262. Why is France Banning Islamic Clothes in...

In the 19th century, a quiet, curious naturalist named Charles Darwin proposed a theory that went on the shake science, religion, and philosophy. Darwin introduced a new way of thinking about life itself. His theory of evolution by natural selection revealed that every species (h ...  Show more

People love to debate history, especially when it comes to who was first. Last year, I made an episode about the oldest country in the world. I argued that the answer might be San Marino, because it has a long, continuous history as an independent state. And the reaction from lis ...  Show more

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La France va doubler l'aide financière aux écoles chrétiennes d'Orient. Une décision surprenante pour un pays qui s'en ...  Show more

Le dimanche 28 août, à moins d’une semaine de la rentrée scolaire, le nouveau ministre de l’Education nationale annonce <a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/nouveaux-textes-dialogue-avec-les-eleves-role-des-proviseurs-comment-labaya-va-etre-interdite-a-lecole-28-08-2023- ...

This is a conversation with Rim-Sarah Alouane. She’s a French legal academic, commentator, and PhD candidate in law researching religious  freedom, human rights, and civil liberties in France, Europe & North America.

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Have you ever dreamed of going to school in France?

Probably not.

Mostly because people don’t know much about the French Education system, and because studying in your home country was already enough.

But what better way to understand a culture than to loo ...