{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Far Lantern","title":"Behind the Grand Windows 1: A Shop Becomes a World","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3599,"description":"Behind the Grand Windows: Lives of the Department Store\nA quiet history of the people behind the grand department stores: founding partnerships, an employee household, and a shop assistant finding a public voice. From Paris to Brighton and London, these four stories follow work, friendship, ambition, and the places that remain after a working life has changed.\n\nEpisode 1 — A Shop Becomes a World\nA woman hesitates at the entrance to a Paris shop, and Marguerite Boucicaut notices. As the Bon Marché grows, a young assistant named Louise discovers that a generous welcome matters as much as a clever sale. A new colleague’s confident mistake puts their trust to the test, and the lesson follows them through letters, expanding departments, and the everyday work of making a great store human.\n\nChapters\n\n\nSources & Further Reading\n\n5 anecdotes sur les 5 grands magasins parisiens\nUn grand magasin parisien : Le Bon Marché, 1863–1938\n\nKeep the Lantern Burning\nEnjoyed our time together? If you'd like to help keep these stories coming, you're warmly invited to support Night Passage Studios on Patreon. Our Keepers of the Lantern also get the occasional opportunity to help choose where our curiosity takes us next.\nhttps://www.patreon.com/nightpassagestudios\n\nMeticulously crafted from human imagination, curiosity, love, and attention to detail.\nA Night Passage Studios production, narrated by Laurence, our carefully crafted AI-generated voice.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JjU-s1zYiBdy-c7v0k9cD-2wJFybSmb4ueq2vkbVtYo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMGVk/NTk3NmJiYjcxYzY2/Y2UyMmNjNTNkYWQ5/NTI4Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}