The challenges of hosting The Olympic Games in Paris, with the mayor of Paris Centre

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

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

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Here's a chat with Ariel Weil, the mayor of Paris Centre (arrondissements 1-4). He talks about the challenges of hosting the Olympics, especially security hassles that have come with the openening Ceremony on the Seine River.

The Opening Ceremony, perhaps the most ambitious part of the whole games, has turned Ariel's districts into what he compares to a warzone.

Meanwhile, Ariel and some of his fellow mayors in Paris just took a historic dip in the Seine river, which is now clean enough to host the Triatholon swimming! It was all part of giving the river back to the Parisians, he explains.

He also chats about the future of Paris after these "once in a lifetime" Olympics.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. This is Oliver G. You're listening to the Earful Tower podcast where I do a weekly
0:05.2	episode about the city of Paris. And this week, it's all about the Olympic Games. I'm talking to the
0:12.4	mayor of Paris Centre. That means the mayor of the first, second, third, and fourth, Arondesmont. His name is
0:19.2	Ariel Vail. He's a friend of the show. He's been on a bunch
0:22.2	of times. And I saw pictures of him swimming in the Sen River this week. This is a really historic
0:30.0	moment ahead of the games. The games itself is a huge part of not just his job as the mayor of 1, 2, 3, 4,
0:40.1	but also the people who live in that area, the tourists who visit.
0:44.3	It's huge, and I wanted to hear his perspective.
0:46.8	Now, he's a busy man.
0:48.2	He's all over the place.
0:49.2	I'm all over the place, but we caught each other for half an hour via Zoom.
0:53.3	So you're about to hear an online chat
0:55.0	with Ariel Vale, the mayor of Paris Centre.
0:59.2	And if you're a visual person,
1:01.1	get a look at the pictures of these mayors swimming in the St.
1:04.8	River.
1:05.1	It is short to put a smile on your face.
1:07.6	All right, here we go.
1:08.6	The Yearful Tower with Arielile ahead of the Olympic Games.
1:13.5	Let's do it.
1:24.9	Monsieur Le Maire, how are you today?
1:26.7	I'm great. Thank you, Oliver.
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