Time for a conversation
Conversations about identity, relationships, cultures and life choices. Meet our guests and join our conversations as a couple, from Norway and beyond.
Every episode, in more than one language. Watch on YouTube with English audio and multilingual subtitles. If needed, choose Settings → Audio track → English, or turn on Subtitles/CC. Audio podcasts are in the original French.
20 conversations
Episode 41
Antoine
Trained at the Institut Paul Bocuse, Antoine worked in France before moving to Norway. At Rondo in Sandvika, he talks about his journey, three months on a…
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Éric Viudès
At 14, Éric leaves Biarritz for the Paris Conservatoire. At 21, he arrives in Oslo on a three-month contract. Forty years later, Norway is still home.
Explore the conversation →Episode 39
Silje Moss
At 19, Silje (@norskmedsilje) leaves Bergen to spend a year in Montpellier. She ends up staying in France for more than a decade.
Explore the conversation →Episode 38
Anaïs
Years later, a relationship takes her to Bodø in northern Norway. When it ends, Anaïs returns to Ireland for a while. But she soon realises something: Norway…
Explore the conversation →Episode 35
Christine Bazalgette Holst
She expects to stay a few months. Then comes work, a sense of familiarity, children, everyday life… and six months turn into forty-five years.
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Olga
She tells us about her life between two countries, two languages and two ways of living.
Explore the conversation →Episode 30 · Part 2
Jonathan Spaggiari
Jonathan shares his experience as an estate agent: preparing a property, gathering documents, arranging the condition survey and photography, then listing it and taking bids. He also…
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Jonathan Spaggiari
In this first part, we talk about identity, language, family and a less familiar side of Norway: the north, its traditions, everyday habits and unexpected details.
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Ilys
We meet Ilys, who was 25 when we recorded this conversation. French-Norwegian at heart, she is an entrepreneur and creates content about learning Norwegian. She shares her…
Explore the conversation →Episode 21 · Part 1
Thomas Bassetto
In this first part, Thomas Bassetto shares how he came to Norway “by chance”, why he now feels more Norwegian than French, and what working in Norwegian…
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Thomas Bassetto
In this second part, Thomas Bassetto talks about his role as an elected representative for French citizens living in Norway, his involvement in the French-speaking community and…
Explore the conversation →Episode 16
Anne-Sophie Drouet
Anne-Sophie, creator of Une Blonde en Norvège, shares her journey from falling for Norway’s landscapes to actually moving here: early financial setbacks, the difficulty of finding work…
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