Hey, John Bewin. As you know, we're between seasons working towards season eight. And meantime,

at this stage, I'm dropping in this mini-series that I'm calling a few of my favorite things.

These are episodes from shows that I admire, that I've learned from, and that seem like a good fit for our audience.

Next up, a show from that beautiful and oh-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-oven nation, Canada.

By the way, the Canadian border, it's roughly 900 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. Just a fun fact that it occurs to me

mention for no particular reason. This next podcast I'm sharing with you all is called the

Copernic Affair. It's a six-part series from the Canada Land Network.

It's hot off the presses, came out here in early 2025.

It tells the story of an unassuming sociology professor living near Ottawa,

who finds himself accused of a decades-old bombing attack against a synagogue in Paris. Hassan Diab says he didn't do it.

French investigators are trying to prove that he did. The series, by reporters Dana Ballute and

Alex Atak, raises questions about Western criminal legal systems and what we used to call racial profiling, among other issues.

You can find the Copernick Affair, the whole series,

and other Canada land podcasts wherever you listen.

This is episode one of the Copernic Affair, the attack.

If you could just introduce yourself, Orrin, just tell me your name and who you are.

So my name is Ron Chagrir. I'm from Jerusalem. I was born here in Jerusalem,

63 years ago. I guess that I'm here to talk about the Copernicquefort, the terror attack in which my

mother was killed in 1980. October 3rd, 1980, Paris, France. My mother was just a tourist in

Paris. Her name was Elisa Chagrear. She was a film editor. Elisa was in Paris. Her name was Elisa Chegrere. She was a film editor.

Alisa was in Paris with Orrin's brother.

The two of them were on their way to meet a family friend

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