With a little Help from his Friends —and Good French Wine
“It was a body blow. I told them, if you reject me, I’ll be forced to accept my position at Oxford.”
“Forced” to go to Oxford? Why did this young American want so badly to attend a French business school that few Americans have heard of? Why was he willing to forgo his slot at Oxford to do so?
And why were a panel of French professors shooting him down in his interview?
David Wolf
Find out in Episode 2 of the America the Bilingual podcast. We’ll follow David Wolf’s journey, with its twists and turns through Paris and the Bordeaux region, learn of a love interest, and a friendship that would last a lifetime.
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America the Bilingual is a storytelling podcast for Americans who are learning a second language, or would like to. Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts and hear a new episode every two weeks.
America the Bilingual partners with America’s hard-working language teachers — The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and its Lead with Languages campaign.
This episode was written by Steve Leveen, and producer Fernando Hernández, who also does sound design and mixing. Our editorial consultants are Maja Thomas and Mim Harrison; research assistance is from Alma Flores-Perez. Our graphic arts are created by Carlos Plaza Design Studio.
Music in this episode by:
Kevin Macleod — Beach party
freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…er/Beach_Party
Kevin Macleod — Quasi motion
freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Ma…r/Quasi_Motion
Francisco Penilla — Chicle bombita
https://soundcloud.com/francisco-penilla/francisco-penilla-chicle-bombita
Marco Raaphorst — Au coin de la rue
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Marco_Raaphorst/KlankBeeld/Au_coin_de_la_rue
Fatal Injection — PSI Part III
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Fatal_Injection/PSI/Fatal_Injection_-_PSI_-_03_PSI_Part_III
Chris Zabriskie — I should have been more human
Kevin Macleod — Backed vibes clean
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/Backed_Vibes_Clean_1973
Andy G. Cohen — A perceptible shift
Thanks for listening. Our next episode, up in two weeks, is titled “Little Greek Girl” about a girl who grew up to become a powerful and inspiring Greek-American.
(If you use Twitter, I’ll let you know about future episodes there as well.)
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First, know that she has one of those glorious English accents (or what all of us who are not English would call an accent), which makes her a natural for the audio book narration that she does. Although U.S. born, Caroline grew up in England and studied literature at the University of Warwick (fyi for American ears: that second “w” is silent).
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