The Stuff Gas Stations Don't Want You To Know

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

As avid fans of the Great American Roadtrip, Ben, Matt and Noel love gas stations. They're a fundamental part of US culture -- and, holy smokes, do they get weird. In tonight's episode, the guys dive into the crime, conspiracy, controversy and underground subcultures of America's filling stations and truck stops... all to discover that there's a ton of stuff Gas Stations Don't Want You To Know.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.5	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:12.0	A production of IHeartRadie. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:28.0	My name is Matt.
0:29.0	My name is Noel.
0:30.1	They call me Ben.
0:31.5	We're joined as always with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.
0:36.1	Most importantly, you are you. you you are here and that makes
0:39.7	this the stuff they don't want you to know there is a non-zero chance that several of our
0:45.7	fellow listeners are driving toward or from a gas station as they hear this now uh when's the last
0:53.9	time you guys went to a gas station pretty recently, right?
0:56.8	This morning.
0:57.9	Yeah?
0:58.2	Went to pick up a few odds and ends.
1:00.5	I live in what they call a bit of a food desert.
1:02.7	So sometimes I pop into the gas station for some donut sticks for a quick and easy
1:08.9	brecky for the kids.
1:10.4	Ah, because a gas station is not just a gassing station.
1:14.9	It is a place to fuel up on everything you may need.
1:19.2	And to convene.
1:20.5	It's a meeting place.
1:22.0	Yeah, it's a convenient place to convene.
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