[English]
Violaine: Hello everyone and welcome to this
new episode! I hope you are well and
I also hope that your month of January has not
been too long. For me, this first month of the year always seems like an eternity. But
Okay, here we are in February. Hi Nathan!
...
Nathan: Hi Violaine, I share your
January review. That's it, it's happened!
V: Are you still okay?
N: Yeah, everything is fine. Nothing special. Listen,
life goes on, takes its course, as they say.
V: Well, that’s not bad. I suggest and
I suggest, Nathan, obviously, that we attack
directly with our topic of the day. A subject which
was inspired by our own experiences.
I am going to announce it directly, this subject is
that of the culture of emptiness. Um, to begin with
, do you want to give a definition
this term that we hear more and more?
N: Yeah, so it’s not necessarily
obvious like that to define. It’s a somewhat abstract notion. And besides, when
we look for a lot of content on the Internet,
...
we don't find much. I
don't know if you agree with me.
V: Yeah, I pretty much agree. I believe
also because it is something
something which is quite recent.
N: Yeah, it's totally recent. In any case,
there has been awareness for some time. It's linked a little to our way
to consume information. When I speak of
...
information, I speak in the broad sense. There, we don't
don't talk about current affairs or current affairs. We are really talking
about the information, what is shown to us a
a little bit, especially on social networks.
So, we're going to talk a lot about quick content,
easy, light, without really any depth.
Everything we see, in fact, when we turn on
your phone, for example, when you go to a
social network and that we are offered content that
will be considered really very, very light.
V: Yeah, I agree with you.
Me, I feel in the middle of a culture of emptiness,
you see, when I scroll, when I scroll
on social networks and I lose,
I don't know, an hour or two hours and
that I realize that, well in the end,
I learned nothing. And even, it makes me feel
bad. That, for me, is truly the definition
of the culture of emptiness. It's actually looking at the
other people live, make their lives. And there you have it.
N: Yeah, that’s it. And I even wanted to
say that the culture of emptiness - the culture OF
emptiness, sorry! - for me, it's when
we put everything equal. Everything and anything
anything equal at the same level, it is
say that if you witness a clash between
two stars of… Stars of I don’t know
what, reality TV between two actors,
between two singers and we're going to watch that and
that we are going to have as much interest in that as in
something normally much more
interesting, much more important and with
much more repercussions in your life, like
well I don't know, a presidential election,
a war, a conflict or even a reform, a
law. You see, that's really it. When in fact,
there is no more hierarchy in the information and
on your social network, we will offer you
one piece of information after another and that’s it, without…
Without how to say? Without hierarchy, what!
V: But I would go even further, you
see, I think it's not all equal. It is that the most content
light are those which become the most
...
viral and therefore have more value or in all
case more audience than thoughtful,
long content, which will analyze current events, a
political conflict or I don't know. Me,
for me, the culture of emptiness is
really when the content favors
hyper superficial stuff, the appearance
physics, you see this kind of thing.
N: That’s it. We have an expression for that. We are going
say that anything with light content is king.
It became king. And in fact, we have information
light which will chase away other information which will be
much more interesting, with substance,
something that will impact you.
You know that this notion of culture of emptiness,
it has existed, in fact, for a few years,
even for a few decades. There was
a Frenchman, a French writer. And yes,
I checked, he is indeed French.
Besides, he lives not very far from here,
in the southwest of France. He is 80 years old, I
believe. His name is Gilles Lipovetsky. And he,
already in 1983, in fact, he published a
book called The Age of the Void. So,
it is not the culture of emptiness, but it is
really the era, the E-R-E to say the period.
V: Exactly.
N: The period of emptiness. And already at the time,
fact, he spoke, he deciphered this change
to come in the following years. So
today, in the years of the 21st century. And
he therefore deciphered this change in society,
this change in society. And he therefore saw
our period as a period where there is a
form of worship of the individual. And even a cult
of individualism perhaps, where really
the person, you see, is put at the center of
daily life. So, it’s… I think it’s related
with this superficiality that you also spoke about.
V: Yeah. And then with that, well I'm going
continue with another author and then,
it will be over for the slightly technical terms.
There is a Frenchman called Guy Debord,
who also spoke a few decades ago
of the entertainment society. And for me,
we are right in the middle of it. The entertainment society,
it's in fact, well, when we, the consumers,
witness a bit of the information spectacle
which is broadcast to us. And we are passive. And so,
we are no longer active at all. We're not going anymore
at all take action in our daily lives to make
change things. But we are rather passive.
So. We look without thinking. And there you have it.
N: Obviously, because it’s easy, because
that it's fun, because it's entertaining. And
obviously, it doesn’t require any thought,
very little thought. And this is also the reason for this success. I want to talk
perhaps from my personal case, give a really very concrete example
...
, because in fact, here, we
denounces a little the culture of emptiness. We talk about it,
but obviously, ourselves, you like me,
Violaine, we are obviously concerned by
that. And I have an example with a famous
social network. Do I name it?
V: Of course.
N: TikTok, there you go. which I was on ago
a few more weeks and I left
a few days ago. Because in fact, I
I let myself be fooled by this social network. I
got caught up in it too. I was going there,
done, as you said very regularly,
as soon as I had a two-minute break. And in
Well, a few days ago, I had a sort of realization
, eh! It clicked,
it triggered something in me. And in fact,
the tipping point, the turning point, is really
a TV show. I don't know if it's a
reality TV show... No, in any case, one
show that was on TV, that I watched,
that you also watched, which is called Star
Academy. We will perhaps explain the principle of
this show which is very popular in France,
which was already popular in our childhood,
in the early 2000s, but
who came back. And today,
which is watched by millions of people.
What is the principle of Star Academy?
V: Well, it’s quite simply… We’ll follow
around ten, I think, apprentice singers
and we will follow their adventure for three
month. And at the end, there is a winner who wins the right to make a
album. And there we are, we looked at that. And you,
...
you let yourself be caught up, and me too, by all
the controversies that arose on TikTok.
N: Yeah, actually, it’s a show that has
still quality because we really sing
. It's an artistic show with
real artists, but every week, there were
students who were eliminated. And in fact, me, well
I found myself at... It was the algorithm that
was like that. Every time I opened
this application, 'at the end I opened TikTok,
in fact, I really came across accounts of
people who discussed it, who talked about it.
And it really spoke of futile things, of
really secondary things. And again, I'm being kind when I say secondary. That is to say
that I was going to be shown a video of an argument,
...
for example, between two students. We were going
show me a video of a person who
was going to speak, who was going to criticize the outfit,
maybe another person's clothes.
And it was really, well, videos like that,
very short, 30 seconds or a minute.
V: But which had millions of views.
N: Exactly. There were even people,
TikTokers, who were specialized in
this show and who still are, and
who organized like lives, eh,
live streams right after the show. And me, I
I already found myself, just after the show,
putting myself on TikTok and watching a live
like that, to debate the show which
had just happened and which I had seen. And the
live didn't last a minute, two minutes,
it lasted an hour. So sometimes it took
really all evening! So for me,
is it. Really, that's what this culture is
emptiness. It's when we're going to tie,
well what happens in this type of show and
perhaps political news which happened
the same evening, but which I would have voluntarily,
how to say, sautéed, what, for this show.
V: So it’s not tied!
If we offered you content that was a little political or more intellectual, you swiped it.
...
N: Exactly. No, you totally
right! It even took over
French news. And concretely, I
realized that I listened less
to the radio in the morning for the news, for
the real debates, uh because I was
perhaps more on social networks where
I was really into this show.
V: Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, but it's sure.
Afterwards, I'm going to tell you something that doesn't
change the world, but honestly, for
take the test and listen to the radio in the morning,
current affairs radio, or watch the newspaper
televised in the evening at 8 o'clock, well frankly,
when we watch it, we say to ourselves but it's
depressing. ‘Finally, I mean, the news coming out is horribly depressing. And
so, I'm not saying it's good, but it makes us a little less depressing to watch, obviously,
clashes between people, to look at things a little lighter. Because it's true that this
which is in competition with this culture of emptiness,
...
...
...
well it is a content, a reality, in fact,
which is still anxiety-provoking and hard to follow.
N: Yes, you are totally right and perhaps
that we will talk about it just afterwards also about these
consequences like that of the culture of
empty. I would like to come back to it right after,
but I just want to do a little
test anyway, I want us to take
our phone so that we can see this live
what is the culture of emptiness. Because if I deleted TikTok, I'm still on another one
app, another social network. We'll take,
...
if you want, my phone. I don't know
where is yours and I have little battery left on my phone. So, we are going
take advantage of it. I open my application and
...
I want to see what the algorithm tells us
proposes. I don't know what you think about it.
V: We’re looking. So here we are on Instagram.
We haven't named him, but we're on Instagram.
N: I’ll open. It's true. So I'm going
click on what we call reals. And
it's really stupid, actually, because we
concretely there is content from a person
who teaches us how to date, how to have meetings
in love, to have romantic encounters
when you are religious. So it's really
weird. And there it is… The person says dating
when you are a Christian. It’s really
lunar. I don't know what you think about it.
V: It’s lunar. Your content is
completely lunar. Uh, me,
when I do that, this is the experience that Nathan has,
when I scroll through the Insta Reels category,
well, I go see a lot, for example...
N: It’s ridiculous. No, but this is crazy. You're right. What do you see? Excuse me, but I
find it fair... I realise, in fact,
even more now of this culture of emptiness.
V: Even more so when you have to verbalize it,
you realize how ridiculous this is.
N: Exactly!
V: No, but I don’t know. I see
content creators, since I am quite a few
women, who will show their clothes,
who will show their lives. ‘End really,
it's uninteresting. When I tell you that it is
uninteresting, it is! And you wanted to address
the consequences of this culture of emptiness. Well
For me, there’s a main one! That's how bad it can make us feel, because
I don't tell anyone anything when I say that,
...
once again, but the content creators,
in these contents which are very short, they
show what they want. So they will show
an obviously hyper aesthetic life, outfits,
things, possessions that they have, which are,
There you go, dear, I don't know! In any case,
they are going to show a bit of a dream life, and I
put big big quotation marks. And so, for us,
it makes us, in fact, desire standards
of life which are extremely high. And so,
we will say to ourselves: “oh but I am
not up to par! Me, what I have,
is not good enough!” And so, there is
all… One of the big consequences when
even of this culture of emptiness is on the
mental health and general well-being.
N: No, no, I completely agree on
that, obviously! There are harmful consequences,
dramatic, on us, on our mental health. You
you said it, you understood it... There, what
is on my social network, and that would be a lie
than to say it's just light... It's stupid,
actually. We can say it like that. And I don't
do not, obviously, master my algorithm, but
even if it perhaps has a link with, supposedly,
my tastes or my hobbies, my favorite
activities… But when you see what is offered to me,
I'm not totally sure. I doubt it.
V: You doubt it! In any case,
the algorithm got you wrong.
N: Clearly, I doubt it! Just, excuse me,
I would like to say something else about the
consequences of this culture of emptiness on us and
even on the more global impact on society. Me,
there’s something a bit silly. It's okay
be very concrete. I realize that when
I scroll like this, I no longer take time,
obviously, to do something else. And it’s
concrete. Lately, for example, I have
deserted a bit, as they say… So, I left
aside, I put aside the interesting articles
that I read before, like, for example,
the articles in Le Monde, obviously, a newspaper to which
I am a subscriber. I think I've already said it here.
V: We say it in every episode!
N: In all the episodes, that’s it. So it is
also good to repeat yourself. The same goes for good
films, classics, masterpieces, or even
simply good films that came out
recently or during the last year and beyond
which I have completely passed over, you see! So
that I didn't have time to see, that I missed
really because, once again, of these networks
and this culture of emptiness. So I believe, you
see, that if these videos are perhaps funny
like that in the short term, allow us, we must
say it too, just to pass the time. We have the
right, between two meetings, when we work, we
also has the right to relax and laugh a little.
But unfortunately, I believe that these videos
in the medium term, well they are parasitic on us.
They parasitize us and, obviously, that can
be problematic because, by dint of watching,
I think, these videos and this content which is very
light, well, we... When it comes to talking about
more serious subjects, well we no longer have the
mental, intellectual capacity to do it
and we end up skimming over topics. It wants
to say that we are just going to be interested in the title and
that has already happened to us. Sometimes we send each other
interesting articles and then, in fact,
we take more time to read it and to
read them, we will just be interested in the title
and the hat, as they say, that is to say
the introduction to the article. And that's it.
V: Yeah, on that, I agree with you, but I’m going
go even a little further. In fact,
now, I have the impression... So, I was talking
earlier comparison where we compare our
lifestyles with the people we look at… But
I believe that in fact, we compare... When we
make this comparison and say “Oh, but
me, I don't have enough, I am not enough, etc. »,
well in fact, the comparison is made on
hyper superficial elements since what we see
of people's lives is superficial. And in
fact, we will no longer compare ourselves on our value,
on what we are inside and I
finds that one of the consequences of this,
is that it can create relationships,
even in real life, if I may say so,
it will almost create superficial relationships.
We're no longer going to talk about somewhat deep subjects,
as you just mentioned, but rather to exchange
also in our daily life with our loved ones
on rather superficial subjects and therefore
it creates relationships that fly over and that,
I feel it or I could, in all
case, feel it at certain times.
N: That’s true. It comes down to what we
said earlier, we are going to put on
a pedestal perhaps, people or
topics which are clearly not, in fact,
real topics of discussion and they become
topics of conversation so that's a problem.
Earlier, I wanted to come back to this, you
you referred to these news, to these newspapers,
to this information, to this news that you judge
a little depressing and too heavy. But it’s
perhaps because, precisely, we are so
accustomed to seeing this very light content every
days, from morning to evening, than everything else,
in fact, seems to us, seems boring to us,
seems bland to us, seems to us, excuse me for the
a somewhat vulgar term, perhaps, but seems to us to be
boring. And obviously, alongside videos,
as we have just seen there, on Instagram,
or cats who are disguised or playing, etc.,
or who are just cute, and people who
make jokes... Well when you listen to the side, the
same evening, a debate show, a show
a little intellectual, obviously, you see a discrepancy
which is just gigantic, which is enormous.
V: And we can't blame people and
we can't blame ourselves for, there you go,
in the evening, after work, after work,
wanting to completely disconnect the brain
and therefore not inflict on oneself these contents which are
yet very high quality. But even on that,
I will add something, it is that on the
social networks, I find that there is even more room for politics. And when I talk about
political, I am speaking in the very, very broad sense. I
...
think, in fact, of all the content creators
who, today, no longer dare to take a position
on everyday political matters because
that they say, well, that it's not their role,
that social networks are not the place where we
does that. And I find that this leads, obviously,
to a… Well depoliticization of what we are and of
our daily life, whereas, I often say,
but our life, in fact, is political and all that
that we do, everything we consume is political.
N: Yeah, although I would bring a
small nuance, I find, in any case,
regarding French social networks,
perhaps the French media in the broad sense
which have accounts on social networks,
which have pages, their own pages,
I also think that there is, nevertheless, there remains,
fortunately, content creators or
media, journalists who are extremely
popular on social networks and who are,
at the same time, engaged, even politically or on
social issues eh, whatever the side,
left, right, etc. I think there is
also a request for that. So, I would say that there is still a little hope, but it is true that
even we can say professionally,
...
because now we obviously have a
podcast that you are currently listening to and then,
we have a YouTube channel eh, which I invite you to,
obviously, to join and subscribe. But,
when we see the algorithm that we
proposes, when we see what works
and what works less, what works or
what doesn't work, well there you go, we'll see
that also our algorithm, in fact, pushes us
to create content that will be light,
that will be entertaining content,
put humor everywhere, you see,
and as soon as it's a little more serious, we'll
consider it a bit boring perhaps. And…
V: And it can fall by the wayside of the algorithm,
indeed. Quite. We were talking about us, about
how it made us feel to have a little
immersed in the culture of emptiness. I think… We
said it a little, but if we had to generalize,
we can say that we have the impression that we
think less and cultivate ourselves
perhaps less. Do you agree with
that or do you want to add a nuance?
N: Are we thinking less? I think huh,
as we said earlier, obviously... We
dig less, we go less in depth into
the subjects because we no longer have time,
in fact. We no longer find the time, we no longer take
no more time and we are faced with, there it is, with one on,
but on, on, on information. There are things
everywhere that's happening, so it's exhausting and
I can't, like I told you, I can't
namely because… There remains, fortunately,
content, there are quality channels, there
has videos that are long as well as thought-provoking quality and remain popular. So I'm going
be mixed, but in any case, we are all affected
...
by this culture of emptiness and we must put into
put something in place so that it changes and there must be
individual awareness,
already. Because I think that from the moment that
we have individual awareness,
which was somewhat the case for me recently,
I managed to put in place some strategies
to do something else, like I told you,
that is to say watch more films, eh. Everything
simply. I have never watched as many
films in one month, in January 2025, as
over a year, than over the year 2024 because,
quite simply, I abandoned, I put
a bit about the networks. So, there are,
there, there are little strategies. I got myself
also put myself to doing chess, to playing chess,
then on my phone, but, there you go, I
I think it’s a little more interesting,
what… Because there’s human contact, I
can talk to people about it, there’s reflection,
there’s strategy. So, for me, we are at
my opinion eh, outside of this culture of emptiness.
V: Yeah, but it’s hard, I think, for
have this awareness. I mean,
not everyone has this awareness.
Um... So, you were talking about the things that we,
, put in place. Well, we also have
implemented a limit on screen time
on our phones. And yeah,
we have to get this far for us,
to detoxify ourselves. Um… But, in fact,
when I talked about the fact that we cultivated ourselves less,
I was thinking of an example which is linked
with the cultural recce of this episode.
N: Okay.
V: So, I'm going to recommend a film to you,
but just before, I want to say that me,
when I go to the cinema, when I went
at the cinema to see this film, well, unfortunately,
there were no young people in the room, even though
it's a film which is directed by a young
woman of my age, uh with young actors,
with a theme that is still very current.
N: But, you went there very
recently and I think that
the film was already released a long time ago, right?
V: Yes, and what’s more, it’s in an art cinema and
trial, as they say. So, there you have it, a cinema a bit independent from the city center. I know that
in the slightly larger cinemas where there are more international
...
films which are shown there,
young people are not completely deserting movie theaters. But here is the observation that I had
very recently. But, I know there is hope,
...
as you say: the long format on YouTube
is increasingly valued. So, there you have it,
we have a little hope on that. And also,
very quick little mention to the whole trend
that there was on TikTok which is therefore the
booktok trend. There you go, no need to translate. So that's all the TikTok videos
who come to recommend books. In general,
...
its accounts are run by young women.
And it really garnered attendance,
an increase in attendance at
bookstores and libraries in France.
N: Yeah. And I know, then,
he's a man, but I know,
I discovered him very recently on
Instagram. I forgot what it's called,
unfortunately. But, all this for
to say that he too recommends,
he recommends books, books.
And he has over 300,000 subscribers.
V: Yeah, we’ll put his nickname in
podcast notes. I believe
let him be called Julius like Caesar.
N: That’s it. Well there you go, no need
to put it on! Julius as Caesar,
more than 300,000 subscribers. And at the same
time, it mixes entertainment
with literature and culture. So, we
can make the connection between the two. It remains
very popular. Maybe you can us
So talk about this film that you teased.
V: Of course.
N: Still, I want to know
what he's talking about. You saw it,
last week, on Sunday, I
believe. I haven't been there,
but I would love to see it. It made me want it.
So, maybe I'll go to the movies
next week or this weekend. I
I think he's coming this weekend!
V: Okay, so this film is called Vingt
Dieux, in reference to an expression that we find
a lot in the East of France. And this film, it
has a theme that I love. Um, this is the life of a
young man and his friends. So in the East of the
France, we are more particularly in the Jura,
in the Ain. There you go, if it ever speaks to you, this
are extremely rural lands. And in fact,
this young guy, uh he's going to lose in a hurry
his father, who was therefore a cheese producer
and more particularly Comté cheese. That's it, I
I don't think we can be more French. And so,
he will try to survive following the death of his
father and he will in particular try to rebuild, in turn,
the county. Uh, so, we follow a little
this life in the French countryside. But here we are,
we follow it in a very objective way,
very beautiful. There is no miserabilism,
as they say. These young people are not going to say
“my life is hard”, although we know that
the life of young rural people is quite difficult,
with few opportunities, little money, etc.
N: Especially in agriculture.
V: Especially in agriculture. But
there is never this tone. And on the contrary,
I find it to be a beautiful film of hope. You
can see very beautiful landscapes and above all,
so there, as a linguistic challenge, I think we
never offered you that. Um, you will listen to
throughout the film the Eastern accent of
France, central north-eastern France. And wow,
it's very complicated to understand. But
if you find it with subtitles,
honestly, go for it. Here, to see the
real life in France is fascinating.
N: And as you said, it allows you to hear
also an accent that's out of the ordinary,
that we're not used to hearing, eh,
obviously. Everyone knows somewhat standard French. We also know that there is
a fairly strong accent, in quotation marks,
...
in Marseille, in the southwest and the southeast.
But here, in the Jura, is that it? It's about
in that region. Really East of
France, well it’s quite original. You see, I
have never been to this region, so it’s
an accent that I know little, very, very little.
V: And it’s nice to see in the cinema, in
a film which met with popular success,
it must be said, it had quite a few admissions,
Twenty Gods. It’s nice to see this
youth represented, there you go, far from the clichés and
far from the image we may have of the French.
N: And it’s true that it’s a
a real popular success for this film,
with a huge number of admissions in cinemas.
V: Even though it’s still
a social comedy, so there you go,
we have hope about the culture of emptiness, that
also interesting when we talk about society.
N: Yeah. I'm quite optimistic, in any case,
quite proud of current French cinema. I find,
for several weeks, there are very, very
good films and it's difficult to see all that
at the cinema. But fortunately, we have the platforms
also which will be useful to look at them perhaps more
later. So for me, it's true that, as I have
said, to fight against the culture of emptiness,
we can also watch films, we can stay,
in fact, on the screens, but watching quality
films… It’s true that, a little advice,
I think it's good to watch,
maybe not just films that are coming out
today, but more classic films,
films that we haven't taken the time to watch,
maybe younger. It’s a bit like me,
I’m a bit ashamed sometimes, but it’s true
that we often talk about great films and then,
we haven't necessarily seen them... Films that we
speaks to you about your whole childhood, your whole life and
I made a little list for myself, there,
you see, these last few days, so there you go,
I hope to catch up. I think in particular
to American films that I want to see,
you see, from the 90s. So, it’s
very precise, the theme, but here,
I want to catch up on all this delay concerning
films about the Vietnam War.
V: Wow, the doghouse!
N: So who came out, then who
came out, I think, in the 90s,
maybe early 2000, but obviously, the
Vietnam War, it was a little before,
but all these films are, as they say, past
under my nose when I was younger, so they
passed by and I looked at them without, well, I
I watched them pass without seeing them, what! Without
seeing them in the cinema or on TV. So, I advise,
that's it, people try to do themselves good
by watching great films and films
classics, what! Cinematic masterpieces.
V: And if you want to know how
Nathan is going to watch his big films, well,
that, you will have the answer next week!
N: Yeah, it’s true that we
will speak next week,
it's good to tease it. So, you talked about a
film, I would perhaps like to talk about a book.
V: Come on.
N: Because it’s been a while
that we didn't talk about it and I, then,
I just started reading it, uh but I think
that it can be interesting precisely for our
listeners, the people who listen to us.
It's a book by Alain Mabanckou. The
book is called Broken Glass. I have it in
the library, I'll just take it.
So, there you go, I just got it back.
Broken Glass, Alain Mabanckou.
V: Can you tell us
who is this author? Quickly…
N: He is a writer who has dual nationality
: Franco-Congolese. And in fact, in this book,
quickly as I said, I started it there
I only read a few pages.
But we are in Africa, in the Congo to be exact,
Brazzaville. In fact, the main character,
is a bar customer who goes uh... Write about this
what's happening in this bar uh... All the everyday movements
, the counter discussions like
they say... He's going to draw portraits of the people who
pass by, what! You know people who are a
few of the outcasts of society, people on the
margins of society and I really like
the style because there aren't too many
style effects, it's very direct, uh it's
written… I have the impression without much proofreading,
you see. It’s very oral so it’s perfect I
find because it’s almost spoken French,
even though it’s a book. And that's pretty much enough
funny! And Alain Mabanckou is still a very talented
writer, who is a professor of
literature in Los Angeles, at UCLA. The very prestigious
University of Los Angeles. Teacher of
French-speaking literature. And I find that
it feels good too, well to read authors in
French but which come out, perhaps from France.
V: Yeah!
N: Because it’s true that it is
Franco-Congolese, but he speaks
a lot about Africa, it takes place in the Congo… So
It’s good, there you go, to read a little something else!
V: And we will try to do more
in addition to French-speaking recos and not
being limited to Franco-French recos.
So, Broken Glass is a very nice recce
which will allow you to know more
more about French-speaking culture!
N: Yeah, and I even saw that the daily
English The Guardian named this novel as one of
the 10 best African books of the time,
we will say, modern. Today ! So. So…
V: Well, I think that level
cultural recce for this episode,
you are served! Tell us if you are going
consume what was recommended to you and then,
then, whether you liked it or not. I
believe that this is the time for us to leave you. Nathan, is this
Do you have anything to add?
...
N: No, nothing to say. I hope that you
liked it and above all, the next episode,
it’s true that it will also have a link
with, I think, today's.
V: It will have a link and you will find out
in two weeks. In the meantime, I
have a few questions to ask you: is this
that you too have been caught by this
culture of emptiness? Do you consume
light, short, viral content or, on the contrary,
are you anti this type of content
? Tell us everything in the comments,
we will read it and respond to you,
in any case we will try! Thank you for
listening to us until the end
and we'll see you next time!
N: Bye bye!