HBO - Chernobyl
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Jesus that was a good show!
Thoroughly recommend the 5 HBO podcasts with Craig Mazin (writer). he explains the true stuff and the dramatic, which is relatively sparse, and the pace of the podcasts is excellent and each one for about an hour.
By all accounts a true picture of Soviet goings on in that time. Easy to forget when i was a lad the Russian fishermen would be always in 3s and we'd try to guess which one was the KGB. They were good for bags of dodgy lollies and some pidgin english conversations though.
Overall a timely reminder of what happens when a society (ideology) denies the truth on a large scale. Lies and manipulation of the truth (statecraft, circle of accountability) brought down a world super power and now days we've got politicians and activists pleading for the same...pure ignorance.
However, is there any other way to foster such selfless patriotism than total authoritarianism? Only Russia could have facilitated this disaster and only Russia could have facilitated the fixing and resolution of this disaster - crazy
Anyway, well done makers.
Check those podcasts if you have a penchant for them
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Yeah read Russia's War by Richard Overy - at the same time as Stalin is slaughtering his people, crippling his army, and there was so much bollaux - the sheer ferocity and patriotism, stoicism against all odds of the USSR in WW2 was amazing. People are weird!
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Damn that was well done! Not a whole lot of movies or TV about the red menace great to see something finally come through and done so well. Whole sections seem to be right out of Jordan Peterson lectures. Hope the success of this leads to more acknowledgement of these horrors of the past (they actually mentioned the Holodomor!). We have a number of people extremely close to power now who hold these same beliefs would be nice for the average person on the street to realise there isn't a lot of difference between the swastika and the hammer and sickle.
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This series nudged me to read some books on Chernobyl. Most of the way through this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HVPI1IA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0It's written by Dr James Mahaffey of Georgia Tech. Very well researched, he knows his stuff, and has a very good writing style. Strongly recommend it to anyone interested in a bit more depth on nuclear.
It's actually made me more relaxed about nuclear power, kind of like watchign cross wind landings made me more relaxed about flying. When you see the abuse people threw at nuclear reactors, without hurting people, it's just astonishing.
some interview that came up when I googled him - not sure how good it is
Anyway, a bloody good and informative read so far, absolutely worth a read.
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Fuck that was some good TV. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Havent seen it yet, this was interesting though https://quillette.com/2019/06/28/quillette-podcast-40-nuclear-expert-michael-shellenberger-on-the-woeful-shortcomings-of-chernobyl-the-hbo-mini-series/
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Watched it recorded off Foxtel.
Well worth the watch.
Found the following article worth the read too:
An Exclusive Nuclear Street Interview with Dr. James Mahaffey, author of ATOMIC ACCIDENTS: A HISTORY OF NUCLEAR MELTDOWNS AND DISASTERS FROM THE OZARK MOUNTAINS TO FUKUSHIMA - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers
