About this episode

The episode explores survivalism and preppers with insights from experts in the field.

LAist Studios Executive Producer and Norco 80 podcast host Antonia Cereijido takes an in-depth look at survivalism and preppers, past and present with special guests Paige Ferrari of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers and Bradley Garrett , author of Bunker: Building for the End Times. This audio is from a live virtual event that aired on May 13, 2021, presented by LAist Studios and KPCC. BetterHelp and Norco ‘80 listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/laist Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

People in this episode

Host: Antonia Cereijido

Guests: Paige Ferrari, Bradley Garrett

Topics covered

• survivalism
• preppers
• Doomsday Preppers
• live event
• journalism
• public broadcasting

Keywords

• survivalism
• preppers
• Doomsday Preppers
• Antonia Cereijido
• Bradley Garrett
• Paige Ferrari
• live event
• BetterHelp
• Los Angeles

Sponsors

BetterHelp

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Geographic, LAist Studios, KPCC, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Books & works: Bunker: Building for the End Times

Places: Los Angeles

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