That Time the US Government Brainwashed America into DIY Bomb Shelters
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Picture this: it's just after World War II -- the world knows nuclear weapons can end civilization. So, how can a government help the public feel safe? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the ridiculous history of that time Uncle Sam tried to make the public build cartoonishly bad fallout shelters.
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show |
| 0:27.7 | Fellow Ridiculous historians. |
| 0:29.0 | Thanks again, as always so much for tuning in. |
| 0:32.3 | Let's hear it for our super producer, Max Apocalyptic Williams. |
| 0:39.7 | Can it be a Claxton? |
| 0:41.0 | Do they play Claxon when weeks fall? |
| 0:42.5 | Bit of a doom bringer that Max Williams. |
| 0:45.2 | Oh gosh, the Claxton is just like an alarm, right? |
| 0:48.0 | Yeah, classic. |
| 0:51.2 | Clax, Claxon. |
| 0:53.0 | I had definitely a Claxton in the Sound Alt Library. |
| 0:55.8 | We've got some weird end of the year energy, folks. |
| 0:59.0 | I am as always thrilled to introduce you yet again to the one and only Mr. Noel Brown, Mr. Noel Copenhagen Brown. |
| 1:07.6 | Yeah, hello, Ben. |
| 1:09.1 | You know, it's funny that you should say that I did just return from the land of Christmas, of Sound 2Claas. |
| 1:15.8 | And Lego. |
| 1:16.5 | I went to Denmark and ventured, yes indeed, Lego, to see the band Radiohead. |
| 1:22.1 | And I've had their song, Idiotects stuck in my head on a loop. |
| 1:26.6 | And the first lyrics to that song are, who's in a bunker? |
| 1:29.5 | Who's in a bunker? |
| 1:30.6 | Women and children first, and a children first, and a children first. |
| 1:33.6 | And sadly, that song in my head was all I was going to get because they canceled the concert |
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