An Introduction to French Weird

This is where it all begins. Your host, Russell Williams, gives an overview of the sort of things you might expect from French Weird.For more information, visit www.frenchweird.com Forget the accordion music, the cafés and the immaculate boulevards. There is a dark, uncanny and deeply strange texture pervading modern France—and it’s time to investigate.Welcome to French Weird, a podcast dedicated to exploring the counterculture, obscure art and bizarre anomalies of contemporary France. Channeling cultural theory, esoterica and the love of a good book this shows investigates what falls through the cracks of mainstream French culture. We are tracking the liminal spaces, the bizarre subcultures and the beautiful freak-outs from the mid-twentieth century to the present day.What exactly is the French Weird? It is the territory where high philosophy meets the profoundly bizarre. In each episode, we trace the threads of a proudly rational nation simultaneously digesting global weirdness and exporting its own brand of the mysterious.French Weird explores how France's hidden eccentricities reveal the truths about its politics, literature, culture and - maybe even - identity.Subscribe now, download, and join us. When the going gets weird, the pros turn French.If you'd like to send French Weird a short voice note, you can do so here