. 2025. |
| 0:06.0 | Bonsieur, I'm Annie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:11.0 | Great places to visit in France, French culture, history, |
| 0:15.8 | gastronomy, and news related to travel during the pandemic, which is not for the |
| 0:21.0 | faint of heart. Today I bring you a conversation with Elise Riven |
| 0:25.0 | about Josephine Baker or Josephine Bakker |
| 0:29.0 | who is going to be honored in two days on November 30th as one of the greats of France. |
| 0:36.1 | So in French we say, El Valetre which means she's going to be pantheonized. |
| 0:43.6 | It's a great term in French that I don't think translated to English. |
| 0:51.1 | The people who enter the pantheon, which is probably a better way to say it, |
| 0:56.1 | have done such exemplary and unusual service to the nation that they deserve the everlasting gratitude of the people of France. |
| 1:05.0 | The expression of the week is |
| 1:08.0 | enboate le par, |
| 1:10.0 | enwatee le par a calcke. |
| 1:11.0 | On what it's a calcocross. More on that after my conversation with the lease. I'll also update you on the |
| 1:18.2 | burning question will France be able to have Christmas markets this year. Our German and Austrian neighbors |
| 1:25.9 | are mostly shutting theirs down. There are some closures in the Netherlands as |
| 1:31.1 | well. Will we have to do the same thing in France? I don't think so and I will |
| 1:36.8 | explain after the interview with Elise. But let's get to Josephine Bakker, as French people called her, and the pantheon, where she will now rest. |
| 1:48.6 | The pantheon is in the fifth A rendisement of Paris. |
| 1:52.4 | It was built in the 1700s by Jacques-Germain Suflou, and the avenue that leads to it is named |
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