Selfie of Julien, a white man with short dark hair, wearing an Eagles hoodie outside the gates of a European castle.

Julien Suaudeau

BSR Contributor Since December 16, 2025

Julien Suaudeau teaches
at Bryn Mawr College. Season 3 of his Song of Philadelphia podcast from Hidden City examines how David Lynch invented his cinematic language in Philly.

Julien Suaudeau is a French-American writer, documentary filmmaker, and podcaster. He was born in 1975 in Evreux and grew up in Paris. After the 2006 release of his debut documentary, a feature-length film on the civil war in Ivory Coast, he moved to Philadelphia. He has published four novels and two works of nonfiction (all in French). He teaches French and Film at Bryn Mawr College. In 2024, he launched Song of Philadelphia, a Hidden City podcast on the many layers of the city and on personal memories told through sound. He also hosts and produces The People Left Behind, a Grid Magazine podcast on the aftermath of gun violence. When he is not losing his mind in front an Eagles game, he can be found walking around town with or without a microphone, desperately looking for the Other place.

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A huge crowd of Eagles fans in green surrounds Philly’s City Hall, the sun shining above in a bright blue winter sky.

The boos at the Linc are the sound of self-hatred. David Lynch knew better.

When the Eagles self-destruct, what do we learn about us?
Growing up in Paris, Julien Suaudeau knew how to stand behind his team. Why are the fans in his adopted city so quick to turn on theirs? They don’t understand Philly the way David Lynch did.
Julien Suaudeau

Julien Suaudeau

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