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What does poverty really mean? When we hear the word poverty, I think many of us imagine extreme situations, like homelessness, starvation, or people living in very poor conditions. But poverty is far more complex, and far more widespread, than we often realise. According to the ...  Show more

Do you know how to ask great questions? A few years ago, back in 2022, I released an episode called How to Ask Better Questions in English. And today’s episode is an update to that original one. The core idea is the same, because it’s still important, but a lot has changed since ...  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 ...