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Imagined Paris Podcast

Imagined Paris Podcast

Written by: Dina Oktaviani
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"I just lie here being blue, spilling my heart to you - Paris, Paris, comment vas-tu?"

Paris memoirs from Imagined Paris (imaginedparis.com), written by Dina Oktaviani, London-based poet and parisian partout dreaming, living, and writing Paris.

Dina Oktaviani 2025 Drama & Plays Social Sciences
Episodes
  • IP48: My liberated ove

    IP48: My liberated ove
    Feb 22 2026

    "My little heart, pretending to be big, who gets the hurt from my strong conviction, can handle it. But perhaps I lied when I said my heart didn’t need soothing when I broke it with my rational decision— to break up in December, par exemple — or at least I was confused. Now, after waves of pain, guilt, and even anger, which surprised my heart a little, I know my rational conviction, my principles are what soothe my pain, because they give meaning to it and meaning is as important as life itself, if not more..."

    (Read the full text on imaginedparis.com)
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    5 mins
  • IP47: Je suis prête

    IP47: Je suis prête
    Feb 15 2026

    "Ça va, Paris ?"

    "How have you been in the last few hours? You looked after me so well for the past week that there was not a moment that I didn’t feel loved, and London was so welcoming this morning with its persistent rain, which I welcomed with my persistent smile..."

    (Read the full text on imaginedparis.com)
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    6 mins
  • IP46: My dancing heart

    IP46: My dancing heart
    Feb 8 2026

    "I ran two miles this morning and walked a little along the Seine, spying Notre Dame in the distance with giddiness in my body before picking up mini viennoiseries from the local boulangerie. I am now back in bed, sitting here not feeling blue, spilling my heart to you: Paris, Paris, que je m’en fou!"

    (Read the full text on imaginedparis.com)

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    5 mins
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