Natacha Polony : on la voit partout, mais d'où vient-elle vraiment ?

We see her everywhere, but before the television studios, there was poetry, teaching, politics, and a gamble everyone thought was doomed from the start. A tenured professor who didn't want to teach her whole life, a specialist in contemporary poetry turned journalist, an activist turned businesswoman: Natacha Polony's career path has never followed a straight line. In this interview, she revisits each turning point, what prompted her to change course each time, and why it all led her to launch her own magazine, printed in France and funded by its readers. A single thread runs through it all: the idea, inherited from her parents, that one must "be useful." A conversation about a life made up of deliberate shifts—and about what we discover about someone when we look at where they come from rather than what they stand for. —----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro: "We see you everywhere, but where do you come from?" » 02:03 Origins: General practitioners and the obsession with being useful 02:36 Poetry, competitive examination, Sciences Po: the great divide of his early career 05:07 The Republic and the school system: what shapes it 13:26 School dropout, what we don't dare talk about 16:25 His beginnings as a journalist: Chevènement, Marianne, his first article 25:07 "The nation only holds together through its heroes" 30:16 Sovereignty, explained simply 41:04 Consuming is voting: the Shein example 46:10 Elites, ENA, deindustrialization: the great shift 52:58 His fight today: the petition for France 01:02:34 French pride and the wound of the 20th century 01:12:44 His vision of France, "conceived as a cathedral" 01:17:38 The turning point Why she's launching her own magazine 01:23:28 SCAF: The story that sums up her entire struggle Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesdeviatio... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesdeviation... TikTok:   / lesdeviations   LinkedIn:   / dashboard   ■ Subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gS7xd5 ■ Website: https://lesdeviations.fr ■ Email: contact@lesdeviations.fr ■ Interview: Laurent Moisson ■ Filming and Editing: Félix Galichon