The Secret Life of Josephine Baker - Josephine, la cible
Duolingo French Podcast

The Secret Life of Josephine Baker - Josephine, la cible

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 24, 202322 min

Josephine puts down roots in her beloved France while trying to find her place as an artist as the world teeters toward war. With Ariana DeBose. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3tM0mlu.

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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. Also, please know that this episode describes scenes of racial violence

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and hate that may be difficult for some to hear. It was the early 1930s in Munich, and Josephine was three weeks into her latest tour. But, unlike her previous shows in Europe, things were… not going well. On stage, Josephine kept dancing.

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But when she finished her act, Josephine didn't show any emotion at all. She simply walked off the stage. The hate, La Inn, was getting to her.

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