Improbable Walks
Welcome to Improbable Walks, the travel podcast that brings you to the streets of Paris, wherever you are. Every episode, we discover a new street in the City of Light, strolling into the hidden history and stories of Paris, block by block. Your host is Canadian writer and long-time parisienne, Lisa Pasold. To support this podcast, please become a patron at Patreon
Podcasting since 2020 • 37 episodes
Improbable Walks
Latest Episodes
Surrealism, Lee Miller, & Blue
In this episode, we check out CAMPAGNE-PREMIERE just below boulevard de Montparnasse. The street is barely one block long, but a surprising number artists and writers lived here during the first half of the 20th century, including Man Ray, Lee ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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20:29
Anais Nin, Henry Miller, & the Villa Seurat
In this episode, we stroll into a hidden gem behind the well-known streets of Montparnasse: the Villa Seurat. This is a small street described in the famous Diaries of Anais Nin. Villa Seurat also appears in the work of her lover, Henry Miller,...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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17:44
Pop songs & cigarettes - Serge Gainsbourg on rue de Verneuil
In this episode, we visit a classic Left Bank street, the rue de Verneuil... which has a lively 20th century cultural record: This is where writer James Baldwin first landed in Paris, where singer Juliette Gréco lived, and where songwriter Serg...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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18:33
Theatre & Decadence in La Nouvelle Athènes
In this episode, we visit the "New Athens", a newly-restored neighborhood once inhabited by theatre stars, courtesans, and painters. Find out who Napoleon Bonaparte bought bedroom furniture for, admire some truly lovely 1820s architecture, and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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14:39
The Passage des Panoramas
We focus on the Passage des Panoramas & the Passage Jouffroy--two of my favourite covered passageways in Paris today. Back in the 1800s, Parisians window-shopped, met for pastry and tea, and browsed music stories to find the latest composit...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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18:58