French podcasts / Podcasts en français

Major broadcasters

Radio France
http://www.radiofrance.fr/boite-a-outils/podcast/

France Culture
http://www.franceculture.com/podcasts/titre
Particularly recommended programmes:
Projection privée (‘good for film buffs’);
La Fabrique de l’histoire (‘Histoire des idées more than pure history’);
Les Pieds sur terre (100% verbal testimonials, in clear  everyday French);
Cultures d’Islam (‘a lay Muslim cultural trip’);
L’Invité du jour (‘short interviews’);
La Fabrique de l’humain (‘a little long but nicely edited’);
Les Nouveaux Chemins de la connaissance (‘French equivalent of ‘In Our Time’; ‘has
got l'"ex de Carla" presenting it, but it can be quite good’);
Les Lundis de l’histoire;
Poème du jour;
Mauvais genres (‘all pop stuff such as polar, BD, sci-fi’);
Les Enjeux internationaux;
Répliques (with Alain Finkielkraut);

France Inter
http://sites.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/pod/

Particularly recommended programmes:

La Marche de l’histoire (‘the most downloaded podcast in France’);
Les Liaisons heureuses (‘if the guests are good’);
Le Masque et la plume (‘A real institution and fun to listen to’, ‘incredibly popular
with Parisian arts/humanities students’ but ‘critics sometimes annoying’);
Le Grand Entretien;
Parenthèses

France Info
http://www.france-info.com/Podcast-0-78-89.html
Recommended: Le Sens de l’info (with Michel Serres)

Radio France Internationale

http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp

Particularly recommended:
Le Journal en français facile (‘not so facile as all that’ but comes ‘complete with
transcript, and a “fait du jour” with comprehension questions and answers’);
Géopolitique: le débat;
Autour de la question

France3
http://regions.france3.fr/podcasts/index.php?
page=article&numsite=3059&id_article=6641&id_rubrique=3062

(local and regional news)

Télévision Suisse Romande

http://www.tsr.ch/services/podcasts/

Particularly recommended:
Geopolitis (international current affairs)
Nuovo (quirky current affairs programme, often with a focus on science and
technology).

Le Monde
Radiozapping http://www.lemonde.fr/radio-zapping/

ArteRadio
http://www.arteradio.com/tuner.html
(I admit I found the website rather confusing and the podcasts not really podcasts.)

Other sources

Tous les podcasts (portal)

http://www.touslespodcasts.com/

Collège de France
‘most are lecture-length and meant for a university audience’
http://www.college-de-france.fr/default/EN/all/pub_pod/index.htm

Flenet
http://flenet.unileon.es/docauteurs.html
(Literature)

Culturethèque
http://www.culturetheque.org.uk/

Là-bas, j’y suis

http://www.la-bas.org/article.php3?id_article=2108

Source – Douglas Morrey (Université de Warwick) sur Francofil, 16.03.2011