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On the Saturday November 11, 2023 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we get to know Paul Langlois. Best known as the guitarist and songwriter for the Tragically Hip, he was asked to play the closing ceremonies of the Canada Summer Games in Niagara Falls in August of 2022. That gig got him playing again after Gord Downey\u2019s passing, and the break up of the Hip, and rekindled his love for songwriting. From there, the collection of songs that became his new solo record \u201cGuess What\u201d emerged.\n\nThen, Chris Hadfield joins the show. He is an astronaut, engineer, singer, fighter pilot and the author of the memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, the children's book The Darkest Dark, which was illustrated by the Fan Brothers, and the photo book You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes.\n\nLast year he wrote a thriller called \u201cThe Apollo Murders,\u201d a Cold War thriller that introduced audiences to former U.S. test pilot Kaz Zemeckis, as he attempted to stay one step ahead of his Soviet rivals as Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the Moon\u2019s surface. James Cameron called it a nail biter, and it hit number one on the best seller charts. \n\nHadfield returns with \u201cThe Defector,\u201d once again placing Kaz Zemeckis in the middle of the action, this time as he takes to the sky in aerial combat to hunt down a high-level defector and uncover Soviet secrets.\n\nChris Hadfield joined me via Zoom to talk about creating the character Kaz, and how he approached writing his second book of fiction.