Perspective

About Perspective

Every morning, FRANCE 24 speaks to a key business, social or cultural player, or a leading voice in the field of humanitarian action, sport or science. From Monday to Thursday at 9:35am Paris time.

Publisher

FRANCE 24 English

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jan 2024

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

422 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Preserving Lebanon's stories amid war: France's Lebanese Film Festival

   This Tuesday evening sees the start of the sixth edition of France's Lebanese Film Festival. The festival opens at the Elysées Lincoln cinema in Paris, with Nadim Tabet's supernatural thriller "In This Darkness I See You". This year's edition will also feature a retrospective of the work of actress and director Nadine Labaki, including her Oscar-nominated film "Capernaum". In Perspective, we spoke to festival president Sarah Hajjar.

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   'Perfect Victims' author Mohammed El-Kurd challenges how Palestinian suffering is viewed

   Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer, poet and journalist. He is the author of the poetry collection Rifqa and the book "Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal", which was just published in French translation last week. Mohammed grew up in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem and as a child, his family were displaced from their home by Israeli settlers in a high-profile eviction. He spoke to us in Perspective.

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   New Paris exhibition explores Ireland's housing crisis through contemporary art

   Huge demonstrations have been held over the last few weeks in Spain over its housing crisis, but the issue is not restricted to Spain. Many other countries also have a huge problem with housing, including Ireland, with experts saying that for every street of 10 houses, the country actually needs 12. Now a new exhibition in Paris at the Irish Cultural Centre is trying to reflect the issue. In Perspective, we spoke to the museum's director and one of the artists taking part.

Who has been a guest on Perspective

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jonas Hassen Khemiri
• Ersin Karabulut
• Faides Temba Temba
• Nikkolas Smith
• Irungu Houghton

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YouTube views

2,159,688

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

60

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