How Heated Rivalry nailed its Russian

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Science Quickly

2026-02-11

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In this episode of Science Quickly, hosts Kendra Pierre-Louis and Allison Parshall dive into the surprising linguistics behind the hit TV series Heated Rivalry. Pierre-Louis and Parshall speak with the show’s Russian dialect coach Kate Yablunovsky about how she helped actor Connor Storrie deliver impressively authentic Russian dialogue on a tight time line. Yablunovsky breaks down what the toughest Russian sounds are for English speakers, why perfect accents aren’t always the goal and how cultural context, mouth posture and psychology all shape believable performances. E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • So I have a confession that I need to get off my chest and I'm bringing in my friend Siam's very own Allison Partial to help.

  • What is it Kendra?

  • I'm obsessed with the TV show Heated Rivalry.

  • Wait me too.

  • The romance, the hockey, the tension.

  • So good.

  • The yearning.

  • The Russian,

  • I mean one of the things that both you and I have talked about so much is how the American actor,

  • Connor Story, who co-starred as the Russian character Ilya Rozenov,

  • pulled off speaking so much Russian and perfected his accent.