Philippa Hetherington's guest appearances

Philippa Hetherington

The Road to Now

Roger McNamee

Tyler Mahan Coe

Benjamin Franklin

Jimmy Carter

Caitlin Doughty

Lance Armstrong

Douglas Brinkley

Andrew Polk

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Charles Darwin

Lisa Fine

Woodrow Wilson

Pete Souza

Greg Jackson

Nancy Mitchell

OwlTail

Jon Waterlow

The Netflix series The Last Czars and HBO’s Chernobyl have (in very different ways) brought Russian &amp; Soviet history to televisions across the world. In this episode, Ben sits down with fellow Russian historians Philippa Hetherington and Jonathan Waterlow to discuss their opinions on the two series, what they think they got right, and ways that producers and scholars might benefit most from collaboration on future projects. Philippa, who is a featured scholar in The Last Czars, shares her experience being interviewed, her impression of the show after seeing it, and her work to correct historical errors that viewers identified after release. Dr. Philippa Hetherington is a Lecturer in Modern Eurasian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Her research focuses on the legal history of imperial Russia and the early Soviet Union in global and transnational context. You can follow Philippa on twitter at @philippahether. Dr. Jonathan Waterlow is the author of It’s Only a Joke Comrade! Humor, Trust and Everyday Life Under Stalin, and cohost of the Voices in the Dark podcast. He received his Doctorate in History from the University of Oxford and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at St. Anthony’s College (Oxford) and the University of Toronto. For more on It’s Only a Joke Comrade!, check out RTN #107 Laughing at Stalin: The Politics of Humor w/ Jon Waterlow or pick up a copy by clicking here. You can follow Jon on twitter at @JonWaterlow.  The Road to Now is part of The Osiris Podcast Network. This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.

The Netflix series <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80211648" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Czars</a> and HBO’s <a href="https://www.hbo.com/chernobyl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chernobyl</a> have (in very different ways) brought Russian &amp; Soviet history to televisions across the world. In this episode, Ben sits down with fellow Russian historians Philippa Hetherington and Jonathan Waterlow to discuss their opinions on the two series, what they think they got right, and ways that producers and scholars might benefit most from collaboration on future projects. Philippa, who is a featured scholar in The Last Czars, shares her experience being interviewed, her impression of the show after seeing it, and her work to correct historical errors that viewers identified after release. <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/philippa-hetherington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Philippa Hetherington</a> is a Lecturer in Modern Eurasian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Her research focuses on the legal history of imperial Russia and the early Soviet Union in global and transnational context. You can follow Philippa on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/philippahether" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@philippahether.</a> <a href="http://oxford.academia.edu/JonathanWaterlow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Jonathan Waterlow</a> is the author of <a href="https://onlyajokecomrade.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It’s Only a Joke Comrade! Humor, Trust and Everyday Life Under Stalin</a>, and cohost of the <a href="https://voicesinthedark.world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voices in the Dark</a> podcast. He received his Doctorate in History from the University of Oxford and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at St. Anthony’s College (Oxford) and the University of Toronto. For more on It’s Only a Joke Comrade!, check out RTN <a href="http://www.theroadtonow.com/episodes/e107" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#107 Laughing at Stalin: The Politics of Humor w/ Jon Waterlow</a> or pick up a copy by <a href="https://onlyajokecomrade.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">clicking here.</a> You can follow Jon on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/JonWaterlow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@JonWaterlow.</a> The Road to Now is part of <a href="http://www.osirispod.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Osiris Podcast Network.</a> This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.

#141 The Last Czars, Chernobyl, and the Pros & Cons of Dramatizing History w/ Philippa Hetherington & Jon Waterlow