Hi everyone, this is Dana. The new season of Kernan Cultures starts at the end of January,

and we're really excited for what we've got lined up for you. So before it starts, me and the

rest of the team wanted to get on a call together to talk about what we're most looking forward

to and what we've

learned from producing this season.

Here's me talking to the amazing producers, Zina Duaydad, Alex Atak, and Nadine Shackett.

Can I prompt the questions?

Yeah, of course.

You guys have been working on these episodes.

Okay, so I think my first question would be to each and every one of you, out of all those

stories that we are doing this season, like what was the interview that was most surprising

to you?

The most surprising interview for me.

Alex and I did an interview with someone who was on the ground in Syria, trying to protect

something that he thought was very valuable to him.

When I held these artifacts, I was in agony because I knew they would leave the country

sooner or later.

I would just take photos and document them.

That the most I could do, hoping that one day they would find their way back to Syria.

And I think his sheer willpower and determination and courage to do what he was doing day in and day out for years

at a time when it really was scary and dangerous and he really was putting his life and other

people's lives on the lines to be able to do his work and And he did it with such willfulness.

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