48: Documenting life in Paris with Jay Swanson

The tale of how and why Americans come to settle in Paris is generations deep but it doesn’t stop being compelling. I learned about Jay Swanson, and American from the Pacific Northwest who has lived in Paris a number of years, through his video work. For the better part of three years, he was posting a video every single day on his popular YouTube channel about some aspect of life and culture in the city. But beyond that? I knew very little. We had the chance to get to know one another at the end of last year and talk a lot about a big, ambitious project he has for the next several years that takes him far beyond video documentation of Parisian life. Now, he joins me to share what’s brewing: Building the Oracle. Mentioned in this episode: Jay Swanson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/jayswanson/ French Fridays with Lindsey Tramuta: https://youtu.be/SsooVUuFYcM Building the Oracle: https://www.buildingtheoracle.com/ My interview on Building the Oracle: https://share.transistor.fm/s/5a486d92 Jay on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayswanson/

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In a country like France, where tradition reigns supreme, even a suggestion of change or newness has long been met with scepticism by locals. This is no longer the case, offers writer and adopted Parisian Lindsey Tramuta in The New Paris podcast, a side dish to her bestselling books “The New Paris” and “The New Parisienne”. Here, with an assortment of other local experts, she takes a closer look at the people, places and ideas that are changing the fabric of the storied French capital.