Open Wide, O Earth

Peter Sagal and Craig Mazin discuss the third episode of Chernobyl. Lyudmilla Ignatenko (Jessie Buckley), a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband’s (Adam Nagaitis) contamination; Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks. On the podcast, Mazin breaks down how they filmed the divers scene with additional commentary from director Johan Renck. Sagal and Mazin talk about scenes that were left on the cutting room floor, how much of Jessie Buckley's actions mirror the real Lyudmilla Ignatenko's, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Open Wide, O Earth is an episode from The Chernobyl Podcast by HBO.

This episode is 48:20 long.

This episode was published on May 21, 2019.

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