
Cold War Kids
99% Invisible
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The Debate on Shelters
In the 1950s and 60s, fallout shelters were not a fringe idea. The president of the United States was telling people to build these things. On one side of the debate, you had people against shelters. Those against shelters said that people who burled into the ground would be no better than moles or gophers.
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