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🗓️ 21 September 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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This week I'm joined by Boris Petrovic aka Boris the Brain to discuss the history (and future) of walking in Paris.
We discussed the Haussmannian origins of Paris's wide streets, tales of man-eating wolves invading the city, pulling teeth on the Pont Neuf, and the plans for the future of the city.
Also, a special side note, it's my birthday! And to celebrate I wanted to give YOU a present. The book and audio package for just 20 euros. https://theearfultower.com/birthday
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0:00.0 | Hello everyone, it is Oliver G here. You're listening to the Earful Tower podcast and why am I speaking |
0:05.2 | so quickly? Because I'm excited. And why am I excited? Because it's my birthday today. And obviously, |
0:13.0 | I'm pre-recording this a couple days before. But the reason I'm excited now while I'm recording it |
0:19.2 | is because my birthday is traditionally a huge day in the G household. |
0:24.3 | If you've read my book, you'll know that when I turn 30, or maybe I shouldn't spoil it. |
0:29.1 | But when I turn 30, Lena, my wife got me a red vehicle as a surprise. |
0:34.9 | I won't spoil it, but a red two-wheeled vehicle. And the same year, |
0:39.6 | I rented a chateau for my birthday, also in the book. So who knows what's going to happen for this |
0:44.9 | big birthday, or if indeed it'll just be a regular one. But hey, look, I'm excited. So let's keep |
0:51.9 | that excitement going for this great episode. Today we've got one of my |
0:57.0 | favorite guests. It's Boris Petrovich from, well, he's from Paris in person. He does tour |
1:03.1 | guides. He knows absolutely everything. I tried to rebrand him as Boris the Brain, but I'm not |
1:10.2 | sure that he was so keen on it. |
1:11.7 | But I like it. |
1:12.4 | Boris the Brain. |
1:13.6 | He runs a tour company. |
1:15.0 | He really honestly can answer any Paris question. |
1:18.4 | And that's why I love having one on the show. |
1:20.2 | So I was chatting with him. |
1:22.3 | And I said, so I'd tell you why I got the idea for this episode. |
1:27.1 | I'd seen that An Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, has been pushing for more and more cycle lanes, bicycle lanes in the city of Paris. |
1:36.0 | And they seem to be just popping up like daisies. |
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