
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 • 39 episodes
Improbable Walks
Latest Episodes
In the Shadow of Notre Dame
In this episode, we celebrate the reopening of the Grand Dame of Paris by strolling in the shadow of the great Cathedral Notre Dame, looking at narrow medieval streets on the Island of the City which survived the great upheaval of Haussmann ren...
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12:22

Sublime & Seedy: Delacroix on rue Visconti
In this episode, we check out the atmospheric rue Visconti on the Left Bank, tucked around the corner from chic rue Jacob. This sometimes-maligned little street was home to painter Delacroix (this is where he painted his friend George Sand &...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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14:40

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
