The best podcasts to listen to this summer

The arrival of warmer weather promises some wonderful hours of relaxation ahead. Time to walk, watch a movie, read, cook, spend time with the kids, and maybe even time to listen to podcasts. Whether you're comfortably seated under the gazebo or by the water, here are our suggestions so you'll never run out of good audio content.

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The podcast construction site

Inspiring examples to help you succeed in your work

Summer is a time for relaxation, but not only that. It's also the best season to start all the work projects you have in mind. The construction site is the audio content you need if you're looking for solutions to design and decorate your home. You can count on the help of Anne Ponty, who is both an entrepreneur and passionate about decorating and renovations.

It all started with the renovation of a house in Bordeaux, and the idea of ​​sharing the progress of the project on Instagram, then a community of highly interested subscribers, and then the creation of a highly listened podcast. The speakers are individuals, contractors, architects, and decorators. They explain how to transform a shed into a home, renovate a country house or an attic apartment, and even, to dream a little, a 12th-century castle!

Pauline Laigneau's Podcast

Or how to succeed in the entrepreneurial world

Behind Pauline Laigneau's demure looks and angelic gaze hides a successful businesswoman. By creating her podcast, the business leader aims to pave the way for entrepreneurial success by becoming "the best version of yourself," according to Pauline. To achieve this, she hosts a celebrity with an impeccable career every Monday.

There you will meet Constance Gennari, business leader and creator of The Socialite Family , neuropsychiatrist Anne-Hélène Clair, business leader and show producer Jean-Marc Dumontet, explorer Jean-Louis Etienne, navigator Clarisse Crémer, sociologist Frédéric Lenoir, and many others, who discuss their careers and share their secrets to success.

They dared

Business is also a feminine thing

Launched in 2020 by the newspaper The Echoes , They dared is an event focused on female entrepreneurship. Behind the microphone, Marie Eloy, herself a business leader, shares with listeners each month the highlights of the careers of two business leaders. Two women belonging to two different generations but always having exemplary career paths. The guests come from fields as diverse as research, economics, sports, culture, etc., but they each contribute, in their own field, to making a difference. They talk about their careers, their challenges, their encounters, and everything that led them to success.

Philosophy is Sexy

The podcast that will make you love philosophy

If you want to think a little and stop on some existential questions, Philosophy is Sexy is made for you. At the origin of this podcast, Marie Robert, professor of literature and philosophy, and author. She is a bit like the philosophy teacher that we all would have liked to have in high school. Already the author of several popular works on major philosophical concepts (including the bookseller success Kant you don't know what to do anymore, there's philosophy left ) , she continues on this path with Philosophy is Sexy . She addresses some great topics for reflection, such as love, happiness, audacity, laughter, emotions, family, self-improvement, as well as many others, to discover to reflect without worrying.

Bliss Stories

Motherhood in all its forms

If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant soon, Bliss Stories is the podcast that comes at just the right time. Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, everything that interests expectant mothers is contained in the many episodes of this successful podcast. Don't expect any advice from Clémentine Galley, the creator of Bliss Stories . Expect to hear the stories of women who have come to share their own experiences of motherhood. Without judgment or taboo, all stories, classic or atypical, have their place: assisted reproduction, miscarriage, cesarean section, express delivery, natural childbirth, breastfeeding, large tribe, single mother, etc. You will truly learn everything about how women experience motherhood.

Hi info!

Current affairs explained to children

 If you find explaining current events to children less easy than it seems, you will enjoy Salut l'info , a podcast created by Astrapi magazine and France Info. Every Friday, an expert journalist reviews the week's news, making it accessible to children aged 7 to 11. The crisis in Ukraine, the Orpea scandal, the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter, the Covid vaccination of 5-11 year-olds, Josephine Baker at the Pantheon, presidential elections, and more. The topics are as varied as your children's questions!