Going Underground: Paranoia, prepping and the world beneath our feet

There’s a world going on underground. Ethnographer, archaeologist and author of the eerily prescient Bunker: Building For The End Times BRADLEY GARRETT is fascinated by tunnels, chambers and hidden realms – and what drives people to populate them. He tells Ros Taylor about the allure of the subterranean, the hidden city under Wiltshire – and the Doomsday Preppers who wanted to buy it – and the cocktail of modern dreads that make humans refuge underground.

Hold tight for Bunker on bunker action… with a Rees-Mogg connection too.

• “COVID has revealed how fragile the society we’ve built over the past 30 years is. We created COVID’s pathways around the world.”
• “The city is archaeology in reverse… the newest has to be the deepest.”
• “If you’re heavily invested in societal collapse, and you’re in power, you might want to bring that collapse about.”

Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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