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France’s Quiet Podcast Revolution: How Public Radio Beat Silicon Valley at Its Own Game

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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
Jan 29, 2026
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Something is happening in French public radio that should make American podcast entrepreneurs sit up and pay attention.

While we’ve been celebrating the rise of entrepreneurial podcasting, Serial, Wondery, Gimlet, France has been quietly building something different. Something bigger. And they’re doing it with public money, state archives, and a distinctly un-American approach to storytelling.

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