CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte
25 WHOS WHO IN FRANCE - JEAN-PAUL BRAYER artwork
CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

25 WHOS WHO IN FRANCE - JEAN-PAUL BRAYER

  • S2019E25
  • 28:09
  • March 25th 2019

Jean-Paul Brayer is a semi-retired and accomplished businessman living 8 miles outside central Paris. Jean-Paul has lived in other parts of the world, especially Europe, for long periods of time. He has worked at, and been the CEO of, big companies including Heineken (Holland), Levi-Strauss (France), Quick Restaurants (worldwide), and Group Flo worldwide, just to name a few. He has also been a student/lecturer in French in the US and is a graduate of the acclaimed Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris. He is also cited on page 394 of the most recent Who’s Who in France!

CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

Monday 11:30 am + Wed 5:30 pm

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.


Host Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. He is right now co-writing a new novel set in 1930’s Los Angeles.