A conversation with historian Jackson van Uden - a deeper dive
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Episode summary: My friend historian, political scientist, and author Jackson van Uden and I had a conversation about totalitarian regimes and the movie ‘The Death of Stalin’. The movie is a satire, so we were able to talk about this dark subject from a different lens than usual.
Historian, political scientist, and author Jackson van Uden talks about why he specializes in totalitarianism and totalitarian regimes.
The movie The Death of Stalin is a satire of the very brutal regime of Stalin, and it lets you know that from the very beginning!
Historian Jackson van Uden giving some historical context to the beginning of the movie The Death of Stalin.
Historian Jackson van Uden and I discuss Stalin’s son Vasily, who is depicted in the movie The Death of Stalin. ‘Soviet planes do not crash, and Stalin’s son does NOT f@$& up!’
Chaos abounds in the movie The Death of Stalin after Stalin dies and the members of the Central Committee jockey for power!
The dynamics of the Committee meeting that was held to make decisions about Stalin’s funeral in the movie The Death of Stalin were so on-point!
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Things happen fast after Stalin’s funeral in the movie The Death of Stalin, and a sham trial is held for Beria, and he is quickly executed. Jackson explains how things really happened.
In the movie The Death of Stalin, Khrushchev maneuvers himself to take over the Soviet Union after Beria is killed. Jackson explains how the real-life Khrushchev did that, and also talks about the speech Khrushchev gave about de-Stalinizing the Soviet Union.
The credits at the end of The Death of Stalin are very effective by showing the characters in the movie being ‘disappeared’ the way people were in Stalin’s Great Purge.
How did people cope with all the uncertainty and fear during Stalin’s regime? One of the ways was with humor. Here’s a joke that was told during that time.
I really enjoyed the conversation I had with Jackson about totalitarianism and the movie The Death of Stalin, and really appreciate the extra context and information he provided! Thank you so much Jackson!
That’s it for my conversation with Jackson van Uden! Before I go, I wanted to say congratulations to Jackson, who recorded this episode with me - he’s one of historyextra’s 30 under 30 for 2024 … very well deserved!
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