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Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)
September 19, 2026·47 min·6-min readconversationalculture
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In this re-aired 2020 episode of Stuff You Should Know, hosts Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant dive into the history, science, and cultural psychology of Cold War-era fallout shelters, sparked by Josh’s recent (and humorous) 18-hour entrapment in one. The conversation blends nuclear physics
In this re-aired 2020 episode of Stuff You Should Know, hosts Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant dive into the history, science, and cultural psychology of Cold War-era fallout shelters, sparked by Josh’s recent (and humorous) 18-hour entrapment in one. The conversation blends nuclear physics
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People
Josh ClarkChuck Bryant
Books
Meals for Millions
Companies
3MFEMAOak Ridge National Laboratory
Research & Papers
Gaither Report
Topics
Cold WarHistorical FiguresHistory Of SciencePop CultureUs Politics
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