Today’s guest is Kate Brown, a professor of science, technology, and society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of a new book called “Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future,” as well as the books “Dispatches from Dystopia” (2015), “Plutopia” (2013), and “A Biography of No Place” (2004). She spoke to Kevin about her research into the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster, her work on the nuclear industry more broadly, and of course her thoughts about the recently aired HBO miniseries, “Chernobyl.”(10:02)Local archives(12:05)Choosing an author's voice(14:19)The West's role in expertise on global nuclear disasters(19:01)The Lifespan Study of the Japanese Bomb Survivors(23:46)Counting the fallout(27:39)Why do others put the death count so much lower?(39:28)HBO's “Chernobyl” miniseriesVisit Professor Brown's faculty page:https://sts-program.mit.edu/people/sts-faculty/kate-brown/Get her latest book:https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Survival-Chernobyl-Guide-Future/dp/0393652513Support this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:Ну погоди, episode 14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHd3sxpEbo&t=7sОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQHenrik Lundkvist, “Kalinka on a Balalaika,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5znHQ9QRY

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