November 20, 2015: Open Lines - Prepper's Line
Nov 20, 2015
2h 26m
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Art Bell dedicates the Friday open lines to prepping, inviting callers to share what they are preparing for and why. He opens with updates on the terrorist siege at a hotel in Mali, the lockdown in Brussels, and the ongoing fallout from the Paris attacks. Art also highlights a listener's observation that the very smartphones capable of documenting UFOs are the same devices keeping people's eyes glued downward.
A special prepper line draws a wide range of callers. One describes growing up nearly feral in the desert, learning to build water traps and identify edible plants from childhood. A recovering Y2K prepper reveals that his food supply from the late 1990s remains perfectly good. Others discuss solar power, bug-out bag weight, and the merits of different firearms for survival scenarios, with Art expressing his preference for the reliability of the AK platform.
Between prepper calls, the conversation wanders into spontaneous human disappearances, residual hauntings that may contain actual spirits, a bilocation experience, and a live call from Beijing where an American expat confirms he receives the show without a VPN. A Las Vegas caller reports a formation of twelve UFO lights seen circling above the Luxor hotel beam.
A special prepper line draws a wide range of callers. One describes growing up nearly feral in the desert, learning to build water traps and identify edible plants from childhood. A recovering Y2K prepper reveals that his food supply from the late 1990s remains perfectly good. Others discuss solar power, bug-out bag weight, and the merits of different firearms for survival scenarios, with Art expressing his preference for the reliability of the AK platform.
Between prepper calls, the conversation wanders into spontaneous human disappearances, residual hauntings that may contain actual spirits, a bilocation experience, and a live call from Beijing where an American expat confirms he receives the show without a VPN. A Las Vegas caller reports a formation of twelve UFO lights seen circling above the Luxor hotel beam.
Key Moments
Prepper line opens: Art opens a special line for preppers and asks what they are preparing for.
Water traps in the desert: A caller describes childhood survival skills including finding water, making water traps, and hiking the desert.
Recovering Y2K prepper: A caller introduces himself as a recovering Y2K prepper.
Solar power as survival need: A caller says she wants solar electric because she would not survive without electricity.