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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: What is 'Skunkworks'?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.310.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

For almost 80 years, Lockheed Martin has been working hand in hand with the US government to create cutting-edge, classified tech and craft, working in secret to build some of the world's most iconic spy planes. Nowadays, the so-called "Skunk Works" are more open about their projects ... or are they? Tune in to learn more.

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0:00.0

Fellow conspiracy realist, have you ever wished that your workplace was stinky?

0:05.8

Have you ever walked in and said, I wish this was a little more skunky?

0:09.3

Yeah.

0:09.8

No, maybe.

0:11.5

I don't know.

0:12.5

Well, that's what happened almost 80 years ago at Lockheed Martin, we must imagine.

0:18.5

Because in this week's classic episode, we're learning about something

0:23.7

that is an open secret now, but was much more of a secret and indeed a cradle of conspiracy

0:31.4

back in the day. Lockheed Martin has worked hand in hand with the U.S. government to create a lot of weird, weird secret stuff.

0:42.9

Weird wild stuff indeed.

0:45.0

Johnny Carson would be proud.

0:47.2

Yeah.

0:47.6

Well, and you know, just this past week, as we're recording this, the U.S. Army celebrated, I think, 250 years of existence. And off air, we were just

0:55.8

talking about the technology on display during the parade that occurred for that stuff. And just

1:00.0

thinking about how far the, like the leaps and bounds the technology has taken, specifically

1:06.2

in aircraft, but then also on, you know, ground stuff that the Army uses.

1:11.3

And a lot of those leaps and bounds occurred inside this place.

1:16.2

And we jump right in to the history of skunk works.

1:21.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

1:25.1

In 2012, 16-year-old Brian Herrera was gunned down in broad daylight on his way to do homework.

1:32.3

No suspects, no witnesses, no justice.

1:35.4

I would ask my husband, do you want me to stop?

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