What is a Numbers Station?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2014

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

If you think secretly coded messages sent via short wave radio is Cold War relic, think again. Chuck and Josh are here to dispel that myth, along with many others relating to numbers stations, including why they might still be operational.

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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.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuffy Should Know from Howstuffworks.com.
0:34.8	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.7	I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:45.7	This is O. Jerry.
0:47.5	And this is Sufficient.
0:49.3	Seven, four, two, five, eight.
0:52.2	Can you say it in German?
0:55.7	You speak German.
0:56.7	Don't even jog me.
0:58.4	It's fine.
0:59.2	Dry.
1:00.2	Boom.
1:01.2	Ah, Stephen.
1:02.2	Now, can you do that in a little girl voice?
1:06.0	You're just telling me.
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