It's back to the past, with the Once Upon a Time series. How did America get its name? Take a trip back to Renaissance Italy in this first episode of The Explorers to find out.

Take a class with Lionel as he teaches you colors in French. You'll even learn how to say all the different shades of blue!

A lot of people claim to be addicted to coffee, but hopefully none of them are as hooked on caffeine as the man in this high-energy music video from Oldelaf and Monsieur D. As long as they're not killing people like he is, they're probably fine!

Daniel Benchimol continues his tour of the Normandy coast with stops in Tourgéville, Houlgate, and Dives-sur-Mer. Along the way, he shows us some interesting houses built on top of German bunkers from World War II.

Claudine Thibout Pivert, a prolific poet, musician, and artist, talks about her latest books and the source of her inspiration, her childhood spent in the beautiful Anjou region of France.

Deauville, one of the most prestigious resorts on the Normandy coast, is a movie lover's dream: besides featuring an annual American film festival, it was also the filming location of A Man and a Woman, a classic of French cinema.

In "Dernier jour à San Francisco" (Last Day in San Francisco), the French singer Bertrand Boulbar shares his impressions of the "city by the bay."

Oldelaf (Olivier Delafosse) makes a comeback after ten years with a new whimsical song. He much prefers animals to a certain lady. No, it's not his ex-girlfriend. We'll give you a hint: She succeeded her father as president of Le Rassemblement national (RN) party. (Oldelaf must be glad that's all she's president of!)

Daniel Benchimol shows us around Cabourg in Normandy. There, you'll find a casino and the famous Grand Hôtel, where Marcel Proust stayed and found inspiration for his book In Search of Lost Time.

Moving further westward, Bertrand Boulbar takes us through the deserts of Nevada in this video for his melancholy song "Je cherche ta voix" (I Seek Your Voice).

Oldelaf bares his soul in his song "La Tristitude," a portmanteau that combines tristesse (sadness) and attitude (and a little solitude). We might call it "saditude." Listen to his lyrics and you'll surely recognize it. Ça fait mal!

The French singer Bertrand Boulbar takes Las Vegas in this music video for his song "De paquebots en épaves" (From Liners to Wrecks). His smoky, deep voice is reminiscent of one of France's most iconic singers, Serge Gainsbourg.

René-Marc Cohen, a very fine artisan, will show us how to upholster a squat armchair, "un fauteuil crapaud" (literally a "toad armchair").

Bertrand Boulbar has been spending a lot of time in his car lately, traveling across the United States. In "Motor Hotel," he gives us some impressions of the highway: gas stations, truckers, power lines, bad coffee....

Lionel, the stand-up comedian, punster extraordinaire, surpasses himself with his long string of puns. Catch them if you can! The long-suffering husband of Éléonore, he is not shy about making her the butt of all his jokes.