{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66fb968b13b87f41275ee4bd/68e85229ec52458c6e5ac561?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"America As Seen From France","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66fb968b13b87f41275ee4bd/1760055744960-ea2ab13c-7b02-47f5-9dad-86113190b900.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A reflection on some of the differences I have experienced between France and the US. I start with some, at least to me, startling statistics about French working lives and economic situation and then expand to a more subjective sense of what I have ‘felt’ living in France that is quite distinct from the US. Delivered in lieu of my cancelled lecture.</p><p><br></p><p>Image Attribution: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;<a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0&gt;,\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0&gt;,</a> via Wikimedia Commons</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/wescecil\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign-up for&nbsp;Wes’s PATREON</a>&nbsp;to get your questions answered by Wes!</p><p><br></p><p>Plus, gain access to course materials, reading lists, peer discussions, bonus lectures, and Wes’s weekly diaries from France. Only $2 / month.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Wes Cecil"}