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Recent Episodes
  • Haircut time in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 25, 2020 – 21:56
  • French love phrases: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 24, 2020 – 3:50
  • Knowing French better: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 23, 2020 – 6:37
  • Links to learn French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 22, 2020 – 8:40
  • Being a French learner: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 21, 2020 – 11:05
  • Catching a flight in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 20, 2020 – 13:07
  • ‘Cheers’ in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 19, 2020 – 15:26
  • Weather in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 18, 2020 – 21:18
  • French teachers: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 17, 2020 – 14:24
  • Ringing French numbers: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 14, 2020 – 7:56
  • Family members in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 13, 2020 – 22:21
  • Are you French?: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 12, 2020 – 13:37
  • Do you like French wine?: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 11, 2020 – 14:32
  • Doctors in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 10, 2020 – 14:02
  • How are you in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 9, 2020 – 14:07
  • Clothing in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 8, 2020 – 13:37
  • Learn to speak French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 7, 2020 – 16:01
  • Holiday words in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 6, 2020 – 11:03
  • French basic words: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 5, 2020 – 16:42
  • Basic words in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 4, 2020 – 15:46
  • French podcast learning: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 3, 2020 – 14:35
  • Podcast to learn French: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 2, 2020 – 14:46
  • French phrases basic: Conversations for Beginners
    Oct 1, 2020 – 10:16
  • Learning French: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 30, 2020 – 11:25
  • Calling a taxi in France: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 29, 2020 – 13:09
  • French family dinner: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 28, 2020 – 15:45
  • ‘You are ill’ in French: Conversation for Beginners
    Sep 27, 2020 – 13:49
  • Breakfast in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 26, 2020 – 11:13
  • Food in French: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 25, 2020 – 17:41
  • Learn speaking French: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 24, 2020 – 13:53
  • Travel in a French city: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 23, 2020 – 15:17
  • How to speak French: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 22, 2020 – 12:33
  • French Greetings: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 21, 2020 – 16:59
  • Basic French: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 21, 2020 – 1:53
  • Practical French learning: Conversations for Beginners
    Sep 5, 2020 – 14:01
Recent Reviews
  • Hatterofthemads
    Not beginner friendly
    Nothing, was really explained. It seems the confidence isn’t there for the teaching. It was frustrating and nothing learned.
  • Pattipeeples
    No teaching
    Just speaking in French or English and not teaching words or phrases.
  • GrowingFam
    Great refresher!
    This podcast is an excellent refresher for those who do not speak, natively and wants to return to the language. I do not know if I will ever go to a French speaking country again (I am from the United States) but Joel does a great job of explaining that only the language, but cultural nuances as well!
  • 2 meditators
    Wait to let the listener say the word/s in French
    I am a beginner just learning French. After Jöel says the word in French, wait a sec for the listener to say it. Just hearing the words is not enough to learn it.
  • Rita Marquez
    Difficult to hear, slow and very informal
    I appreciate the intentions but the others speaking French are away from the mic so it’s hard to hear. The podcast seems totally off the cuff so there are a lot of pauses that slow things down
  • Mulder2023
    More English than French!
    They spent more time chatting in English. Really a waste of time
  • BiggieSmalls510
    Painful
    Maybe rehearse / script something out before you start recording? American Wife/ girlfriend voice is painful. French Husband / boyfriend is NOT into it. Audio levels totally inconsistent between the two of them.
  • hettiehepplewaite
    Chatty
    There is too much unnecessary chatting!
  • Ledgez
    Horrible
    I don’t recommend this, the females pronunciation is very off and I cannot understand what there saying!
  • TrezDthree
    1st Episode and i wanted it to be over
    So dry…. And this is the 1st episode. I will give it another try, for another episode and i will update my star rating
  • Smidney
    Needed preparation
    They overlap on each other sometimes, and the approach they have to the actual teaching aspect is slow but not in the way that makes it easier to understand. They deconstruct the sentences and then she just starts asking him how to say things. If she would just let him talk, and then translate for us It would be easier to follow and have an actual flow to it. It felt awkwardly stitched together. She shouldn’t be speaking French when she doesn’t know how. It sounds like she’s reading from a piece of paper a sentence either he wrote or she wrote and didn’t remember it, she definitely sounds like a student which isn’t a bad thing particularly but maybe leave the speaking to people who can teach you how to pronounce things correctly and not like a full blown American.
  • Esterdotter
    Disorganized
    They need to do more preparation. The one episode I tried sounded like their organizing meeting, or rehearsal, trying to decide on a department store. I gave up while they were discussing “ What if I ...?”
  • Melisa McKee
    Disorganized
    You have to be very patient to sit through this.
  • ESPN CRITIC
    Terrific Learning Experience!
    I have very much enjoyed the first few lessons; they have set the tone for what I know is going to be an enjoyable, helpful and highly instructive learning experience. Many Thanks, Folks!
  • matrtin_F
    Really good
    It's worked for me. thanks anyway
  • tikigirl12
    The worst
    This is beyond the worst. They don’t explain anything and they go way too fast. Unreal.
  • Lucas Kaitsas
    Shouldn’t be considered a French Podcast
    For starters, the male host does NOT want to be there. You can tell in his tone. Secondly, the woman speaking does not have good pronunciation so they shouldn’t be doing a podcast.
  • Flamenco Vail
    Too much chat
    Too much chatting. Prefer more explanation of language skills
  • DeborahDDD199202
    Nope
    A total waste of time.
  • 1beg
    Clarity
    Good content. One constructive thought for improvement: when the guest is being interviewed, a lot of the time, their voice isn’t always clearly heard - due to closeness to the microphone possibly ? If the interviewer could repeat what was said or ask the guest to speak louder it would be very helpful. Turning up my volume doesn’t work either as it only blasts the interviewers voice & i still can’t always make out the guests responses. So there’s not much point at listening to the podcast - since it’s one sided.
  • Queen Mary II
    One can barely hear the French Male Host
    The French male host obviously doesn’t want to teach French or be helpful in understanding French. The American host speaks clearly and directly into the mike. The French male host speaks very softly in the background. The French male host is evasive and doesn’t want to participate to this podcast. He is vague and blurts out answers so one can not hear him.
  • Timbo35630
    Not enough content
    15 minute podcast with less than 1 minute in the target language. If you want to learn French this is a waste of your time
  • OnlineBankMan
    Great
    This is a great podcast.
  • patoonga
    Perfect for me! It was just my speed.
    This podcast was just what I needed after a year and a half of speaking no French.
  • PalominoStallion
    No Thanks
    It seems that French people are rude. Really you can’t judge people by one guy, but he made this uncomfortable.
  • Acornelius
    Good Content.
    Good stuff. The guy is boring and doesn’t seem interested, which is distracting.
  • bufflord
    Useful
    I love this podcast. Easy to follow along. Thank you!
  • kcait
    Grumpy host?
    The info is good but like others have said the male host seems like he doesn’t want to be doing the podcast at all which makes it hard to listen to. The language info and pace is good, I wish the host wasn’t so grumpy!
  • Tinypadfoot27
    The guy host is discouraging
    This is not a very helpful podcast to listen to. You will be discouraged from the very beginning by how the male host reacts. He doesn’t even try to engage the audience. It’s like he doesn’t want to be there doing this crap. I regret listening to this. I didn’t learn anything.
  • Tez3543
    Awesome podcast!
    The topics really make sense, thank you for this podcast, it's really helpful
  • Camila 41934D6E92
    Didn't like it
    The audio quality is not great: the sound is distant. The guy is grumpy. The girl is good.
  • Angela Brown Oberer
    Fun Way To Learn
    Love the show. Great and organic way to learn French. Great job and thank you. 😁
  • @haroldrhee
    Practical and beautiful!!
    Great lessons for practical conversations one would have in French speaking countries. Love it. So well done.
  • dsalt00
    So Good!
    What a helpful tool, I am working on learning how to pronounce my wine labels, and this show is helping to understand the language in a very helpful way! thank you!
  • Trexerb
    If you are learning french ...
    You need to be lisening to this podcast!
  • Don Hutcheson
    Learn French with Janina & Joel
    In this episode Janina, the French teacher, and Joel, the Frenchman, teach us how to order postcards in French. Since my wife is French, this show is a must for me! Great timing and I wish you continuing success!
  • Alex Dali Rizo
    Love it
    I'm so thrilled I found this show, I love the french language and the way you deliver the classes
  • MemphisGentleman
    My high school French is coming back!
    FCFB is an easy way to dust off my old French. Thanks!
  • Hayut Yogev
    Beautiflul show for learning fevch
    Nice and Useful way of learning a new language in general and French in particular. I like the fluency yet the practical conversations.
  • Kristy Arnett
    Ohhh Bonjour!
    So happy this exists. I've forgotten all my French from college. This is exactly what I need.
  • naciriy2
    Excellent Podcast!!!
    I just got back to French lately and I love this podcast! So easy to understand and to follow. Great job guys! C'est super!!!
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