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Chuck Bryant

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Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And that job for a very long time was held by a man named Wesley Sizemore, which, by the way, this all sprang, I think, a banger of a movie idea for me.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

You'll never see it, but I'll tell you about it one day.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Okay.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

I'll blow the dust off the script and hand it to you.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

You don't know.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

It could be your ticket to stardom.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Hey, you never know.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

But Wesley Sizemore did this job of enforcer.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

It's a guy who...

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

drives around in a truck or a van equipped with RFI-identifying gear and look for this interference.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Sometimes you say, hey, man, or they don't say, hey, man.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

He goes, hey, Mr. Ronald, because he probably knows everybody.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Sure.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

At least in my scripts he does.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And says, you know, you can't use that microwave.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

You got to unplug that thing or just give it to me so it's not a temptation.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Sometimes he goes, I can probably work something out for you that works without interference.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Very famously, he is the guy, I think.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

There was a malfunctioning electric blanket that was causing some interference.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And so he went out and got one that worked.