The Secret Life of Josephine Baker - Josephine: L’héroïne
Duolingo French Podcast

The Secret Life of Josephine Baker - Josephine: L’héroïne

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 14, 202328 min

Josephine embarks on perilous spy missions…and her wartime service brings her face to face with the man who inspired her to join the Resistance. With Ariana DeBose. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3QUR3sq.

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Hi, listeners. A quick note before we begin. This season of the Duolingo French podcast is serialized. So if you haven't heard the previous episodes yet, go back and listen to them first. On a chilly November morning in 1940, Josephine sat in a train car on the first leg of a long journey to Portugal.

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She was wrapped in a large fur coat, and an elegant hat was perched on her head. Josephine leaned back against the velvet cushion seat. Then she turned to the man sitting right behind her.

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He looked unassuming, with a thick mustache, small round glasses, and a drab gray coat. Heber, you can't tell me why he's in the valley. He's a little bit

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