Provence suffers civil war, invasion and imperial intrigue but somehow still experiences a miniature golden age under the Counts of Barcelona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best-selling author Luke Barr talks all about the French craze that revolutionized what's on your plate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political expert and researcher Craig Willy discusses the history of Gaullism and its influence on modern French geopolitics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scholar Peter Russella talks about lights in the dark and how Hugo depicted them.

Time to head south to a sunnier climate and a far different history from the north!

We're starting a whole new journey, looking beyond 'France' to all the parts of it that made it, well, France!