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It’s when you stockpile loads of stuff - food, water, medicine - in case of a disaster, nuclear war or an unstoppable virus. Now billionaires are taking it to the next level, building underground mansions and self-sustaining bunkers that look like something out of a zombie apocalypse movie.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker, although he’s described it as a “little shelter, like a basement”. Peter Thiel, the CEO of Paypal tried to build one in New Zealand and Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is rumoured to have underground security areas under every one of his homes.
In this episode BBC reporter Nathalie Jimenez joins us again to chat about what exactly these billionaires are building and what they’re so worried about.
And we hear from Lauren, a prepper in the US, about why she thinks it’s important to get organised.
00:00 Coming up
00:18 Intro
01:06 What would you put in a bunker?
02:30 What are billionaire bunkers like?
03:20 How luxurious are they?
03:49 Mark Zuckerberg’s compound
04:55 Who is building them?
05:20 Why are people choosing New Zealand?
06:10 Why are they building them?
07:00 ‘Doomsday’ preppers in America
09:29 We hear from a prepper
11:00 How to manage 'apocalypse anxiety’
11:40 How much do bunkers cost?
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It’s when you stockpile loads of stuff - food, water, medicine - in case of a disaster, nuclear war or an unstoppable virus. Now billionaires are taking it to the next level, building underground mansions and self-sustaining bunkers that look like something out of a zombie apocalypse movie.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker, although he’s described it as a “little shelter, like a basement”. Peter Thiel, the CEO of Paypal tried to build one in New Zealand and Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is rumoured to have underground security areas under every one of his homes.
In this episode BBC reporter Nathalie Jimenez joins us again to chat about what exactly these billionaires are building and what they’re so worried about.
And we hear from Lauren, a prepper in the US, about why she thinks it’s important to get organised.
00:00 Coming up
00:18 Intro
01:06 What would you put in a bunker?
02:30 What are billionaire bunkers like?
03:20 How luxurious are they?
03:49 Mark Zuckerberg’s compound
04:55 Who is building them?
05:20 Why are people choosing New Zealand?
06:10 Why are they building them?
07:00 ‘Doomsday’ preppers in America
09:29 We hear from a prepper
11:00 How to manage 'apocalypse anxiety’
11:40 How much do bunkers cost?
Watch more episodes from What in the World here 👉🏽
• What in the World in the studio Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld
Email: [email protected]
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Julia Ross-Roy and Benita Barden
Video producer: Baldeep Chahal
Editor: Verity Wilde
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