Gay in Rural France - A French Countryside Podcast

About Gay in Rural France - A French Countryside Podcast

Gay in Rural France is a queer countryside podcast about living, creating, and surviving far away from the city. Set in the Charente Limousine, one of the most rural regions of south-west France, the podcast explores life from the perspective of a gay artist navigating rural isolation, community, creativity, and belonging, while renovating half a château on a limited budget. Some episodes focus on queerness, the body, visibility, and mental health. Others are quieter reflections on daily life, relationships, renovation fatigue, artistic work, and what it means to build a life outside dominant urban narratives. This is a personal journal as much as it is a social reflection — slow, honest, and grounded in place. New episodes are released monthly.

Publisher

Amadeus Pawlica

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jun 2023

Latest episode

30 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jan 2026

   Why Our Bodies Are Never Just Bodies

   Why are our bodies never just bodies? In this first episode of Gay in Rural France, I reflect on the idea of the body as currency — especially within queer spaces, and even more so outside the city. Growing up and living as a gay person often means learning, consciously or not, that your body carries value: how it looks, how it ages, how it’s read by others. From desirability to discipline, from visibility to self-worth, the body becomes something to manage, improve, protect, or trade. In this episode, I speak openly about my own relationship to the body, about pressure, expectation, and the quiet ways we internalise them — and what it might mean to step back from that logic. Gay in Rural France is a queer countryside podcast, released monthly. 🎧 Listen on your favorite platform: 👉 Gay in Rural France on RedCircle https://redcircle.com/shows/40d184b4-bcc8-429e-a72a-18ad2f5f7817 📲 Stay connected: ✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/le_demi_chateau ✨ YouTube (Life with Amadeus): https://youtube.com/@lifewithamadeus ✨ Website: https://ledemichateau.com 💖 Support the podcast: If this episode resonates with you, consider sharing it or leaving a review — it really helps others find the show. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gay-rural-france/donations (https://redcircle.com/gay-rural-france/donations)

2. 

   27 Jun 2025

   We’re Still Here – Season Wrap Up, Visibility & Resistance

   The host of "Gay in Rural France" reflects on the podcast's themes of mental health and queer visibility, while addressing political shifts and sharing favorite queer media, emphasizing resilience and community.

3. 

   13 Jun 2025

   Rest as Resistance - Why I Still Struggle to Slow Down

   The host explores rest as a radical act of resistance, reflecting on the struggle to slow down and unlearn the pressure to constantly perform in this episode.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

272,396

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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