65 IN FRENCH - French “Pétanque” Legend: Marco Foyot

S2020E65
28:32
March 17th 2020

Marco Foyot is a French pétanque [akin to bocce ball] legend. He was the world pétanque champion in Aosta, Italy in 1992 playing alongside Fazzino and Monard. He also won the bronze medal four times and the silver medal once in other World Championships. He has won the French Championship seven times and has come in second eight times. He has played pétanque all his life and has his own academy called the Académie Marco Foyot Pétanque in the south of 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.