Do tech bros know something we don't?
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Prepping is a big deal in the US. There鈥檚 even a reality TV show called 鈥淒oomsday Preppers鈥�. Prepping is 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鈥攃omplete with plans for a huge underground bunker, although he鈥檚 described it as a 鈥渓ittle shelter, like a basement鈥�. 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 麻豆社 reporter Nathalia Jimenez joins us again to chat about what exactly these billionaires are building and what they鈥檙e so worried about. And we hear from Lauren, a prepper in the US, about why she thinks it鈥檚 important to get organised.
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Julia Ross-Roy and Benita Barden
Video producer: Baldeep Chahal
Editor: Verity Wilde
