Why are billionaires building bunkers?
6 Minute English
BBC
4.5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
People around the world have been preparing for what they believe will be a major world disaster in the near future. Now, some tech billionaires are joining the trend by building underground bunker complexes to keep them safe if the world order collapses. Do they know something we don't? Neil discusses this with Hannah, from the What in the World podcast, and they teach you some new vocabulary.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, I'm Georgie, an English teacher and presenter at BBC Learning English. |
| 0:10.7 | I want to tell you about a new series I've made all about speaking. |
| 0:15.5 | Beating speaking anxiety helps you fight your fears of speaking English. |
| 0:19.6 | Each video tackles a different fear, |
| 0:21.9 | like the fear of making mistakes, |
| 0:23.7 | the fear of not understanding people, |
| 0:25.7 | and the fear of public speaking. |
| 0:28.0 | Find practical tips |
| 0:29.1 | and see speaking activities in action with real learners. |
| 0:32.7 | Find beating speaking anxiety on our website, |
| 0:35.7 | BBClearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:37.6 | Six Minute English from BBC learning English.com. |
| 0:45.1 | Hello and welcome to Six Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil and today |
| 0:50.8 | we're joined by Hannah from the What in the World podcast. Hey Neil, it's great to be back. |
| 0:56.4 | So, Neil, do you think you're good at preparing for the future or for unexpected events? |
| 1:03.7 | Reasonably good, I suppose. |
| 1:06.1 | Depends what kind of event we're talking about. |
| 1:08.6 | All kinds of events. |
| 1:10.1 | Now, I think I'm pretty organised, but |
| 1:13.1 | I only have enough food to last me about a week. And today, we're talking all about preppers. |
| 1:20.9 | A prepper is someone who believes that disaster is likely to happen soon, and so they prepare for |
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