With Christmas around the corner, Patrice and Sophie discuss the pros and cons of live Christmas trees versus artificial ones. Patrice makes a crazy suggestion. Be sure to watch to the very end!

It's winter in France and Patrice and Sophie are feeling it! They list the many colorful expressions describing cold weather and talk about ways of warding off the cold with full winter regalia.

Patrice and Sophie gripe about the Paris metro price hike, which they agree is a very bad move. Unfortunately, Patrice has a metro train to catch!

In this very interesting video, Patrice and Sophie talk about the problems and resolutions discussed during the COP28 climate conference. Sophie notes that participating countries not only failed to reach their goals, but are actually going backwards.

Patrice tells Sophie about the "noble art" of boxing and why it received that name. Then Sophie shares her opinions about the sport.

Sophie has just bought a deck of Marseille tarot cards, which she's very excited about. However, Patrice is a little skeptical, since Marseille is "renowned for its lies." He references the expression C'est la sardine qui a bouché le port de Marseille (The sardine blocked the port of Marseille), referring to its inhabitants' supposed tendency to exaggerate.

Patrice and Sophie discuss homonyms, words that sound the same but have totally different meanings, something of a nightmare for French learners. Learn the difference between the same-sounding words verre, vers, ver, vert, and vair.

Amener, apporter, emmener, emporter: which form of "to take" or "to bring (along)" should we use? Watch this video carefully to understand the difference.

Patrice and Sophie discuss Anne Hidalgo's contribution to the city of Paris. As mayor, she is a controversial figure best known for banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Many Parisians either love her or hate her.

Sophie and Patrice talk about all the construction work being done in Paris to beautify the city and its suburbs before the 2024 Olympic games. They share different opinions on this disruption.

Living in an apartment can be hell when your neighbor decides to remodel. Patrice and Sophie suffer in silence while the noise goes on unabated around them. It's so bad, Patrice thinks that even the plants are hurting...

As temperatures warm up with spring, Sophie and Olivier don't know what to wear anymore. It's freezing in the morning and hot in the afternoon. Sophie may have found a solution... What do you think?

Sophie likes to grow avocados from seeds in a jar of water. She shows off her avocado "farm" to Olivier and explains how she does it. He'll soon be the proud owner of an avocado plant!

Sophie and Olivier discuss the César Awards, the French Oscars. Olivier didn't watch the ceremony, and Sophie only saw some excerpts, but they still find a lot to talk about on the subject!

Sophie and Edmée discuss what they like and dislike about bananas.