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b'This episode is the second in a three-episode series of \\u201cChronicles of A Spy in Acadia,\\u201d a student-produced podcast researched, written, recorded and edited by the students of Brock University\\u2019s History 4P11 class.\\nThe podcast series centers on Atlantic colonial Canada in the 18th century by looking at the events through the eyes of a real-life historical spy: Thomas Pichon.\\nThis episode focuses on the ordinary people of Acadia, the Acadians and the Indigenous Mi\\u2019kmaq, and how their lives were shaped and changed by those in positions of power, like the French agent Abb\\xe9 Le Loutre. Aspects of life, religion, Indigenous relations, and acts of destruction are examined through the words of the titular spy, Thomas Pichon. It also explores Pichon\\u2019s opinions and beliefs about the subjects of discussion, allowing us to understand the\\xa0interviewee as well as the topics of the episode.\\nFilled with quotations from Pichon\\u2019s genuine letters and memoirs published after his death, listeners get a chance to not only see the true thoughts and motivations of Pichon as he betrayed France and the Acadians, but also to better understand the events that made Canada into the country it is today.\\n\\xa0\\nLinks\\nBeaubassin: On the Edge of Empires\\n@CBCNovaScotia\\xa0Centuries-old cannonballs detonated in Gagetown, N.B.\\xa0(Tweet) Nov. 19, 2021.\\nBrock University\\xa0Department of History\\nStudent podcast gives voice to Acadian spy, Brock News, Jan. 27, 2022.\\n\\xa0\\nSources\\nCrowley, T.A. \\u201cBiography:\\xa0PICHON, THOMAS, Thomas Tyrell,\\u201d Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto, 1979.\\nWebster, John Clarence. Thomas Pichon \\u201cThe Spy of Beausejour,\\u201d An Account of His Career in Europe and America with Many Original Documents. Translated by Alice Webster. Shediac, NB: 1937.\\n\\xa0\\nCredits\\nInterviewer 1- YannickInterviewer 2- MicaylaNarrator- ErinGhost of Thomas Pichon- Dexter'