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Tonight's highlights from the Chernobyl podcast:

"The Chernobyl Podcast | Part Three | HBO" (Watch on YouTube)

Peter from Wait Wait Don't Tell me defending radio plays ;D
I'm very glad to hear about the abject avoidance of gratuitous horror, that the worst parts weren't ever even filmed. It's one thing to have the acting response, but no one went into the worst makeup in the first place. There's a line before sensationalism, and I'm glad they didn't want to cross that.
and the scientist as the pursuer of truth, I exclaim, as I skitter away from writing about testimonial in/justice:

35:48 CRAIG: But this notion of what it means to be a scientist...and what it means to pursue the truth...is at the center of all of this. And there is a moment immediately following it where Khomyuk tells Legasov, listen, this is what they said. They said that they did shut the reactor down. They pressed AZ-5 and then it exploded. And you see on Legasov's face a very strange reaction which Jared Harris performed to perfection. And it is a sense-- we have at least, even if Khomyuk doesn't notice it, that this is not altogether shocking to him. [... He] is starting to suddenly realize something and it is making him feel a bit sick. And yet what he says to her after is, "Pursue this at all cost, no matter who is to blame."

PETER: Right.

CRAIG: And so, there is the scientist saying, "Regardless of how I feel, and regardless of how this turns out, the truth must be told."

PETER: Right, there's obviously a character moment there for both of them as you just described. But the series began with the words, "What are the cost of lies?"

CRAIG: Right.

PETER: So, it almost seems as if this is a counterpoint to that. Like-- because lies, as we have seen and we'll see more of, are so devastating, the only response to that problem is to seek the truth no matter what.

Also I'm making Friendly Quiche, because no procrastination spat is complete without some anxious cooking! Friendly Quiche is an alsacienne, made in the name of my good friend who doesn't eat cheese :) It's not a quick bake, but the prep is simple and it's just a few familiar ingredients - all I got at the store today today was pie crust, to supplement the eggs, milk, onion, and bacon:

9-inch tin of pie crust, tall on the sides
1.5-2 onions
¼ pound of bacon, or four slices
4-6 eggs
¼ cup of cream or half and half (optional by volume of pie tin and preference)
1 cup milk
Thyme, rosemary, nutmeg, paprika? get creative!

(take out pie crust to come to room temp, if the tin isn’t already lined)
Chop up the onions into bite-sized or small pieces. Variety is the spice of life. Set aside.
Dito the bacon, separately
Render the bacon until most of the fat is out, but the bacon isn’t crispy. It’d mess with the texture.
Remove the bacon, let cool
Pour out most of the drippings, reserve for anything
Cook down the onions in the greasy pan. Let them clarify and shrink and start to brown evenly.
Now is a good time to start to preheat the oven to 350F
Remove the onions, let cool
Beat eggs in a bowl
Add milk and cream
Add rosemary and thyme (and nutmeg?)
Add the onions and bacon
Pour the custard into the pie crust
Crimp or fold the edges of the crust, garnish with a dash of paprika for color
Bake for around an hour (depending on depth of quiche), or until a knife comes out clean