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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: Greenbrier Bunker

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The Greenbrier Bunker was a secret nuclear hideout for Congress, until it wasn't. Once it was exposed as a thing, it ceased to be a thing. Listen in to a fascinating short stuff today!

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:34.3

Hey and welcome to the short stuff.

0:35.7

I'm Josh and there's Chocin.

0:37.4

Again, this is short stuff.

0:39.4

And this one is pretty cool because it's about a secret bunker hidden at a resort hotel.

0:49.4

Not something you come upon every day.

0:52.0

No, this is, I never even heard of this until the other day actually.

0:56.0

And I'm not even sure how I heard about it now that I think about it.

1:00.1

But it seemed like the perfect short stuff because what we're talking about is during

1:04.9

the Cold War, the United States government saying, you know what, if the bomb happens,

1:11.8

we need our government to function.

1:13.3

In order for our government to function, we need our, the people of Congress to be safe

1:19.5

and not fried from radiation.

1:23.1

And the only way to do that is to build a massive underground bunker for everyone to go

1:27.7

and live.

1:28.7

And that's just what they did.

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