The Talking France podcast is back, discussing why France is under-prepared for increasingly severe heatwaves, plus the biggest worries people have about moving here and why there are so many French players at this year's football World Cup.

Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France's Emma Pearson, Emma Albright and John Lichfield for a look at all the latest news and talking points from France.

We start, as we must, with the heat - as France scorches under a record-breaking and fatal early heatwave we look at how the country is preparing for this new normal, and why work isn't being done fast enough.

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You can find the Talking France podcast on Spotify, Apple or the French platform Deezer or on World Radio Paris. You can download it here or listen on the link below.