The MetroStop Podcast
Bite sized history for the curious. Join me on a trip through French History one Paris metro station at a time.
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Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Rol Tanguy is on line 6 at Denfert Rochereau
Who was Rol Tanguy?
This is the final episode of Season 1
France Today - Women of the Resistance
History Hit - Women of the French Resistance
Paris in World War II - Wikipedia
The Liberation of Paris - The National WWII Museum
Liberation of Paris - Wikipedia
During World War II, the Liberation of Paris ... - Smithsonian Magazine
Paris is liberated after four years of Nazi occupation
rlt.fr - Philippe Petain The Man who Collaborated with the Nazis
BBC News Rol Tanguy
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Additional Music by ArcSound
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Rol Tanguy is on line 6 at Denfert Rochereau
Who was Rol Tanguy?
This is the first episode in a two-part finale
Compagnons du Tour de France
On This Day February 1934
Stavisky Affair
Non Intervention Agreement
Battle of the Ebro
Military History Cecile Rol Tanguy
Le Maitron Rol Tanguy
Le Maitron Cecile Rol Tanguy
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Additional Music by ArcSound
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Trinitie- D'Estienne D’Orves is a station on line 12
Who was D’Estienne D’Orves?
Sources and Links
Portrait of D'Estienne D'orves
Final Letters
D'Estienne D'Orves Chemin de Memoire
Museum of the Resistance D'estienne D'Orves Organiser of Nemrod
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Additional Music by ArcSound
Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Charles Michels is a station on line 10
Who was Charles Michels?
Sources and Links
Reflections on the French Resistance
Museum of the Resistance - Charles Michels
Le Maitron - Charles Michels
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Additional Music by ArcSound
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Corentin Cariou is on line 7 and Corentin Celton is on line 12
Who were the two Corentins?
Sources and Links
Le Maitron - Corentin Cariou
Le Maitron - Corentin Celton
Lettre de Celton Corentin– Le Mont-Valérien
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Gabriel Peri is a station on line 13
Who was Gabriel Peri?
Sources and links
The Neutrality Agreement
The Munich Agreement
Britannica German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact
Heroes of the Pen
L'humanite History Gabriel Peri article
Lysias Avocats - Gabriel Peri Bio
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Colonel Fabien is a Station on line 2
Who was Colonel Fabien?
Sources and Links
Spartacus Educational Colonel Fabien
Le Maitron - Pierre Georges Colonel Fabien
Recounting of Stages of French Communist Resistance
Francs Tireurs et Partisans
France 24 -The Barbes Metro Attack - 80 Years on
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Jacques Bonsergent is a station on line 5
Who was Jacques Bonsergent?
Sources and links
Le Maitron - Jacques Bonsergent
The Phoney War
GadZarts
French Students protest Against Occupation
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Guy Moquet is a station on line 13
Who was Guy Moquet?
Sources and Links
Le Maitron - Guy Moquet
Resistance 44 Louis Aragon
Britannica -Vichy-France
Guy's Letter
Guy's Wikipedia
L'humanite Louis Aragon Temoin des Martyrs
Louis Aragon poem-La-Rose-et-le-Reseda
Music by Martaan Schellekens Titled Reminiscing
Monday Sep 01, 2025
Monday Sep 01, 2025
Welcome to season one of MetroStop
Heroes of the Resistance
In this season I explore the lives of the brave men of The French Resistance during the 1940s.
Who were they before the war and what drove them to join the forces fighting against the occupation in France.
Join the podcast that takes you on a journey through French history, one metro station at a time.