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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: Bug Out Bag 101

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.310.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

If you were cut off from everything for 72 hours, what would you need to survive? If you found yourself in the middle of nowhere -- or if you needed to leave a dangerous place -- what would you carry with you? In this Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the essentials of the Bug Out Bag.

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0:00.0

Fellow conspiracy realist, friends and neighbors,

0:02.6

our classic episode this evening is only more relevant as time goes on.

0:11.9

I know we get a little bit soapboxy in this one,

0:15.1

but if you're listening now and you don't have a bugout bag,

0:19.1

do it, get one immediately. What's in your bug out bag?

0:24.0

Well, look, I don't want to put you on the spot, Ben. You can cut this if we need to. I notice that

0:30.6

you carry a bag around a lot. Do you consider that to be part of your bug out bag, I don't know,

0:36.6

system, I guess? Or like, is it partially,

0:39.6

are you partially able to get out at any time? Is that something we should be thinking about?

0:46.0

Well, I appreciate that. I may not be the best sample size for this because I'm a little more

0:51.7

on the paranoid end of the spectrum.

0:58.2

I'm on an extreme end of a couple of spectrums, if we're being honest.

1:05.4

But I will say that, you know, as an Eagle Scout, it is important to always be prepared.

1:06.5

Got it.

1:07.7

If possible, right?

1:15.7

Before you make an entrance, know your exit strategy. We get pretty in depth with our bugout bag exploration and shout out to our friends like the casual Preppers podcast.

1:22.0

The question is this, if you were cut off from everything, from all modern conveniences for all of a sudden,

1:30.9

all at once, for 72 hours, what would you need to survive? What would your loved ones need to survive?

1:41.1

It's a good question. And when we do our level best to answer in this very practical

1:46.3

and functional episode of stuff they don't want you to know. This is an IHeart podcast.

1:55.6

Hey, this is Robert Lamb, and this is Joe McCormick, and we're the hosts of the Stuff to Blow

2:00.2

Your Mind podcast. We've got an exciting week the hosts of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast.

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